The grape harvest in Ukraine was an order of magnitude lower than last year due to abnormal heat

This year, Ukrainian winegrowers failed to harvest a good crop of sunny berries. Some even had to reduce the area of vineyards, EastFruit reports. In general, the price of table grapes is quite high this year. This was stated in an interview with SEEDS by Taras Bashtannik, President of the Ukrainian Fruit and Vegetable Association (UPVA). Read also: Grapes on the Ukrainian market have risen in price by a third. What is the reason? “This year, due to dry weather conditions and extreme heat, the quality and quantity of grapes is very low. Not only do we have a poor harvest, but also small grapes, they are, in fact, the size of raisins. Only those very few farms that have drip irrigation were “on top”. Of course, they received the planned harvest and, taking this into account, good wholesale prices: 45-55 hryvnia per kilogram of grapes. This is a fairly high price for table grapes,” says Taras Bashtannik. In addition, the weather and previous seasons force winegrowers to reduce ...