The Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI)
proudly reports the increasingly high-quality of Brazilian wines and sparkling wines.
On April 18th, 2013 the coordinator of INPI’s Geographical
Indication (GI), Mr Luiz Cláudio Dupim, handed the corresponding GI certificate
to Deunir Argenta, president of the Wine Producers Association of ‘Montes Altos’
(Apromontes). Mr Dupim emphasised the importance of GIs noting that it “adds
value to the product, helps to preserve traditions and boost the local economy.”
It is said that Montes Altos’s producers received a helping
hand from Embrapa Uva e Vinho, as well as from Embrapa Clima Temperado, the Universidade
de Caxias do Sul (UCS) and the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
(UFRGS).
