Nicaragua - Peralta Family
Nicaragua - Peralta Family
The Peralta family is based in Ocotal in the region of Nueva Segovia, and run by the “jack-of-all-trades” Julio and Octavio Peralta. The cousins and both their fathers manage several farms located in the region of Nueva Segovia, where the Dipilto-Jalapa mountain range separates Nicaragua and Honduras. During the civil war this was the stage of the fighting guerillas, but now the Nueva Segovia is the breeding ground for most of the Cup of Excellence winners in the last decade. Some of the Peralta farms are right on the border, making it possible to step straight onto the land of their Honduran neighbors. All of the finca’s have had a top ranking in the COE somewhere in the last 15 years. The farms harvest throughout December to April, especially in the higher altitude parts of the mountains, the harvest hits much later.