Summer Black Vineyard attracts many tourists to visit and experience

More than half of April is the peak season for "selling" tourism products "Da Lat - Miraculous crystallization from the good land", reporters have repeatedly come to the wooden grape garden along the wide, cool alley of green pine trees at the beginning of Prenn Pass, Da Lat to record the surprises of tourists who have expressed for the first time or who have continued to discover hidden things on their return.

A young man in the tourist group from the Kingdom of Cambodia excitedly expressed to the reporter that he had experienced a trip to the southern fruit gardens with the characteristic sweet mountains and rivers, but when he arrived at the gateway to Da Lat City and directly touched hundreds of woody grapevines, he felt an unexpected strangeness. Each tree trunk had mottled dark brown, light brown, yellow colors, the branches spread out from 4-6 m high. Looking closer, there was a miraculous distribution on the tree trunk as hard as rock with lily flowers next to rows of green, red and black fruits following each other. The small knife-shaped leaves, symmetrical on the branches, elongated in pairs, each pair glossy, from pink-orange to pink-red and then turning to a strange dark green...

“Picked woody grapes straight from the tree and eaten fresh, the taste is sweet, mild and slightly sour. After finishing the grapes, a fresh aroma lingers on the tip of the tongue for a long time...”, other members of the Cambodian tourist group shared their feelings.

Visitors to Japan's Summer Black vineyard at Bong Lai Farm

This year, over 80 years old, the mother of Mr. Che Luong - the owner of the woody grape garden said that the garden of more than 2 hectares under the pine forest valley with 400 mature woody grape trees 30 - 40 - 50 years old, of which more than 20 years old are "citizens" of the cold highlands of Da Lat. April is one of the 6 months of the year when woody grapes are harvested with a daily yield of 200-300 kg to serve the needs of tourists to eat fresh, as gifts of fresh fruit specialties and processed products such as jam, wine...

While waiting for the fresh fruit products to be packaged and processed with the selected woody grape seedlings produced in the garden, the young man and members of the Cambodian tourist group sat leisurely under the more than 1,000 m2 ^orchid garden with colorful flowers, surrounded by a forest of woody grapes, above with a green pine hill in layers, and shared with the reporter that they will have to come back many times to explore the deep layers of the ecological forest that is cultivated all year round here...

Mr. Nguyen Huu Thanh in the seedless black grape garden at Bong Lai Farm Agricultural Tourist Site

If the free opening attracted visitors to discover the strange thing about the Prenn Pass woody grapevine, Da Lat in the past three years, the Bong Lai Farm seedless black grapevine, Hiep Thanh commune, Duc Trong from the end of 2023 until now has become a new agricultural tourist destination recording more sweet stories, the quintessence of heaven and earth. This is a 4,000 m2 garden of the Japanese Summer Black grape variety, the owner Nguyen Huu Thanh has spent more than 8 years researching and successfully breeding it and then writing stories. Before coming to Bong Lai Farm, visitors can leisurely wander through the green vegetable and fruit fields of cabbage, tomatoes, cabbage, cauliflower, bell peppers, carrots... following the undulating mountainous terrain, winding towards the horizon. Before entering the Summer Black vineyard, visitors can also relax beside the rows of ecological avocado, durian, plum, papaya, banana, guava trees intercropped among the large, long-term coffee gardens.

“Bong Lai village, Hiep Thanh commune, Duc Trong district, Lam Dong province, where the earth and sky meet in the cool space of the highlands, a story about perseverance, dedication and love for specialty agricultural products is developing day by day. That is the story of Bong Lai Farm grapes, a famous seedless black grape product of the Japanese Summer Black grape variety, grown and cared for by the business household Nguyen Huu Thanh under the brand name “Bong Lai Farm Grapes...”, owner Nguyen Huu Thanh began the story with reporters and visitors.

Tourists take souvenir photos next to the wooden vineyard

The story of Bong Lai Farm continues to attract visitors on the journey of searching, sowing seeds, caring for and cherishing each bud, branch and leaf until the flowers are pollinated, producing seasons of deep purple, fragrant grape clusters that crystallize miraculously from the good soil. Corresponding to the time of one or two hours of the quick experience of visitors, when saying goodbye to Bong Lai Farm, it brings back sweet aftertastes and a promise to return, hoping to realize more hidden things from the Japanese Summer Black grape tree, which has taken root, a valuable tree endemic to the green agricultural region of the Southern Central Highlands of Lam Dong.

Taking tourists on a tour to experience Summer Black grapes at Bong Lai Farm, the reporter managed to record a part of the story told by the owner Nguyen Huu Thanh before saying goodbye: "By applying sustainable production processes and protecting the environment, Bong Lai Farm grapes have been granted a growing area code, an authentic sign of quality and clear origin for the product...".

Source: https://baolamdong.vn/du-lich/202505/chuyen-ve-hai-loai-nhotren-tuyen-lu-hanh-dee1405/