New premium Grapes sold for 910$ in Japan
Posted by Kasim | Under Extravagance and Luxury, Food Tuesday Aug 12, 2008
Outstanding pricing of new premium grapes shock people around the world. When A new variety of premium grapes debuted in Japan on Monday, with a single bunch fetching as much as $910.
A Japanese hotel manager paid that amount, or about $26 per grape, for a 700-gram bunch of the Ruby Roman grapes to serve guests at an upscale hotel.
A local agricultural official says they’re delicious, describing them as sweet but fresh at the same time, very well-balanced.
The tomato-coloured grapes made their debut at an auction in northwestern Japan, where they have been under development since 1994 in a state-led project.
The bunch that fetched the top price had about 35 grapes, each slightly smaller than a ping pong ball.
The average price for the Ruby Roman grapes at Monday’s auction was about $245 a bunch.
