Alfa has farm production certified EUREP GAP, with an
area of about 40 hectares, cultivated for table grapes.
In order to make an environmentally friendly farming environmental protection.
Product processing is performed in a newly built establishment,
equipped with fridges and machines that allow you to make different types of packaging,
to meet customer needs, always with full respect of
product quality, the environment and consumer health.
Table grapes
The screw is a woody, climbing plant, with stems and roots capable of secondary growth. He twisted and woody stem with branches (branches) vines with prehensile tendrils.The leaves, have mostly form palmata-lobed and toothed margins. The fruits (berries) are juicy berries with 1-4 ovoid seeds (those pips), gathered in clusters.
The climate
The table grape vine grows well in temperate regions, eschewing the humidity, temperature variations and cold climates.
The vine needs good brightness, in Italy the regions from this point of view more development-friendly culture are the Puglia and Sicily, as the hot-arid environment enhances the earliness and
quality of the product.
Grape production in Italy
The Italy is a major producer of table grape (1,229,400 tonnes in 1999) but is mainly concentrated cultivation in two regions: Puglia (74.4%), and Sicily (19.7%).
The major competing Countries are: Spain and Greece, Turkey and Egypt especially apirena grape.
Italy:
- Variety: with seeds
- Plant: exceptional ability to sustain production for a long time, without compromising the quality of the fruit
- Bunch: large, pyramidal, winged conical; average weight 1000 g.
- Berry: large, ovoid, waxy, weatherproof, unbel golden yellow. Crispy and juicy pulp. Grape seed Numeromedio: 1-2 for Berry, average weight 8-10 g.
- Features: sugar: 15-16° Brix, acidity 4-5 g/l
- Overall judgement: resistant to transport, is appreciated for its intutto sweetness and undisputed Rapporteur on the vine.
Red Globe:
- Variety: with seeds
- Plant: good productivity and high shelf-life of the fruit
- Bunch: very large, compact, medium average weight 800 g.
- Berry: large, ovoid, reddish-purple, medium weight 12 g.
- Features: sugars: 14° Brix; acidity: 5.5 g/l
- Overall judgement: the high yields per hectare and the possibility to postpone the production makes this very interesting varieties.
Victory:
- Variety: with seeds
- Plant: good productivity
- Bunch: large, sparse, with a good compact value, average weight 743 g.
- Berry: medium-sized, oblong or elliptical, pale green-yellow and neutral flavour
- Features: zucchero: 16,5°Brix, aciditą 5,3 g/l
- Overall judgement: the optimal shape of bunches and berries are the characteristics which determined its success.
ALFA s.r.l. - S.S.644 km2.7 - 92029 Ravanusa (AG) - Italy - Tel.Fax +39 0922 876311 - Partita IVA: 02087940843