SC should produce more than 1 million bottles of wine in 2019

Is grape harvest time in Serra Catarinense. The beautiful region, high (the vines are above 900 metres) and cool climate produces wines that stand out for their quality. A strong frost that occurred almost two years ago still affect the vineyards, but, even so, the expected production is good. Altitude of the vineyards in the State, should be harvested 1 million kilos of grapes. "We will reap more than double last year, which was very difficult," said Eduardo Bassetti, producer and President of the Association of Wine. In property in working the winemaker Joelmir Grassi, in São Joaquim, is forecast to harvest nearly 32 tons of the fruit. "Here we work a lot with selective harvesting, the grapes mature not all perfectly equal. So, we're going picking, selecting the best to not have so much loss and will vinificando as needed. The vineyard is that guiding us. " João Luís de Lima Pick your second grape harvest. He says that it takes practice and knowledge to do the job. "As the way of the grape, we take or leaving. And works a lot with the scissors, you don't want to rip out the curls. After so much work in the field, the grapes go to wineries, where they go through a long process. Turn the fruit in white wine, for example, can take 6 months to 4 years. In Daniela Borges de Freitas wine, more than 100,000 bottles of sparkling wines and wines must be processed for this harvest. "Here we found that has a" terroir ", as if he's talking about. The climate, the intensity of the Sun, for being a region of altitude ... This ends up providing a high quality grape. " This year, the production of wines and sparkling wines of Santa Catarina must pass of 1 million bottles.