Around the middle of October, the first phase of the 2017-2018 multi-media communications programme for Opera pear will be launched! From 15 October to 4 November, our “super-delicious” Opera pears will speak to all Italian families from the RAI...
Read moreBetween the end of August and early September, Falstaff pears reach the perfect point of ripeness for harvesting and we of Opera are working right now to pick them off the trees at precisely the right moment. Then we will leave them to finish...
Read moreSpanning the time between the end of August and the first two weeks of September, the Abate variety is ready to be harvested, after ripening in the slightly cooler sun at the end of summer. The Abate is also called “the queen” of pears for its...
Read moreToday, double the celebration! Nature delivers two late-summer varieties, both ripe and super-tasty: Conference, which we have already finished harvesting, and Decana, which we are in the midst of harvesting right now. But these 2 varieties – in...
Read moreThe scorching heat of the month of August can’t stop us. Instead, today we begin harvesting Williams pears, one of the most popular and best-known varieties. Among all our pears, the Williams variety is the only one to have a close link with...
Read moreThe month of August is certainly rich! Today we begin harvesting yet another variety: the Max Red Bartlett, the fruits of which have ripened to just the right point. The Max Red Bartlett is a variety that derives from the more commonly found...
Read moreThe summer season continues and with it the harvest of our delicious pears. At the end of July it will be time for Santa Mariapears and their particular and refreshing flavour. This type of pear has its roots in the Italian region of Emilia...
Read moreSince July, Opera made its appearance on Instagram. After having conquered social networks with Facebook, now we talk about our delicious pears also with lovers of shared pics and hashtags. Why not visit our page OperaLaPera and discover curious...
Read moreThis is the first pear harvest of the summer season to add a touch of colour to your table: welcome the Carmen pear! Starting today you can sample this variety in all its goodness and truly understand the characteristics that make this pear so...
Read moreThe sun is our pears’ best friend, helping them to ripen just right, according to Nature’s plan and brimming with flavour. Once again this year, as it has been for centuries, the sun has done its job: the 2017 crop of Opera pears is ready for...
Read moreThe harvest is the conclusive and fundamental gesture of this year-long story of love and collaboration that keeps repeating itself among our Fruit Farming collaborators and their fruit trees. It is a story that began with the autumn fogs when...
Read moreAn article published in 2016 on theAsia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition reported interesting beneficial properties of pears on regular consumers. A diet supplemented with pears, and associated with low consumption of meat and salt could...
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