The lucky grapes seek to maintain their market despite the entry of foreign grapes.

The so-called "New Year's Eve grapes", with which we bid farewell to the year to the rhythm of the chimes, are experiencing a difficult Christmas due to the competition from foreign markets that are flooding the markets with 'off-season' products. The director of the Protected Designation of Origin Table Grapes of Vinalopó, Beatriz Rocamora, has informed Efeagro that the problems have not only occurred with this late grape, such as the Aledo, but also with the early grapes, because "there has been a stagnation in terms of demand". "There has been a good harvest and the market seems unable to receive so much supply," explains Rocamora. This year, about 31 million kilos of grapes have been harvested in Spain, half of the Aledo variety, the latest and the only one from the northern hemisphere that arrives fresh on New Year's Eve, both due to the variety and the way they are cultivated, protected with bags until they are picked. But in the markets, it competes with other varieties ...