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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 [...]

Harvesting blackcurrants like a Kiwi

Johann Bullinger from Germany relates his experience as a seasonal worker in one of the biggest blackcurrant farms in New Zealand: the Tavendale farm. School is over – what now? When I graduated from high school in August 2017, I decided to spend some time abroad and work for a year, before starting my studies [...]

Sarau Blackcurrant Festival

Jenny Leith from the organizing team reports from the most popular blackcurrant festival Down Under: the Sarau Blackcurrant Festival. Some bit of history about the Sarau Festival In late 2007, members of the Upper Moutere community in rural Nelson, New Zealand, got together to plan an event which would bring crowds and attention to their beautiful [...]

International Blackcurrant Conference 2018: registrations now open

Invitation to the International Blackcurrant Conference 2018 from the French organizing team The ANCG and Hexavalor, organizers of the IBA conference 2018, are happy to invite you to meet up with blackcurrants in June. As announced earlier, the International Blackcurrant Conference 2018 will take place in Angers from 6th to 8th June 2018. Information and [...]

Blackcurrants and prestigious names – Les Deux Ormes

Varieties Andega and Andorine, with the Chapel of Ormoy in the background None or only few of our readers may ever have heard about the farm called "Les Deux Ormes". But to those who are a little familiar with France and history, some of the following names will mean something. There is Chartres, Guillaume (William), [...]

Best of cassis smoothie contest 2017

There was a hustle and bustle all around the IBA booth during the Smoothie Contest 2017 in Nuits-Saint-Georges. Over 1000 visitors came to taste and evaluate the 8 different smoothies, prepared by food bloggers, smoothie lovers and chefs. When the Tour de France 2017 arrived in Nuits-Saint-Georges, 8 professional or amateur cooks competed their own [...]

Blackcurrants – what else?

50 years of blackcurrant growing, development of mechanical harvesting systems, and associative engagement. Blackcurrant growing in Germany without Rolf, Emmi and Michael Bullinger is unimaginable. In April this year, I have paid a visit to one of the German blackcurrant growers, Michael Bullinger. All those who have attended our conferences have certainly already met him. [...]

Blackcurrant beer – another nice Polish initiative

A blackcurrant beer named "SALAMANDER Blackcurrant Berliner Weisse beer". The inauguration took place in Poland in mid-July and is the outcome of a collaboration between the Polish Blackcurrant Growers Association (KSPCP) and Browar Stu Mostów brewery. For video “Blackcurrants bring together producers and brewers” please visit https://youtu.be/bDwgBfc0USA Collaboration of Polish brewers and growers The [...]

The visit of the IBA Exec to Poland

The IBA Executive (President Anthony Snell, vice-president Jens Holme Pedersen and General Manager Stefanie Sharma) visited the world's biggest blackcurrant producer: Poland. Their 3-days trip was very nicely organized by Piotr Baryla, the Polish vice-president of the IBA and president of the KSPCP. It allowed a deep insight into the situation for blackcurrants in Poland. [...]

Windmill Hill – an insight in the IBA President’s farm

Anthony Snell, President of the International Blackcurrant Association since June 2016, opens the doors of his farm for us. Professionalism, perfection and experience in Herefordshire, UK. Visited in March 2017 The first impression of a visitor at Windmill Hill in Western England will be “WOW”. And it will also be the last impression,

Blackcurrant varieties: detailed descriptions available on the IBA website

The International Blackcurrant Association has started to collect data from blackcurrant breeding centers. A collection of almost 70 commercially available blackcurrant varieties is now online for IBA members. IBA List of Blackcurrant Varieties Even though the collection is not comprehensive and still needs improvement, the result is already impressive. Thanks to the members of the IBA Agronomy &