Anthony Vineyards Inc. in Bakersfield, CA, will have volume increases for the fall grape deal in both its conventional and organic production, according to John Harley, vice president of sales and marketing.

The increases are mainly in red seedless varieties, he said.

With the season running a little early this year, Anthony Vineyards expected to be into several fall varieties by the first of September. “We will be into Scarlet Royals, Autumn Royals, Sweet Scarlets and Luiscos, more than likely,” by that date, Harley said.

“After that, we will have some Crimsons, Vintage Reds, Autumn Kings and Autumn Royals” as well as the proprietary Gemma Rose. Those varieties should carry all the way through October and into November, he said.

Just as the early-season varieties were early this year, “what we consider the fall varieties — the Scarlet Royal, Sweet Scarlet, that sort of thing,” look to start “probably about a week to 10 days earlier than past years,” he said.

In the red seedless category, the company has acreage increases this year in Scarlet Royal, Sweet Scarlet, Vintage Red and the patented Gemma Rose, both organic and conventional, Harley said.

Autumn Royal acreage for the company is similar to past years, but “we have a big Autumn Royal deal to begin with,” he said.

In addition to the seedless varieties, Anthony Vineyards has Red Globe seeded grapes that Harley expected to start within a week to 10 days. “They will run through September, for us,” he said. “We don’t have anything that is really late” in the Red Globes.

Looking ahead, “we’ve got a lot of acreage — probably somewhere between 400 and 500 acres” that has been planted but is not yet in production, Harley said. Therefore, over the next three to four years, Anthony Vineyards will continue to see “some major growth in our fall varieties.”

In anticipation of that growth, Anthony Vineyards has already expanded its facility. “We are on top of that,” Harley said. “I’m not sure if we need to expand it any further than what we have. We’ve got more than enough at this stage of the game.”

The company packs grapes both in-house and outdoors at the edge of the vineyards. “A lot of our organics come in-house this time of year as we try to extend our seasons on varieties,” he said.