Vale da Rosa is a
Portuguese company and
table grape brand, headquartered in
Ferreira do Alentejo. It produces table grapes, including
seedless
A seedless fruit is a fruit developed to possess no mature seeds. Since eating seedless fruits is generally easier and more convenient, they are considered commercially valuable.
Most commercially produced seedless fruits have been developed from ...
grapes, for the export market.
Founded in 1972, it is located on the
Ferreira do Alentejo area and in the centre of a regional development triangle formed by the
Beja airport, the port of
Sines
Sines () is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The municipality, divided into two parishes, has around 14,214 inhabitants (2021) in an area of . Sines holds an important oil refinery and several petrochemical industries. It is also a popular ...
and the
Alqueva Dam, producing table grapes, including seedless grapes, in an area of under cover. There are an average number of 300 people working in the company and this number usually goes up to 500 during the most labour demanding season which has a duration of 5 months.
The company has been featured in several major media such as
RTP,
Correio da Manhã and
Expresso
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.
Press Notes
Vale da Rosa
See also
*Agriculture in Portugal
Agriculture in Portugal is based on small to medium-sized family-owned dispersed units; however, the sector also includes larger-scale intensive farming export-oriented agrobusinesses backed by companies (like Grupo RAR's Vitacress, Sovena, Lact ...
References
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External links
Official site
Agriculture companies of Portugal
1972 establishments in Portugal
Food and drink companies established in 1972