That is more than three times the $9 million in imported wine sales in 1996.
But at $12 a bottle, the association will have to look to more than wine sales to raise enough money to restore the building.
Supermarkets account for some 60 percent of all wine sales in Britain.
Our survey indicated that wine sales in the evenings were high.
Two weeks after the attacks, wine sales at supermarkets rose 5.5 percent.
The eventual decision could have implications beyond wine sales for Internet commerce in general.
Although their wine sales might sag at the top end, restaurants could do well out of a market correction.
It is not clear whether wine sales are part of the investigation.
Only a third of the owners rely on wine sales for a living.
Overall wine sales, continuing a five-year decline, were 107.5 million cases, down 3.9 percent from 1986.