The time of the year to consume fresh grape starts at the beginning of summer and ends at the beginning of winter. However, nowadays some varieties of table grape are available all the year round, from different origins. They can also be consumed tinned or dried, that is to say, raisins.

The following table shows the months of availability of some varieties of grape. The table also indicates the countries exporting and the weight of the packages used.

Origin	Months of availability United Kingdom	Weight of the packages
ARGENTINA
Almería	April-May	5kg
Cardinal	November-January
Emperor	March-April
Flame seedless	November-January
Imperial	December-January
Perlette	December-January
Ribler	February-March
Ruby seedlesss	February-March
Thompson seedlesss	February
AUSTRALIA
Calmeria	February-April	5kg
Flame seedlesss	January-June
Ohanez	May-April
Purple cornichon	February-May
Red emperor	January-June
Sultana	February-April
Thompson seedless	February-April
Waltham cross	February-April
BELGIUM
Baidior	August-October	3kg
Canon Hall	July-October
Colman	November-December
Leopold Ill	June-December
Muscat	July-October
Ribier	June-November
Royal	June-November
Brazil
Benitaka	April-June and September-January	5/8,2kg
Italy	April-June and September-January
Muscat	April-June and September-January
Perlette	April-June and September-January
Redglobe	April-June and September-January
Ribier	April-June and September-January
Ruby seedless	April-June and September-January
Thompson seedless	April-June and September-January
CHILE
Almería	April-June	5/8,2kg
Alphonse Lavalle	January-June
Black seedless	December-March
Christmas Rose	March-May
Emperor	March-June
Flame seedless	November-March
Perlette	November-January
Pink muscatel	January-April
Redglobe	January-July
Ribier	January-June
Ruby seedless	January-April
Santa Elsana	December-February
Sugraone	December-February
Thompson seedless	December-May
CYPRUS
Cardinal	June-October	5/7/8kg
Gold	June-October
Perlette	June-October
Sultana	June-October
Superior	June-October
Thompson seedless	June-October
EGYPT
Crimson seedless	May-August and October-November	5kg
Flame seedless	May-August and October-November
Kingruby	May-August and October-November
Perlette	May-August and October-November
Romi	May-August and October-November
Sultana	May-August and October-November
Superior	May-August and October-November
Thompson seedless	May-August and October-November
YUGOSLAVIA
Cardinal	August-October	6kg
France
Alphonse Lavalle	August-October	5/7kg
Chasselas	August-October
Lival	August-October
Muscat of Hamburg	August-October
GREECE
Ática seedless	August-September	5/8,2kg
Cardinal	July-August	9kg
Sultana	August-November	5/9kg
Thompson seedless	August-November	5kg
INDIA
Khismis Chomi	December-May	5kg
Perlette	June
Sonaka	February-April
Tasa-Ganesh	February-April
Thompson seedless	February-April
ISRAEL
Flame seedless	May-June	5kg
Mysteri	June-July
Perlette	May-June
Prime	June-July
Springblush	June-July
Superior	July-August
Thompson seedless	June-July
IRAN
Seedless Varieties		4kg
Red and white	September
ITALY
Alfonse Lavalle	July-October	5/6/7kg
Cardinal	July-October
Italy	August-December
Matilde	July-September
Muscat	August-December
Palieri	August-December
Redglobe	September-December
Regina	August
Regina del Vigneti	July-September
Seedless	August-October
Sugraone	July-September
Vigneti	July-September
Vittoria	July-September
Wine	September-October
LEBANON		5kg
Verygo	November-January
Vitamonl
JORDAN
Flame seedless	May-August	5kg
Thompson seedless	July-August
THE NETHERLANDS
Golden champion	July-September	3/4kg
Muscat
MEXICO
Flame seedless	May-August	5kg
Perlette	May-August
Sultana	May-August
Superior	May-August
Thompson seedless	May-August
MOROCCO
Superior	June-July	5kg
Thompson seedless	May-June
PAKISTAN
Seedless	July-September	5kg
PERU
Alfonse Lavalle	November-January	5/8kg
Flame seedless	November-January
Italy	November-January
Ribier	November-January
Thompson seedless	November-January
PORTUGAL
Alphonse Lavalle	June-October	10/12/15kg
Cardinal	June-October
Muscatel	June-October
SOUTH AFRICA
Biendonne	January-March	9kg
Dauphine	April-June	4.5/5kg
Erlihane	January	2.5kg
Italy	March-May
Newcross	March-May
Peridot	March-May
Queen of the Vineyard	January-February	4kg
Victoria	February
Walthman cross	February-May
Alfonse Lavalle	January-April	9kg
Barlinka	March-June	5kg
Blackgem	December-January
Bonheur	February-May
Dan Ben Hannah	January-April
The Rochelle	January-May
Redglobe	January-May
Centennial	February	9kg
Festival	December-March	5kg
Flame seedless	November-January
Muscat	January
Sultana	November-March
Sun red seedless	February-April
Superior	November-December
Thompson seedless	December-April
SPAIN
Almería	June-January	5kg
Alphonse Lavalle	August-September
Autumblack	September-December
Cardinal	June-January
Crimson	September-October
Flame seedless	June-July
Italy	June-January
Muscatel	June-January
Napoleon	September-January
Redglobe	August-December
Rosetti	June-January
Thompson seedless	August-December
TUNISIA
Cardinal	July	6kg
Muscat	September-November
Turkey
Centenal	July-October	5kg
Sultana	July-October
Thompson seedless	July-October
THE UNITED STATES
Emperor	October-December	5/9/10kg
Exotic	July-August
Flame seedless	July-August
Ruby seedless	September
Sugraone	June-July
Sugrathirteen	May-July
Sultana	July-August
Sunset seedless	September-December
Thompson seedless	June-September
Tudor seedless	August-September
URUGUAY
Cardinal	January	5kg
ZIMBABWE
Flame seedless	According to the market demands	Various
Sultana	According to the market demands

Source: Fresh Product Desk Book, 1998