Buleleng Northern Lights

Grapes, the Mainstay Agro-tourism of Northern Bali

Exploring the boulevard along Lovina beach, go forward to the west of Batuampar tourism area, Grokgak, we will get caught with tremendous panorama rarely found in other areas in Bali. Garden of grapes are spread out on the left and right street border with gorgeous sea background and coconut tree at the northern street, whereas, the green hill grass with row of coconut tree asserted by yellowish farmland stand at south of the street.

What a beautiful panorama! Moreover, at harvest time, the farmer of man and woman with their traditional hat move under the grape’s stem, picking each pellet of that brown- reddish overripe fruit. Before harvesting time, that grapes seem hanging on just like a shinning brown pearl pellet under the sunlight.
Buleleng is the only regency in Bali that has developed grape agro-tourism. There are more than ten villages of this northern Bali area that improving grapes. For examples: Dencarik village, Kalianget, Temukus, and other villages in Banjar Sub district, then at Banyupoh village, Grokgak Sub district, and Kalanganyar village of Seririt Sub district. Every of those grapes farmland are as the territorial connector between Lovina and Batuampar.
Grape plantation developed in big scale in western Buleleng since 1970. Buleleng grape is small in shape, a little bit big than marbles. Reddish-brown colored when it ripen and yellowish-green when it still unripe yet. The grape market distribution already reached the local market, such as Denpasar, Kuta, and several hotels and traditional market in Buleleng), and also distributed to overseas countries. Its whimsical production exist in beverage company at Buleleng that set to process the grape become wine or other drinks.
Moreover, the grape farmer of Banjar sub district corporate with a Singapore investor to accelerate the grape market. Besides financial investing, that Singapore investor assuring to buy all grapes that produce by the farmer of Banjar area and surrounding. (BTN/bll)