Mengjin Grape [Henan Mengjin Specialty]

What is Mengjin grape? Authentic Henan Mengjin specialty: Mengjin grapes

Summary:Do you want to know what Mengjin grapes are? This article is a specialized article that provides a detailed introduction to the Mengjin grape, a specialty of Henan province. It was compiled by the editorial team of China Specialty Network, who reviewed and collected relevant information on Mengjin grapes. The entire article takes about 9 minutes to read and mainly includes a basic introduction to Mengjin grapes

Basic introduction of Mengjin grapes

Mengjin grapes are a specialty of Mengjin County, Henan Province. Changbao Township in Mengjin County is located in the southwest of Mengjin. The area is mostly hilly with large temperature differences and ample sunshine, making it very suitable for the cultivation of red grapes. The red grapes produced have excellent quality and are highly popular. In 2011, it was approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and listed as a geographical indication protected product for agricultural products in China

Certification Honors

Mengjin Grape successfully registered the "Luohong" trademark in 2009, becoming the first trademark brand for agricultural industrialization development in Luoyang City. It has been successively rated as a "National Agricultural Tourism Demonstration Site" and a "Henan Province Pollution free Product Production Area". In 2010, commissioned by the National Standardization Management Committee, the Henan Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau organized relevant experts to conduct an acceptance inspection of the Thousand Mu Red Grape National Agricultural Standardization Demonstration Zone project in Changbao Township, Mengjin County. The demonstration zone passed the acceptance smoothly with excellent results

Production situation

Changbao Township in Mengjin County is the main production area of Mengjin grapes. The township is located in the southwest of Mengjin and is mostly hilly. Tourists pick grapes in the Mengjin vineyard.

Lingdi has a large temperature difference and sufficient sunshine, which is very suitable for the cultivation of red grapes. In 1999, some farmers in the township introduced 300 acres of American red grapes. In 2002, it entered the peak fruiting period, with a yield of 1000 kilograms of red grapes per mu and a total output value of 5 million yuan. After tasting the sweetness, farmers in the township developed red grape planting one after another. In just a few years, the red grape planting area in the township has grown to more than 3000 acres. In 2010, the park invested another 500000 yuan on the basis of previous years to build a new seedling base, laying a good foundation for the renewal and optimization of red grape varieties. In addition, Changbao Hongti Grape Park has successfully applied for the "Hundred Villages and Ten Thousand Households Tourism Wealth Project" of Henan Provincial Tourism Bureau. Changbao Hongti Vineyard, according to standardized production scale and strict production management, has been successively rated as a pollution-free production base in Henan Province, a science popularization demonstration base in Henan Province, and a demonstration point for Chinese agricultural tourism, becoming one of the highlights of Heluo culture. Every year, the "Luoyang Changbao Hongti Grape Picking Festival" organized by the Mengjin County Changbao Hongti Grape Picking Festival has become a well-known agricultural and rural tourism brand in Luoyang. By 2010, the Luoyang Changbao Hongti Picking Festival had been successfully held for four sessions, receiving over 200000 tourists and achieving an economic value of over 8 million yuan. The annual picking festival transforms fruit farmers' door-to-door sales into attracting tourists to purchase independently in the park, increasing annual revenue by more than 1.8 million yuan. In addition, it also drives the development of rural tourism projects, adding 200 job opportunities annually

Regional Scope

Mengjin grapes are mainly distributed in Mengjin County, Luoyang City, with a total production area of 1000 hectares. Mengjin County is located in the hilly and mountainous areas of central and western Henan Province, at the boundary between the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. It is 110 kilometers east of the provincial capital Zhengzhou, 90 kilometers west of Sanmenxia, adjacent to the ancient capital Luoyang to the south, and connected to Jiyuan City by a bridge over the surging Yellow River to the north. The basic terrain and landforms are summarized as "three mountains, six tombs, and one river". The transportation within the territory is well-developed, with five railway and highway bridges connecting to provinces and cities such as Shanxi, Hebei, Jiaozuo, and Jiyuan over a hundred miles of the Yellow River; The Longhai Railway runs through the entire region, and the Jiaozhi Railway has three stations in Mengjin; The Lianhuo Expressway, known as the Eurasian Continental Bridge, has three entrances and exits in our county. Major transportation arteries such as the Tai'ao Expressway, Luoyang Southwest Ring Expressway, 310 National Highway, 207 National Highway, and Luochang Highway intersect vertically and horizontally within the county; The national second-class aviation port Luoyang Airport is located in Matun Town, our county. The fast three-dimensional transportation network not only brings a large number of people, logistics, and information flows, but also provides strong transportation support for production and operation. The suitable geographical coordinates for grape cultivation in Mengjin are 112 ° 12 ′ -112 ° 49 ′ E longitude and 34 ° 43 ′ -34 ° 57 ′ N latitude. It is 55.5 kilometers long from east to west, 26.9 kilometers wide from north to south, and covers an area of 758.7 square kilometers. The protected area of Mengjin grape region covers 1000 hectares, involving four townships including Changbao Township, Matun Town, Xiaolangdi Town, and Chaoyang Town, with a total annual output of 20000 tons

Product Quality Characteristics

1 External sensory characteristics: Mengjin grapes have the characteristics of uniform fruit grains, plump grains, and no odor. Growing cone-shaped, with an average weight of 800 grams and a maximum weight of 2500 grams. The fruit grains are tightly packed, ranging from round to oval in shape with an average weight of 12-16 grams and a maximum weight of 26 grams. The fruit brush is thick and long, firmly attached and has strong tensile strength, is not easy to peel off, and is particularly resistant to storage and transportation. So it is an excellent fresh grape variety. 2. Internal quality indicators: Mengjin grapes have a thick, purple red skin, fleshy, hard and crisp fruit grains that can be sliced into thin pieces, sweet taste, 3-4 seeds per fruit, soluble solids content of 15-30%, total acid content of 0.15-0.2%, and reducing sugar content of 3-3.5g/100g, with excellent quality. 3. Safety requirements: The production environment of Mengjin grapes meets the standards of "Environmental Requirements for Agricultural Product Quality and Safety of Pollution free Fruit Production Areas" and "Technical Regulations for Pollution free Standardized Production of Mengjin Grapes (DB410322/T2-2009)", and the product safety complies with the hygiene requirements of "Pollution free Food Fallen Berry Fruits" (NY5086-2005). The entire production process is managed in accordance with the standardization of pollution-free fruits and the technical regulations for pollution-free grape production