Brazil is the largest producer of sparkling wine in Latin America

Exports of Brazilian wines and sparkling wines grew by 1.7% from January to June 2023 compared to the same period in 2022. In terms of values, in the first half of this year, Brazilian wineries exported a total of USD 5,775,799, of which Uruguay, United States, Paraguay and China the main destinations for national labels. The data are from the Foreign Trade Secretariat (Secex). Most of the sector's export market share (80.94%) is still wine, but the sparkling wine segment has shown surprising dynamism. Considered the flagship in the sectoral promotion in the international market, sparkling wines made using the traditional method had an increase of 5.4% in exports from January to June 2023 compared to the first six months of the previous year. Exports of sparkling wines prepared using the Charmat method doubled in value, with growth of 108%. The category went from USD 114.9 thousand in 2022 to USD 239.3 thousand this year. Brazil: largest sparkling wine producer in Latin America ...