Miss Grape Snc.

Miss Grape Snc. is an Italian manufacturer of bikepacking bags based in Rovigo, a small city near Venice. The brand designs and hand-makes luggage for bicycles — frame bags, seat bags, stem bags and custom Internode frame bags — aimed at cyclists who travel long distances off the beaten path. Its products are sold primarily through its own online shop and shipped across Europe, with free shipping offered above a certain order value. The company traces its origins to 2005, when a friend, Marco Costa, introduced the founders to bikepacking during his long-distance cycling trips around the world. Finding that durable, well-made bikepacking bags were hard to source, the founders decided to make their own. Miss Grape was formally established in 2012. The name comes from a real child, Viola, nicknamed 'Miss Grape' (la signorina grappolo) because her mother was working the family winery's grape harvest when Viola's arrival was announced. Miss Grape positions itself as a brand made by demanding cyclists for demanding cyclists: few frills, attention to detail and maximum reliability. Its headquarters is an old industrial space in Rovigo with large windows, concrete floors and room for bikes, surfboards and skis. The brand sells through its own e-commerce site and communicates with its community via the hashtag #missgrapepeople and its Instagram account, miss_grape_official. Product lines are organized around use cases — Adventure (multi-day rides), Road (day adventures) and Commuter (city mobility) — and include seat bags such as the Cluster, Cluster Mini, Cluster Adventure 13 and Cluster Adventure 20, as well as stem bags like the Bud. A notable product is the Internode custom frame bag, made to fit an individual bicycle. In 2023 the brand's ILCOSO bag was named 'Gear of the Year 2023' by bikepacking.com, an important endorsement in the bikepacking community. As a small Italian company (Snc indicates an Italian general partnership), Miss Grape remains privately held and does not disclose detailed financial information. Its identity is closely tied to Italian craftsmanship, hand-made production and the bikepacking lifestyle.

Miss Grape's story begins before the company itself. In 2005, a friend named Marco Costa introduced the future founders to bikepacking while he was undertaking long cycling journeys around the world. Costa needed to organize the few belongings he carried and is described by the brand as a precursor of bikepacking. Through him, the founders understood how important sturdy bikepacking bags were — and how difficult they were to find on the market. Rather than settle for what was available, they decided to make their own bags according to their own rules: they wanted them to be indestructible, hand-made and fairly priced. To achieve this they studied the best materials, sought out experienced Italian artisans and connected people to their product through the web. The Miss Grape brand was formally founded in 2012. Its name has a personal origin: Miss Grape — 'la signorina grappolo' — is a real child named Viola. When her arrival was announced, her mother was busy with the grape harvest at the family winery, so friends nicknamed the little girl Miss Grape. The company set up its headquarters in an old industrial space in Rovigo, a short ride from Venice. The space features bright glass walls that make it feel as if you are outdoors, a concrete floor like the roads the team rides, and spacious containers used almost as a playroom to store bicycles, surfboards and skis. Over the following decade Miss Grape built a product range organized around riding contexts — Adventure for multi-day journeys, Road for day adventures and Commuter for city mobility — and developed signature products such as the Cluster family of seat bags, the Bud stem bag and the Internode custom frame bag, which is tailored to fit an individual bicycle. The brand also cultivated a community around the hashtag #missgrapepeople and its Instagram account, miss_grape_official. A significant milestone came in 2023, when the brand's ILCOSO bag was named 'Gear of the Year 2023' by bikepacking.com, a leading publication in the bikepacking world. The recognition helped reinforce Miss Grape's reputation for well-designed, durable bikepacking equipment made in Italy.

• 2023

  The brand's ILCOSO bag is named 'Gear of the Year 2023' by bikepacking.com.

• 2012

  Miss Grape is formally founded as a bikepacking bag brand based in Rovigo, Italy.

• 2005

  Friend Marco Costa introduces the future founders to bikepacking during his long-distance cycling trips.

Hand-made in Italy, minimalist and highly durable bikepacking bags designed by demanding cyclists for demanding cyclists.

• Cluster

  Seat bag priced at €160.00.

• Cluster 7 Waterproof by 2BROS Creative

  Waterproof seat bag priced at €145.00.

• Cluster Mini

  Seat bag priced at €115.00.

• Cluster Adventure 13

  Seat bag priced at €175.00.

• Cluster Adventure 20

  Seat bag priced at €186.00.

• Bud

  Stem bag priced at €50.00.

• Internode

  Custom frame bag that fits perfectly to your bike.

• ILCOSO

  Winner of bikepacking.com's 'Gear of the Year 2023'.

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2. 2Chi Siamo - Miss Grape | Bikepacking Bagsmissgrape.net
3. 3Seat Bags Archives - Miss Grape | Bikepacking Bagsmissgrape.net
4. 4Stem Bags Archives - Miss Grape | Bikepacking Bagsmissgrape.net
5. 5Miss Grape Snc. - Wikidatawikidata.org