Brazil makes more wine than it can reasonably drink, in more styles than any single guide can carry. This almanac is our reading of it. 25 regions, ranked the way we'd visit them; the houses our critics keep returning to; and a short list of restaurants where we'd spend the evening.
Brazil
Brazil
25
1,548
2,061
The country, in numbers and adjectives.
The terroirs, by hand.
9 regions worth the trip first — chosen by the Femente desk for the houses we’d open with, the variety of styles within each, and the cooking that grew up around them.
Rio Grande do Sul
The southernmost edge of Brazil's wine country trades tropical heat for altitude and Atlantic chill, coaxing Cabernet and Merlot toward…
Serra Gaúcha
Cooler slopes in southern Brazil's highlands coax elegant reds and vibrant sparklings—Cabernet and Merlot with surprising freshness,…
Sao Paulo
São Paulo's humid highlands ferment a quiet rebellion against Brazil's tropical reputation: producers chase cool-climate precision in…
Santa Catarina
Santa Catarina's cool southern climate pulls lean, high-acid reds from Cabernet and Merlot, while its sparkling wines—nearly a fifth of…
Vale dos Vinhedos
Altitude and Atlantic cool temper the highland reds here into wines of restraint—structured tannins and bright acidity rather than jammy…
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais wines walk the line between altitude and tropicality, where cool mountain slopes temper fruit into mineral clarity instead…
Paraná
The subtropical humidity that defines Paraná—its blessing and curse—pushes growers toward bright acidity and lean structure, wines built…
Campanha
Campanha's cool southern latitude pulls ripe Cabernet and Merlot toward mineral restraint, while its sparkling program—a quarter of…
Bahia
Bahia's winemakers chase ripeness in a climate that rarely withholds it, pushing toward riper tannins and rounder acids than cooler…
The country’s house grammar.
The 8 styles Brazil makes most of, ranked by bottle count on Femente. The bar beneath each cell shows that style’s share of brazil’s production.
2,466
Brazilian Sparkling — the country’s most numerous bottle.
1,034
924
570
344
286
226
185
The houses that keep showing up.
9 Brazil estates the prestige critics have agreed on — ordered by the count of 95+ scores across Vinous, Decanter, Wine Advocate and Wine Spectator.
Where to spend the evening.
12 rooms across Brazil our editors keep coming back to — chosen for the cooking and the wine list, in that order.
Oro Restaurante
Traditional — Rio de Janeiro
96
Kazuo Restaurante
Modern · Latin American — São Paulo
92
RYO GASTRONOMIA
Grill · Latin American · Modern — São Paulo
92
Kinoshita Restaurante
Grill · Latin American — São Paulo
92
Restaurante Murakami
Grill · Japanese Fusion — São Paulo
92
Maní Manioca
Grill · Latin American — São Paulo
92
Oizumi Sushi
Sushi · Japanese Fusion — São Paulo
92
J Ö R O
Traditional · Latin American — Itaboraí
92
Picchi Restaurante
Grill · Modern · Latin American — São Paulo
92
Jun Sakamoto Restaurante
Japanese Fusion — São Paulo
92
Café Brochier
Latin American — Brochier
88
SULT Restaurante
Grill · Latin American · Traditional — Rio de Janeiro
88
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