The Winery Vinhos da Toka is one of the best wineries to follow in Rio Grande do Sul.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Rio Grande do Sul to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Vinhos da Toka 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 Vinhos da Toka 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 Vinhos da Toka wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Vinhos da Toka wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of southern beef meatballs, mahi mahi curry with coconut milk or cancoillotte (made from metton).
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.
Planning a wine route in the of Rio Grande do Sul? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Vinhos da Toka.
Calitor is a black grape variety of Provençal origin that is not widely grown in France. It is only cultivated on a little more than a hundred hectares in total. The main characteristic of this variety is its bent stalk. Its adult leaves have 5 lobes and angular teeth. The leaf blade is both pubescent and downy. The young leaves have a pinkish tinge, especially in autumn. They are also downy. The tip of the calitor branch is cottony. Calitor is a recommended grape variety in the departments of Vaucluse and Var and is authorized in others such as Gard, Drôme and Ardèche. It has two variants, namely the grey calitor and the white calitor. The calitor is matured only 35 days after the chasselas but it is very productive. It appreciates hot and dry soils. This variety is resistant to oidium, but it remains sensitive to grey rot and mildew. Calitor produces a light, low-alcohol wine with little colour.
