Table grape

Table grapes as a motif in the still life fruit basket by Caravaggio

Table grapes are grapes , i.e. fruits of the grapevine , which, unlike wine grapes, are not used for winemaking but are eaten raw as fruit . Table grapes do not ripen after harvest, they are non-climatic fruits .

Requirements and regulations

The requirements for table grapes are different from those for wine grapes: the grapes should have loose berries, the berries should be large, juicy, with little or no seeds and have a delicate skin. In addition, early maturity is desirable.

With the reform of the EU wine market regulation on August 1, 2000, wine law no longer applies to table grapes . They can therefore be grown like other fruits such as apples, pears or cherries. If this happens outside of vineyards and without planting rights , the legal regulations must be observed: No varieties that are classified as wine varieties (e.g. Regent or Phoenix ) may be planted .

White varieties

The Sultana, with its white, seedless berries, is the most widely grown table grape in the world.

Red and blue varieties

The Cardinal is a well-known and widespread red grape variety that is used as a table grape.

Black Hamburg
This is the trade name for the table grape of the red grape variety Großvernatsch (Italian: Chiavo grosso ).
Boskoops Glory
Canadice
Cardinal
Clarissa
Crimson Seedless
Emperor
Flame Seedless
Gallant
Ganita
Royal Esther
Michurinsky
Muscat Bleu
Muscat de Hamburg
Nero
Osella
Red Globe
Red Suffolk
Swenson Red

Table grape varieties and their characteristics frequently grown around the world

The world production of table grapes in 2014 was around 27 million tons. Around half of world production came from three countries: the People's Republic of China, India and Turkey.

World production of table grapes
in million t
country	2000	2014
China People's Republic People's Republic of China	1.3	9.2
India India	0.9	2.1
Turkey Turkey	2.1	2.1
Egypt Egypt	1.0	1.4
United States United States	0.9	1.2
Iran Iran	1.5	1.1
Italy Italy	1.4	1.0
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan	0.4	1.1
Brazil Brazil	0.4	0.8
World as a whole	15.7	27.0

Table grape varieties and growing countries
variety	Characteristics	countries
Alphonse Lavallée	very large, dark, seed-containing grapes with a firm skin	Argentina, Chile, Turkey, Peru
Crimson Seedless	small to medium-sized, red, elliptical, seedless berries	Egypt, Italy, Peru, South Africa, United States
Dattier de Beyrouth	large, white, pitted berries, densely packed, with thick skin and firm flesh	Italy, Spain, Turkey
Flame Seedless	medium-sized, seedless, red berries	Argentina, Chile, Egypt, Peru, South America, United States
Muscat de Hambourg ( Muscat Hamburg )	medium-sized to large dark, stone-rich berries, muscat aromas	People's Republic of China, France, Italy, Argentina, Chile, Turkey, Peru
Italia	very large, pithy berries in close packing	Argentina, People's Republic of China, Italy
Muscat d'Alexandrie ( Muscat of Alexandria )	very large white, elliptical, seed-containing grapes, tightly packed, with firm flesh, intense muscatel aromas	Algeria, Argentina, Greece, Morocco, South Africa, Spain
Red Globe	medium-sized, red, round, pitted berries	Argentina, Australia, Chile Egypt, Italy, Peru, South Africa, United States
Sugraone	medium to large white, seedless berries, densely packed	Argentina, Australia, Egypt, Italy, Peru, South Africa, United States
Sultana ( Sultanina )	small, white, seedless berries, densely packed, with a thin skin and firm flesh	Argentina, Australia, Chile, People's Republic of China, Greece, India, Iran, South Africa, Egypt, Turkey, United States
Victoria	large, white, elliptical, pitted berries, firm pulp	Argentina, Italy

literature

Volker Jörger, Rainer Engel: Table grapes also offer a chance for domestic cultivation . In: The Baden winegrower . March 2003, p. 37–42 ( online [PDF; 246 kB ]).

Web links

Commons : Handbook of table grape culture - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Table grape - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Table grapes (lexicon entry)
Bavarian State Institute for Viticulture and Horticulture : Information about table grape culture
Bavarian State Institute for Viticulture and Horticulture: Vine in the house and in the garden (PDF, 900 kB)
"Nero, Aron, Esther and Co" - mushroom-resistant food grapes (PDF, 300 kB)

Individual evidence

↑ Regulation (EC) No. 2789/99 (PDF) of the Commission of December 22, 1999 to set the marketing standard for table grapes.

↑ The red grape variety Großvernatsch is a variant of the Vernatsch grape, the German grape variant of which is known as Trollinger .

↑ ^a ^b ^c Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and International Organization for Vine and Wine (Ed.): TABLE AND DRIED GRAPES, FAO-OIV FOCUS 2016: Non-alcoholic products of the vitivinicultural sector intended for human consumption . 2016, ISBN 978-92-5109708-3 (English, fao.org ).

[1] Regulation (EC) No. 2789/99 (PDF) of the Commission of December 22, 1999 to set the marketing standard for table grapes.

[2] The red grape variety Großvernatsch is a variant of the Vernatsch grape, the German grape variant of which is known as Trollinger .

[fao-3] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and International Organization for Vine and Wine (Ed.): TABLE AND DRIED GRAPES, FAO-OIV FOCUS 2016: Non-alcoholic products of the vitivinicultural sector intended for human consumption . 2016, ISBN 978-92-5109708-3 (English, fao.org ).