The Wine Museum and Enoteca (in Portuguese, Museu do Vinho e Enoteca) is a Brazilian museum and
enoteca
Enoteca (plural: ''Enoteche'') is an Italian word that is derived from the Greek word Οινοθήκη, which literally means "wine repository" (from ''Oeno/Eno-'' Οινός "wine", and ''teca'' Θήκη, "receptacle, case, box"), but it is use ...
, located in
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, twelfth most populous city in the country ...
in the old building of the plant's gas tank. The museum carries approximately 250 varieties of wines produced by 32 wineries in
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...
, with descriptive guidance products. The Enoteca is the only wine museum in Brazil, with international standards comparable to the
French
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** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
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, and the second in
Latin America
Latin America or
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* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
in the public domain. The collection of the museum also keeps parts and equipment used in the initial period of industrialization of wine.
References
External links
Adega24.com — Tudo sobre vinho
Museums in Porto Alegre
Wine museums
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