Oppy and Sun Grape announce Sun Grape California

This partnership is official as of Feb. 6, and will officially begin shipping products to market in early July from their new cold storage facility and offices in Delano. 

February 13 , 2024

California Table Grape Commission names Director of Content Development

Increasing its commitment to expand the reach of its global marketing campaign, the California Table Grape Commission named Nick Nakashian as Director of  Content Development.  

January 31 , 2024

Chilean grape season kicks off with 64% of export volumes comprised of new varieties

As per the Chilean Fruit Exporters Association Frutas de Chile (formerly ASOEX) third estimate, over 62 million table grape boxes will be shipped to international markets this 2023-24 campaign.

January 29 , 2024

UK table grape market to reach $1.4B by 2028, study says

The sector has experienced a steady CAGR of 3.47% from its 2021 valuation of $1.120 billion.

January 24 , 2024

Chilean grape export season opening with good numbers

Uvanova Vice President Carolina Cruz tells FreshFruitPortal.com that the central producing regions are significantly early, particularly in shorter vegetative cycle cultivars such as the white Superior and Thomson varieties.

January 22 , 2024

Agronometrics in Charts: Peru becomes the world’s leading exporter of table grapes

In contrast, Chile assumed the position of the second-largest world exporter, contributing significantly with 497,000 tons.

January 18 , 2024

Systems Approach for Chile: "Table grape industry's sustainability is at stake"

According to Kurt Neuling, manager of the Transforma Fruticultura Sustentable Program (Perfruts), the situation "is serious and impacts sustainability, the rural world, and communities."

January 16 , 2024

Chile launches pilot program for grape exports under Systems Approach

Members of the industry and exporters see this as a great opportunity to test out the system and see how it could be implemented in other regions of the country, as well as other export markets like the U.S.

January 12 , 2024

Table grapes: Peru volumes drop this season

Optimistic headlines are being shared in in the Peruvian press because a comparison is being made with the previous season, in the same months and, due to the early harvest of the current season.

January 10 , 2024

Table grape imports to the U.S. picking up steam

U.S. retailers are focused on table grape imports and fruit in cold storage as the local harvest period has come to an end.

January 09 , 2024