Natural bunch grapes with seeds from Alicante add "an element of fun to the tradition of the 12 grapes." The seeds provide a "crunchy touch," the supermarket said.

Natural bunch grapes with seeds from Alicante add "an element of fun to the tradition of the 12 grapes." The seeds provide a "crunchy touch," the supermarket said.

The roots of the grape tradition trace back to Spain in 1909 when Alicante grape growers promoted eating twelve grapes as a way to mark the New Year and bring good fortune.

One idea attributes the custom to grape growers in Alicante, Spain, according to CBS News. According to reports, they developed the custom in the early 1900s to deal with an overabundance of grapes.

Eating 12 grapes at midnight isn't the only tradition or superstition that people take part in at New Year's Eve. Here are some other unusual and notable customs.

In Spain and Portugal, alicante bouschet never fully fell out of favor. Its preferred role, though, was as a tinting grape, used in small amounts to deepen the hue of lighter varieties.

On a recent weekday afternoon, a man from Staten Island named Baur was observing his red alicante grapes being juiced in the massive on-site press, occasionally standing to fill five-gallon ...

The roots of the grape tradition trace back to Spain in 1909 when Alicante grape growers promoted eating twelve grapes as a way to mark the New Year and bring good fortune.