With the improvement of people's living standards, we often buy fruits to supplement vitamins, because most of the fruits are a few dollars a pound, ordinary people can consume, of which grapes are very popular with the people, but also one of the fruits often eaten, although there are many varieties of grapes, but the price can be accepted, but there is a grape can be described as a sky-high price, known as the most expensive grape, but also one of the most expensive fruits, that is, The Roman ruby grape produced in Japan.
Origin of the Roman ruby grape
Roman rubies were cultivated in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, and were first developed in 1995. At that time, grape growers in Ishikawa Prefecture called on the prefectural agricultural research center to cultivate a large red grape variety, and in response to the people's voices, 400 experimental grapes were planted in the test field. Two years later, the fruit ripened, and of the 400 plants, only four produced perfect red grapes, and only one vine produced large enough red grapes to meet the expectations of high-quality red grapes. Over the next 14 years, researchers selectively cultivated the grape variety, constantly increasing its size, taste, and color, culminating in the Roman ruby now known as the "Ishikawa Treasure."
Roman ruby grape price
Roman ruby grapes are definitely the most expensive grapes in the world, with an all-time high price of nearly $400 (about 2,500 yuan). Please note that this is not the price of a pound, nor the price of a bunch, but the price of a bunch, a bunch of only 26 grapes actually sold for 11,000 US dollars, many netizens said that this is simply higher than the price of gold. This grape not only did not reduce the price, but the price was stronger, and the market is rare to see its true appearance.
Characteristics of Roman ruby grapes
The biggest feature of Roman ruby grapes is that they are bright red in color, low acidity, and extremely high in sugar and juice, so when you put it in your mouth and take a bite, the sweet juice will explode and occupy your mouth. Also, each bunch of grapes must meet very strict criteria to be worthy of the name roman ruby grapes, each grape must weigh at least 20 grams and contain at least 18% sugar. There is also a premium version of the standard is more stringent, the weight of the grapes must exceed 30 grams, and the whole bunch of grapes must weigh at least 700 grams.
Why Roman ruby grapes are so expensive
In Japan, because of the extreme scarcity of land resources, they have an almost paranoid focus on agriculture. This can be seen from the fruit varieties they cultivate, such as white jade strawberries, square bottle watermelons, etc., many of the fruits that are famous for their unnatural evolution and artificial cultivation in the world are almost all from Japan, so the grapes cultivated in this way are naturally expensive.
But the most important reason I still think that because this grape has the identity of a new variety, through hype, coupled with the scarcity of the number, good taste and popular with the rich, through the high consumer crowd to pursue and make it high value.
In fact, as a common consumer, it is not so exquisite, the fruit is used to eat, and there is no other special point, Roman ruby grapes may indeed be more outstanding than ordinary grapes, but it is not so outrageous, as for the sale to the sky-high price, it is also the rich group can enjoy, ordinary people will not spend a lot of money to buy, if you will spend tens of thousands of dollars to consume a bunch of such Roman ruby grapes?