
Advancing the early window of Mexican table grapes
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Sometimes being early isn`t enough. Being early with natural colour, fertility and quality makes all the difference and ARRA Fire Kiss™ continues to stand out with its unique combination of earliness and performance.
ARRA Fire Kiss™ is showing:
✔ natural colour development
✔ excellent fertility
✔ attractive berry size
✔ high Brix
✔ harvest timing aligned with market opportunities
A very early red variety that is proving to be grower-friendly while delivering premium fruit quality at harvest.
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🇪🇬 ARRA Fire Kiss: Naturally Red. Ready First.
A promising new red selection from the Grapa breeding program in California.
Ripening approximately two weeks earlier than Flame, this variety is already demonstrating excellent natural color development without the need for coloring agents.
With attractive berry size, low acidity, excellent eating quality, and good storage ability, it is showing strong potential for the super early red grape segment.
Still under evaluation, this selection is already generating considerable interest among growers visiting our California breeding site.
We look forward to sharing more as its development progresses.
#tablegrapes #grapavarieties #redgrapes
From Egypt`s North Coast, ARRA Fire Kiss™ is proving that earliness and quality can go hand in hand.
In this second year of production, harvest began on May 28, and by June 4, around 50% of the crop had already been picked, despite this region not being the earliest grape-growing area in Egypt.
Early, productive, and delivering the eating experience growers and markets expect, ARRA Fire Kiss™ continues to demonstrate its potential in commercial vineyards.
But don`t just take our word for it. Taste it for yourself 😉
#grapavarieties #arrafirekiss #tablegrapes #grapes
This ARRA Honey Pop™ plot in Egypt is entering its second year of production, with harvest now just days away.
Clean bunches, uniform bunch structure and good berry size are showing strong field performance ahead of harvest.
The vineyard is entering the last week of May with excellent yield potential, balanced production and very good overall fruit quality already visible across the block.
A promising early season outlook for ARRA Honey Pop™ in Egypt. 🍇
#grapavarieties #arrahoneypop #tablegrapes #grapes #farming
ARRA Fire Kiss™ in Egypt entering the final phase before harvest.
Excellent berry uniformity, strong attachment, and sizing already well established across the block, with harvest expected to begin in approximately 10 days.
A very clean and balanced vineyard showing the strong early season potential of ARRA Fire Kiss™ under Egyptian conditions.
#grapavarieties #arrafirekiss #tablegrapes #egypt #farming
Following up on the previous visit, Andre Vermaak returns to the ARRA Honey Pop™ block of Giumarra in California to evaluate the continued vineyard progression ahead of harvest.
The vineyard is showing excellent development, with balanced canopy growth, strong bunch formation, very good berry firmness, and maturity progressing nearly three weeks earlier than expected for the season.
Andre highlights the characteristics that matter most in the field: workability, yield balance, berry size potential, and bunches that are well suited for packing and commercial handling.
A strong example of how ARRA Honey Pop™ continues to perform under commercial conditions in California.
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A few moments from the very first Grapa Field Day Mexico 🇲🇽🍇
An incredible day in the field bringing growers and industry professionals together to discover Grapa Varieties, exchange knowledge, and experience the quality and potential of our varieties firsthand.
Thank you to everyone who joined us and made this event so special.
#grapaglobal #grapavarieties #fieldday #mexico #tablegrapes
The Crush Everyone’s talking about!
Tony Calvillo, Vice President of International Business Development, Dayka & Hackett LLC, shared: “Today, we visited the ARRA Cherry Crush—a grape variety that exceeds the expectations of growers, consumers, and retailers alike. We are thrilled to witness its remarkable potential. Boasting an alluring cherry colour, impressive size, abundant production, and a perfect balance of taste and crunch, ARRA Cherry Crush creates a mutually beneficial scenario for discerning producers, consumers, and retailers.”
Igniting the senses
Just in time for the festive season, the inaugural batch of ARRA Fire Crunch™ made its way from Peru to the USA. Karl Conrads, founder, CEO of Grapasa accompanied the first year vines from budbreak all the way to Walmart facilities in Los Angeles.
Don’t miss the footage, showing this landmark arrival, now the sky’s the limit.
Sharing the passion – Right now in Southern Africa:
“It’s a great, beautiful grape, we are having a great time packing it.” shares Gabriel Viljoen of G.P. Viljoen Farming
We’ve heard other growers excited about this year’s performance.
“The ARRA Passion Fire was probably the most beautiful red grapes around on our farms.”
Start the season with a Kiss
This year, attendees got a firsthand look at ARRA Fire Kiss™ in Egypt. What stood out was how distinctly different it was from the Flame, leaving no doubt that it is the perfect Flame replacement.