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Brazil is the third-largest producer of wine in Latin America, behind Argentina and Chile; production in 2018 was 3.1 million hectolitres (82,000,000 US gal), slightly more than New Zealand. In 2019, Brazil was the 15th largest wine producer in the world.
The Greeks may have even been involved in the first appearance of wine in ancient Egypt. [66] They introduced the V. vinifera vine to [67] and made wine in their numerous colonies in modern-day Italy, [68] Sicily, [69] southern France, [70] and Spain. [67]
In 1822 Gregory Blaxland became the first person to export Australian wine, and was the first winemaker to win an overseas award. [13] In 1830 vineyards were established in the Hunter Valley. [ 11 ] In 1833 James Busby returned from France and Spain with a serious selection of grape varieties including most classic French grapes and a good ...
Wine is an alcoholic drink made from fermented fruit. Yeast consumes the sugar in the fruit and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Wine is most often made from grapes, and the term "wine" generally refers to grape wine when used without any qualification.
In 2020, Paraná produced 60,000 tons of grapes, which represented 3.6% of the national production and 1% of the wine made in Brazil. The state has 28 major wineries. [ 1 ]
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Brazil: The Once and Future Country (2nd ed. 1998), an interpretive synthesis of Brazil's history. Fausto, Boris, and Arthur Brakel. A Concise History of Brazil (Cambridge Concise Histories) (2nd ed. 2014) excerpt and text search; Garfield, Seth. In Search of the Amazon: Brazil, the United States, and the Nature of a Region. Durham: Duke ...
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