date:Apr 28, 2014
The Indian grape season has come to an abrupt end, a sudden rise in temperatures between 15-20th April forced most producers to stop harvesting. Some packing is still taking place but that fruit is for the Middle East and SE Asia, the EU UK having shut down on 20th April.
Vikram Puri from Mahindra, said the last grapes were being harvested in Nashik and Sangli, We were expecting to go on a bit longer than this but the sudden rise in temperatures of up to 38 - 40 C started resulting in high su