Appears in
Oxford Companion to Wine

By Jancis Robinson

Published 2006

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Brasil, in Portuguese, vast country and third most important wine producer in south america after Argentina and Chile with 82,507 ha/203,840 acres of vineyards in 2012 of which only a little over 10,000 ha were vinifera. Of the 3.88 million hl/102 million galls of wine produced in 2013, 43% was still red, 34% was still white, and a significant 22% was sparkling. Only about 9% of all wine made in Brazil is vinho fino, made from V. vinifera grapes. table grapes are the main products of Brazilian vineyards.