A Bunch of Grapes sells for $8,200
Recently, in the Ishikawa prefecture of Japan, a bunch of Ruby Roman grapes, some very expensive grapes, sold for $8,200.
Ruby Roman grapes are a special type of grape. They have been in development for over 14 years, and each grape is about the size of a ping-pong ball. Every grape is checked strictly to guarantee its quality, with certification seals placed on those thus selected. The Ruby Roman has strict rules for selling; each grape must be over 20g and over 18% sugar. In addition, a special "premium class" exists which requires the grape to be over 30g and where the entire fruit bunch must weigh at least 700g. In 2010, only six grapes qualified for premium status while in 2011, no grapes made the cut. This is crazy!
The grapes were bought at 1 million yen on Thursday at an auction in the market. The winner was a hotel chef who planned to use them in desserts at his hotel. Apparently in Japan it is considered good luck to buy the first produce of the year. Even if it was good luck, I think 1 million yen would be much more worthwhile than 26 ping-pong ball sized grapes.
Even though I don't want to spend so much money, I really want to try some of those grapes!
Ruby Roman grapes are a special type of grape. They have been in development for over 14 years, and each grape is about the size of a ping-pong ball. Every grape is checked strictly to guarantee its quality, with certification seals placed on those thus selected. The Ruby Roman has strict rules for selling; each grape must be over 20g and over 18% sugar. In addition, a special "premium class" exists which requires the grape to be over 30g and where the entire fruit bunch must weigh at least 700g. In 2010, only six grapes qualified for premium status while in 2011, no grapes made the cut. This is crazy!
The grapes were bought at 1 million yen on Thursday at an auction in the market. The winner was a hotel chef who planned to use them in desserts at his hotel. Apparently in Japan it is considered good luck to buy the first produce of the year. Even if it was good luck, I think 1 million yen would be much more worthwhile than 26 ping-pong ball sized grapes.
Even though I don't want to spend so much money, I really want to try some of those grapes!
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