Grapes

Table grape industry organisations from Chile and Peru will meet for the first time at the 2024 Global Grape Convention to collaboratively seek solutions to the problems of the grape sector as well as provide market information. read more

According to upset Japanese farmers and officials, their Shine Muscat grape, one of many fruit varieties created by Japan, has been stolen by China and South Korea. Sources claim that Hong Kong and Thai supermarkets offer copycat grapes grown by China and South Korea. They closely resemble Shine
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According EastFruit, the grape industry expects in Moldova report that many large growers are not in hurry to sell their table grapes. They estimate that that the large farmers of Moldova sold no more than 20-30% of their table grapes harvest as of today. This is not at all surprising,
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The ability to grow low-chill cherries in more regions of the world will become a reality in 2024. So says Alwyn van Jaarsveld, international commercial cherry manager at Bloom Fresh, which has just published its cherry and table grape trends and predictions for 2024. read more

The grape season in Portugal has come to a close. With sales ending a bit earlier than usual, it’s easy to see the season ended with strong demand throughout. Looking back at the season, Susana Ferreira, marketing director of Portuguese grape exporter Vale da Rosa, feels they managed to
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The BLOOM FRESH executive team has released predictions for 2024's table grapes and cherries. read more

”Ten years ago we largely all had same varieties and access to the same varieties. We now all have different varieties. No-one can have all the varieties now. That’s become a key differentiator and part of a successful grape operation, “ John Pandol of California-based Pandol Bros told a
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Among the new applied research projects promoted by Italia Ortofrutta - Unione Nazionale in concert with the associated POs is the 'Integrated applied research project to address the main criticalities of the table grape product' under the Operational Programmes of the
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The market has plenty of average grapes right now. Domenic Russo, VP of sales for Summit Produce Inc. notes that Eastern cold storage supply is increasing while importers are starting to hold red grapes as they expect arrivals to be down in the upcoming weeks. “Right now, arrivals are 2:1
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The EU produces a wide range of fruit, berries and read more

The first fair for the table grape supply chain will be held in Apulia. It is calledLUVand in less than a year, from 23 to 25 October 2024, it will cut the ribbon in the pavilions of the New Fiera del Levante in Bari.   read more

After a very challenging and quick start to the table grape season in Peru, the production area of Ica is entering into the peak of their season. Weather conditions have turned out to be “extraordinarily good” according to Benjamín Cilloniz, General Manager of Exportadora Safco Peru S.A:
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Around 400 attendees attended the 10th edition of the International Table Grape Symposium in Cape Town, South Africa, from November 26 to December 1, 2023. read more

In the context of the Russia’s embargo on imports of fruits and vegetables from Moldova, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry of the country reported about the successful expansion of Moldovan fruits on the EU market. According to the ministry, the strengthening of Moldova’s
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The total cold storage volumes of grapes in California is significantly up compared to this time last year at 7,032,288, this week last year it was 6,103,227 these figure are over all varieties and pack types. read more

An early season experiment by South African logistics operator GoGlobal, in association with shipping line MSC, to ship Namibian and South African grapes through the port of Walvis Bay in Namibia has been a success. read more

Canadian apple production is forecast to fall by three percent in 2023/24 due to adverse weather events across the main growing provinces. Pear production is forecast to grow slightly thanks to large volume fruit in Ontario and a good crop in British Columbia. FAS Ottawa forecasts production of
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China: Fresh Deciduous Fruit Annual report recently released by the US Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA) forecasts imports of apples and grapes will decrease in the 2023/24 season.    read more

An early end to the Spanish and Italian grape seasons made room sooner for overseas grapes on the market this year. "Particularly Brazilian and Peruvian grapes came this way much earlier. That switch usually often happens in week 48/49. It was three to four weeks earlier this year, depending on
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Vineyards on over 50,000 acres in the Sangli district in India were damaged due to heavy unseasonal rainfall last week, some of which were in the flowering stage and some almost ready to be harvested. read more