After Argentina and Chile Brazil is the third biggest grape growing and wine producing county in South America but only 10% of it is vitis vinifera. There is (or to be correct: there would be) a huge potential domestic market with such a population. Reality is quite something different, however.

I was suppose to do an internship in the Miolo Winery. But somehow it did not quite worked out the way we all wanted, anyway as I was already in Porto Alegre, Tibor Lakatos former wine maker in Brazil persuaded me to pay Miolo a visit. It would help to extend my knowledge on Brazilian wine, particularly when it comes to quality wine and it certainly did…

It was in one of the bars in Goethe Street in Porto Alegre (or Göcs as the Brazilian taxi driver said it) that I came across with the Aurora wines, pretty decent Cabernet Sauvignon as I said to myself I made a mental note why not see it for myself if I go to Bento Goncalves.