Australia’s strong domestic market and its proximity to Asia makes it a strategically important production region within Sun World’s global supply program, the company said.

In the 2021-22 table grape season, countries in the Southern Hemisphere achieved a new export record of 1.5 million tons, an increase of 0.3 million tons in a decade.

Hazel Technologies, Inc. has announced a successful trial on California-grown table grapes, in conjunction with Oppy and Brar Farms.

The breeder and licenser of premium table grape varieties has won a legal case against an illegal grower of Early Sweet table grapes, imposing the uprooting of 11 acres of illegal plantation in Egypt and setting a major precedent. 

A visit was recently made to the current facilities of a cold storage plant in the Pabellon sector in Tierra Amarilla, which will be refurbished to carry out quality control work.

Fruit World has reported that consumers are showing a nostalgic preference for full-flavor, aromatic grapes, especially seeded varieties.

The General Manager of Peru's Table Grape Growers' Association, Alejandro Cabrera Cigarán said the industry would ship a minimum of 70 million boxes in the 2022-23 season, up from 64.8 million boxes in the previous season.

“This year, unfortunately we have had half the sizing we saw last season. We’ve never come across a similar situation,” said AALPUM managing director Juan Alberto Laborin.

South Africa's table grape industry body also said that the increased supply of Peruvian and Chilean grapes remains a "threat" to the country's exports.

Scientists are researching and growing new varieties to meet the increasing market demand for Florida-grown grapes.