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- Hey, I'm New ...
Hi everybody, I'm new here, I'm really enjoying this site and the community.
I'm from Brazil, I did a Sommelier Course in 2007 and the first level of WSET.
I work as a Sommelier for a great Wine Group here, Miolo Wine Group, and I own a Wine Store in my city.
I'm looking forward to increase my knowledge on wine, as my focus was Brazilian terroirs, so I'm trying to taste and read a lot from worldwide.
So if ya'll wanna know something from Brazil, ask me and I'll try to answer.
And as I'm already here, let me ask you..Is there any NICE Sommelier program in California ?
I have the opportunity to go the next year and I'm planning to take one, I've heard about The Professional Culinary Institute, wich focus on the Master of Sommelier....
If theres anything better...or anything you know, please let me know.
Thanks a lot, hope I have a great time here....
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1738 - Reply by Gregory Dal Piaz, Oct 19.
Hi Santa,
Welcome to Snooth.
What city are you in?
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Hey, thanks
I'm from Florianópolis, an Island in southern Brazil...
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- Reply by Santa Adega, Oct 19.
Sure, our sparkling wine is just great.
We Have a lot of great "champenoise" labels here, I can suggest Miolo Brut or Miolo Millesime and Cave Geisse
As reds, we have some good Merlots in the south, mostly from Vale dos Vinhedos (Wine Valley)
Miolo, Casa Valduga, Pizzato, Lidio Carraro are some wineries that make good ones.
And in the deep south I suggest Miolo's Quinta do Seival Castas Portuguesas (Tinta Roriz, Touriga Nacional and Alfrocheiro assemblage)
I can tell you that brazilian wine is getting better and better each and every year, and for the first time Decanter magazine tasted and suggested some of them...
"2009 Decanter World Wine Awards:
South American (Brazillian) Wines
Miolo, Fortaleza Pinot Noir, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2008
Commended Under £10 (Red)
Miolo, Tempranillo, Campanha, Brazil, 2007
Commended Under £10 (Red)
Miolo, Quinta do Seival, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2005
Commended Under £10 (Red)
Miolo, Merlot Terroir, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2005
Commended Over £10 (Red)"
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048 - Reply by Charles Emilio, Oct 19.
Muito interesante, nos somos vizinhos.. eu estou em Peru.
I am a wine importers distributor in Peru so it has been very interesting reading this thread.
In peru we have nothing from Brasil yet.
I have heard very mixed reviews about Miolo.
The cave geisse sounds interesting.
In Peru sparkling wine is flying off the shelves more than anything.
Do you know what the cave geisse costs wholesale (mais ou menos)?
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- Reply by Santa Adega, Oct 20.
Great, I never tasted wine from Peru.
I'll try to find some...
Well, you'll read mixed articles about Miolo because its the biggest company here, so you have all kind of opinions about it, what can I say is, Miolo makes popular wines, and GREAT wines, it has wines from US5,00 until US100,00.
Cave Geisse you can find in our local market for about US20,00 .
And Miolo Brut for about US15,00 .
And yes, Sparkling wine is flying, its impressive how its sale numbers are raising. But only national, imported (champagne, cava etc.) are decreasing because of its price.
