The Winery Antonio Dias is one of the best wineries to follow in Rio Grande do Sul.. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Rio Grande do Sul to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Antonio Dias wines in Rio Grande do Sul among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Antonio Dias wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Antonio Dias wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Antonio Dias wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of suckling pig leg in the oven, sea bass in mustard and rosemary wrappers or shrimp and zucchini with curry and coconut milk.
Rio Grande do Sul is Brazil's most prolific wine-producing state. It is located in the very South of the country along the Uruguayan and Argentinian borders.
The wine regions of Serra Gaucha, Campanha and Vale do Vinhedos can be found in this Part of the country. Soft, light red wines from a range of varieties such as Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and Tannat are made here.
Rich white wines from Chardonnay and Viognier are also produced. However, it is the fresh, FruitySparkling wines made here in the Italian spumante style that have captured the most attention.
Today, Rio Grande do Sul is responsible for around 90 percent of Brazilian wine production, although only a small amount of this is quality wine made from Vitis vinifera grape varieties. Vitis labrusca and Hybrid grape varieties such as Isabella and Concord are better suited to the terroir here and still make up the majority of plantings.
The state lies some 650 kilometers (400 miles) southwest of the city of Sao Paulo and 300km (200 miles) North of the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo. Rio Grande do Sul (which means "great river of the south") is essentially a continuation of the pampas of Argentina and Uruguay.
These are fertile lowlands that consist mainly of low, rolling hills and plains. In the more northern part of the state, the landscapes rise into low mountain ranges that extend northward into the bordering state, Santa Catarina.
How Winery Antonio Dias wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of melt-in-the-mouth pork tenderloin casserole, tajine with 2 meats and preserved lemons or basque piperade.
In the mouth the red wine of Winery Antonio Dias. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
How Winery Antonio Dias wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of pork chops with potatoes.
The underside of a grape leaf blade covered with tiny hairs distributed in a web-like pattern.
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Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.
