When grapes are sweet enough, they go to market

By Li Yingqing in Kunming and Ye Zizhen | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2022-08-24 15:55
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Zhao Yao tests the sugar level of his Sunshine Muscat grapes in Binchuan county, Yunnan province. [Photo by Shi An/Provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

To do the tests, Zhao needs to stoop: He always picks grapes nearest the ground to test. Two-thousand bunches of grapes can be tested daily, a task that takes him up to eight hours.

"The ideal sugar level is between 16 to 18 percent before the grapes go to market," he said.

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