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🍇 Just a small taste of last week’s Grapa Field Days in California! 🇺🇸
What an incredible week in the vineyards🍇
Stay tuned, because we have A LOT more to share!
#GrapaGlobal #GrapaFieldDays #TableGrapes #California
The Grapa Field Days 2026 are in full swing in Bakersfield, California. 💪
Growers, partners, and industry leaders from around the world are walking the rows to see the Grapa Varieties up close, from vine to cold storage. Five days of tastings, technical tours, and real conversations about what`s next for table grapes.
This is where the science behind Grapa becomes the fruit in your hand.🍇
In this video from California, where the ARRA Honey Pop™ harvest began over a month ago, André Vermaak shows how well the variety continues to perform.
Even weeks after the first pick, the fruit remains in excellent condition on the vine, giving growers the flexibility to harvest when it best suits their operation and market requirements.
The ability to maintain outstanding quality on the vine provides greater harvest flexibility, simplifies planning, and gives growers more opportunities to target the right market window.
ARRA Honey Pop™ was bred to deliver quality fruit from the very beginning of the season and to continue delivering it throughout an extended harvest period.
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It is very, very crunchy.
No... it is extremely crunchy! 😋
Can you guess what it is? 😎
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ARRA FIRE CRUNCH™ 🔥🍇
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14,000 followers. Thank you! 🎉
A huge thank you to every single one of you for being part of the Grapa community.
Whether you`re a grower, marketer, retailer, partner, or simply passionate about premium table grapes, your support, engagement, and trust inspire us every day.
We`re proud to share our journey with you, from breeding innovation and vineyard updates to harvests, field days and the incredible people behind our varieties.
14,150 followers is more than just a number !It`s a community. 🥰
From all of us at the Grapa thank you for being with us. We can`t wait to share what`s coming next! 🍇
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This week, we had the pleasure of welcoming partners, growers and traders to the Grapa breeding site in Bakersfield, California, for our Early Season Preview.
Throughout the week, guests joined small, guided tours of both the Grapa breeding site and commercial vineyards, offering a firsthand look at our very early and early commercial varieties, including ARRA Honey Pop™, ARRA Fire Kiss™ and ARRA Mystic Charm™, as well as several exciting new selections from the Grapa portfolio.
There is no better way to discuss a variety than by standing beside the vines, seeing the fruit firsthand, tasting it, and exchanging ideas in the field. These conversations are what continue to drive innovation forward.
While our Early Season Preview has come to an end, the season is far from over.
For those who couldn`t join us this week, we`ve carefully preserved a selection of our very early varieties in cold storage so they can also be experienced during the Grapa Field Days, taking place in Bakersfield from 3–7 August.
Have you already registered? We`d be delighted to welcome you.
For more information, please contact Erika at erika@grapaes.com.
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Some moments never get old.
Watching ARRA Honey Pop™ being packed directly in the vineyard in Bakersfield is one of them.
Leading the very early white seedless segment, ARRA Honey Pop™ gives growers the opportunity to reach the market early without compromising on quality or eating experience.
Beautiful on the outside and just as impressive on the inside, it combines a clean, creamy appearance with excellent berry attachment, making it ideal for export. Every bite delivers exceptional sweetness, satisfying crunch and a delicate honeydew flavour, while its outstanding postharvest performance helps ensure it reaches consumers looking as good as it tastes.
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Egypt`s ARRA Cherry Crush™ is almost ready.
The vineyards are filled with vibrant cherry-red bunches, with harvest set for Thursday, July 2. Next stop: the Netherlands, where consumers will soon enjoy this exceptional mid-late season variety.
🍒 🍇From vineyard to market.
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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.