Nomi Karniel-Padan, Grapa’s Commercial Director recently represented the ARRA varieties at the annual Fruitnet Grape Congress in Puglia, Italy.

Puglia has been a commercial center for table grapes for decades and is now becoming a hub of renewal and innovation for new varieties and growing practices. This transformation is helping to strengthen Italy’s position as a global force in table grapes.

At the ARRA stand, the team proudly presented a selection of ARRA varieties exported from Egypt and ARRA Sugar Drop™ from Italy. The grapes arrived showing great quality, demonstrating their travel durability and the attendees were excited by both established varieties such as ARRA Passion Fire™ and new varieties such as ARRA Fire Kiss™.

On the second day of the seminar, the attendees visited the ARRA Sugar Drop plantation of OP Guliano at Vallesana Farm, where they tasted this excellent variety straight from the vines. Marco Tempesta and Maurizio Simone, the ARRA agronomists of AVI, the exclusive territorial representative for the ARRA™ varieties and Early Sweet™ in Europe, shared their experience with growing the ARRA Sugar Drop, which is considered the leading planted ARRA variety in Italy.