Nashik grape is a variety of grape produced in Nashik district, which is known as the "grape capital of India". Nashik contributes to more than half of the total grape export from the country. About 1.75 lakh hectare of land are under grape cultivation. An estimated 10 lakh tonne grape at about 20 tonne per hectare is produced here. About 8,000 acres are used for cultivation of grape wine varieties. The catchment areas of Grape production in Nashik District are Kalvan, Peint Igatpuri, Sinnar, Niphad, Yeola, Nandgaon, Satana, Furgana, Dindori, and Malegaon.
Over 65,000 tonnes of grapes are exported from Nashik to Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, Russia, China and Belgium.
The commercial production of grapes started in India only after seedless varieties were introduced in Maharashtra in 1960. Varieties grown include Thompson Seedless, Sonaka, Sharad Seedless and Tas-e-Ganesh, and harvesting lasts from early February to early April.
Nashik grape received the Geographical Indication status in 2010–11, as per Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999.
The special cover issued to commemorate the GI Tag of Nashik Grapes features a color image of bunches of grapes handing from the vines against a background of a grape farm. The cover also carries the Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav logo. The special pictorial cancellation is a line graphic sketch of a bunch of grapes. The stamp is of ICAR Central Plantation Crops Research Institute issued in 2018.
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