Santa Cruz, Calif.-based organic fruit importer Awe Sum Organics has kicked off its organic Peruvian table grape winter program.
The program helps to fill the winter organic table grape gap starting in early December, when the California grape season is wrapping up, and ending in April, according to a news release.
“Our growers’ organic table grape vineyards in Northern and Southern Peru combine to provide a good supply all winter long of red and green seedless grapes and now we have a top quality South African Organic Table Grape grower helping us to fill the transition period between our Northern Peru and our Southern Peru harvests,” David Posner, founder, president and CEO of Awe Sum Organics, said in the release.
The importer begins the winter organic grape season with grapes from northern Peru and finishes the season with southern Peruvian organic grape production, according to the release.
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“Our crisp and sweet flavor speaks volumes. Awe Sum Organics started this project to grow grapes organically in Peru over 15 years ago,” Posner said in the release. “Our organic Peruvian red and green seedless grapes have been in development since early 2007 when I dreamed of creating an organic table grape program for U.S. and Canada for the winter months to be available starting when California finishes and until Sonora Mexico begins to compliment the domestic grape season. There are many challenges to growing table grapes organically in Peru for shipment to the U.S. and Canada, and we have worked through all of them over the years.”
