Newsletter 11 Archives - Official Website International Blackcurrant Association

Blackcurrant product competition 2018: GO!!!

After a very interesting and successful first edition of an international blackcurrant product competition, the organizers of the next IBA conference repeat the experience. The second edition will thus take place from 5th to 8th June in Angers, France, in the framework of the 6th International Blackcurrant Conference. The French currant growers association (ANCG) and [...]

Printemps de Terra – Terra Spring

"Loire Valley fruits and vegetables" raises public awareness of the benefits of blackcurrants Blackcurrants were in the spotlight at the "Printemps de Terra" (Terra Spring) festival in Angers on the 1st and 2nd of April 2018. On this occasion, Val de Loire Fruits et lègumes led a cooking workshop for children. Val de Loire Fruits et lègumes is a [...]

Terra Botanica visit

Discover Terra Botanica during the next International Blackcurrant Conference The agenda of the International Blackcurrant Conference includes a visit of the Terra Botanica Interpretation Center. The participants of the conference will be able to have a short visit during a guided tour. And their companions have a whole day for free discovery! 275,000 species from around [...]

Cassismanufaktur – From grapes to blackcurrants

"Cassismanufaktur" is the name that Heiko Danner has chosen for marketing blackcurrant based products. A small, but lovely and profitable business for his self-grown blackcurrants. From wine growing to blackcurrant farming Heiko Danner is a wine growing engineer. He grows wine grapes and has made his own wines for 14 years. He had taken over [...]