NEWS & EVENTS

China still leads the way as the world’s largest market for seedless table grapes and this year sees a significant increase in shipments of the Sheehan Genetics varieties Ivory™ (Sheegene 21) and Timpson™ (Sheegene 2). The Sheehan varieties are owned and licensed by Special New Fruit Licensing (SNFL) and their Managing Director, Josep Estiarte, said […]

After 9 years of legal arguments, SNFL Group, owners of the Sheehan Genetics table grape program, and master licensors for Ralli Seedless in the Mediterranean region, have finally reached a settlement with a Spanish fruit exporter over its sales of unlicensed Ralli Seedless grapes. The illegal Ralli grapes were first detected in the German market […]

Special New Fruit Licensing (SNFL) – owners of the Sheehan Genetics table grape varieties have been fighting infringement cases that have led to legal action and settlement against illegal growers who produced grapes without a licence and without paying royalty fees. Proprietary table grape varieties are protected by Plant Breeders’ Rights, and growers who plant […]

Table grape breeder Sheehan Genetics LLC, Fresno, Calif., is building a research and development facility for new varieties for growers in California and the Americas. Sheehan Genetics is the North American branch of Specialty New Fruit Licensing, and the Sheehan Research and Development Innovation Center of Excellence in Fresno will allow the company to “accelerate […]

  Last December, Bella Vigna announced their 2019 vineyard winners and the top prize went to one of SNFL’s varieties. Giovanni Grasso’s La Zagara company accepted the first place award for their Carlita ™ vineyard. The jury’s reason for the decision included many desirable factors such as the quality of the fruit and its distinctive […]

200 exhibitors and 78, 000 trade visitors attend FRUIT LOGISTICA every year to realize their full business potential within the international fresh produce trade – and to write their own success story! FRUIT LOGISTICA covers every single sector of the fresh produce business and provides a complete picture of the latest innovations, products and services […]

As Peru has become one of the fastest growing table grape markets in the world, Special New Fruit Licensing (SNFL) has sponsored the release of a brand new protocol that will allow the Spanish based breeding program to ship new varieties from Spain directly to Peru. Peru is a country brimming with potential for growth […]