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Brazil’s vineyards grow in very different conditions, from the warm São Francisco Valley to high Serra da Mantiqueira. Elevation and harvest timing vary across these distant regions, so the place name helps you understand the wine.

Place
Brazil
Regions
3
Producers
2
Atlas locationBrazilOpen in Atlas

The regions of Brazil

Choose a region to read about its wines and explore the smaller growing areas within it.

  1. 01Other producers2 producersThese producers are based in Brazil, with no more specific region listed.
  2. 02São FranciscoNo producers listed yetSão Francisco is a Brazilian wine region where heat, strong sunlight and irrigation allow growers to work with more than one vine cycle a year. Its wines include dry and semi-dry sparkling styles, sweet Muscat sparkling, young whites, and reds for early drinking or ageing.
  3. 03Serra da Mantiqueira1 producerThe Serra da Mantiqueira wine-growing area occupies foothills between southern Minas Gerais and São Paulo in Brazil. Growers use dupla poda, two annual prunings, to move the harvest into winter. Syrah and Sauvignon Blanc are leading grapes, making dry reds and whites alongside rosé and sparkling wines.
Sources for this guide1 source

Sources for this guide are listed below. Featured producers are a selection, not a ranking.

  • World of Wine Atlas and learning records

Where to go next

mapSee Brazil in the AtlasOpen the country map and move between its wine regions.placeBegin with São FranciscoRead about the wines of São Francisco in Brazil.learningHow place shapes wineSee how climate, landscape and local choices become part of a wine.