Last month it was hit by devastating floods that have displaced more than 1.5m people, much of the state's capital Porto Alegre has been under water for weeks, and at least 250 hectares of vineyards have been destroyed.
Winemakers are used to extreme weather events these days unseasonably late frosts, hail, heat, drought, forest fires... such climatic events can have a catastrophic effect on livelihoods.
Almost half the country's wine production was sparkling... Brazil also produces similarly full-bodied reds to its neighbors over the border in Argentina and Uruguay.
Quite a few natural wines and so-called winter wines are being produced in Brazil, with innovative winemaking practices like tricking vines to bud again in autumn rather than spring.
#brazilian-wine-industry #climate-change-effects #wine-production-techniques #extreme-weather-events #innovative-winemaking
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