
In this edition, we continue our reporting on the current season in the northern hemisphere and this week we feature the harvests in Morocco and Mexico. In addition, don’t miss the dates for the virtual ARRA field days.


Morocco

Next year will be the first year of commercialization of the ARRA varieties at Delassus. At present, the ARRA Sugar Drop™ and ARRA Passion Fire™ are still under evaluation in their trial blocks. Mohamed Nafide, Director of Production at Delassus reports, “Looking at ARRA varieties, the results on the test blocks are encouraging and the new plantation of ARRA Passion Fire is going well in Taroudant and Marrakech.”
ARRA Sugar Drop™ (ARRA 30)

ARRA Passion Fire™ (ARRA 29)


Early Sweet™




ARRA Passion Fire™ (ARRA 29)


ARRA Sweeties™ (ARRA 15)
The second year of production is the challenging year when the grower is loading the vines in order to keep the balance between high production and high quality. As can be seen in the picture below, there is no doubt that Miloud succeeded very well in keeping the balance and to produce outstanding quality ARRA 15.


ARRA Sugar Drop™ (ARRA 30)
Les Vergers du Soleil’s ARRA Sugar Drop can easily be marked as showing the characteristics of this variety at their best in terms of quantity, quality and berry shape. There is no doubt that Rafe Shabaily, Managing Director of Les Vergers du Soleil, brought out the best in ARRA Sugar Drop.



ARRA Passion Fire™ (ARRA 29)



Mexico

Videxport is the largest Mexican exporter of the Giumarra companies with excellent relationships between the Giumarra and Corsaro families for many years. Videxport’s Director of Production, Victor Romero has improved the grapes’ quality with hard work and perseverance and has brought the varieties to perfection.
ARRA Sugar Drop™ (ARRA 30)

Victor describes the ARRA 30 as follows, “Synonymous of high yields and best eating grape in the world.”

ARRA Passion Fire™ (ARRA 29)
Victor says of this beautiful variety, “The size and the incredible colour, together with the flavour, make it unique.”


Early Sweet™



Pablo Borquez, President of Campos Borquez, summarizes the season so far, ” We have already finished our Early Sweet harvest where we produced over 400,000 boxes (18lbs) all exported to the United States, with excellent results. We have already started the harvest of ARRA 30 and ARRA 29, so far so good.”
ARRA Passion Fire™ (ARRA 29)
Ripening early, with compact bunches and uniform berry size, Campos Borquez’s ARRA Passion Fire achieved a stunning, shining, red colour which easily beat the colour of Flame Seedless.


Early Sweet™
Over the last few years, the Campos Borquez technical team has produced great commercial Early Sweet crops that are superior to Perlette and have succeeded to establish the variety as the best early white grape coming out of Mexico.



ARRA Virtual Field Days - Save the dates
We are delighted to share with you the dates of the virtual ARRA field days which will take place as follows:
Early virtual field days – 29-30 July
Main virtual field days – 31 August, 1st September
For more information, please contact: info@grapaes.com


Don’t miss out on these other newsletters: