Grape Reporter

Hilary ruins 20% of remaining Cal grape crop

Weather reports indicated that the storm’s record-shattering rains wreaked havoc in parts of Southern California, producing catastrophic flash floods and torrential debris flows in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
August 28 , 2023

Mexican grapes winding down

After a high-priced early Jalisco deal, Mexico’s traditional Sonoran production was delayed and otherwise set back by unseasonably chilly temperatures.
July 24 , 2023

Sun World announces new red seedless grape brand

Sun World launched the all-new Ruby Rush brand red seedless grapes, an ideal replacement for traditional early-season red seedless grapes like Flame Seedless and other red varieties throughout the season.
July 18 , 2023

Agronometrics in Charts: Peruvian Red Globe grapes relinquish their position as the top exported grape variety to Sweet Globe

Data reveals that a staggering 16 million 18-pound boxes have been shipped thus far, denoting an impressive year-on-year increase of nearly 40% compared to the 11.5 million boxes exported in the previous season of 2021-22.
June 13 , 2023

Agronometrics in Charts: U.S. market witnesses record breaking prices for Chilean grapes

Incoming volumes this season culminated at 37.1 K tons, a 24% decline compared to the highest volume of 48.6 K tons recorded in the 2021/22 season.
June 02 , 2023

Peruvian table grape exports rise by 35% in 2023

With large shipment peaks at the beginning of the year now coming to an end, the sector is currently experiencing a slower period of growth.
May 31 , 2023

Sweet Globe is now the top exported grape variety by Peru

With an almost 40% increase year-on-year, the Sweet Globe variety surpassed the market staple Red Globe by over 2 million boxes.
April 21 , 2023

Jalisco grape production is underway

Moving into the 2023 Sonora season, Nogales-based company Divine Flavor is expected to improve upon last season's numbers.
March 31 , 2023

Agronometrics in Charts: 2022: Grapes in Review

After three years of reduced output, US table grape production will climb by 24,000 tons to 850,000 tons in the 2022–2023 growing season.
December 23 , 2022

Chile: More than half of table grape exports in 2022-23 will be of new varieties

The milestone follows significant efforts in the Latin American country to plant new grape varieties and become more competitive on the world stage.
November 07 , 2022