This summer, Mountain View Fruit Sales will bring to market a premium grape program led by industry veteran George Matoian, who will be join the company as the director of its grape division.
Mexican grape production has begun out of Jalisco, Mexico.
George Matoian of Fresh Farms in Kingsburg, CA says it started its grape harvest approximately two weeks ago with all the major…
As California winds down its grape deal, demand is increasing slightly.
“Demand for grapes is good they’ve had some issues out of Peru as far as the supply chain. Some strikes there interrupted the volume somewhat,” says George Matoian of Fresh Farms in Kingsburg, CA, who deals with primarily California and Mexican grapes. “We’ve seen a little increase on the California deal but not enough to move the market.”
He notes there’s a little bit of supply left of California grapes. “In the next two weeks, we should see the end of California grapes. It went a bit longer than anticipated and the market was not as strong as anticipated. It’s hard to say why maybe the increased number of imports from Brazil and Peru especially and the non-existence of the foodservice sector due to the pandemic?” says Matoian.