Bento Gonçalves
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Municipality of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. It lies in southern Brazil, where winters are genuinely cold and summers are the high season.
Why visit: Italian-settled valleys of vineyards and stone houses — Brazil's wine country, and nothing like the rest of the country.
- ›Book tastings ahead at the larger wineries
- ›Take the vintage steam train between the valley towns
- ›Try the sparkling wine, which is what this region does best
- ›Use a driver or a tour; the wineries are spread out
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Best time
February – April for the harvest; June – August for the cold-weather season
Weather
Subtropical with four real seasons, reversed from the northern hemisphere: hot summers of 25–35°C from December to March, and genuinely cold winters from June to August that bring frost inland and occasional snow on the highlands.
Entry fee
Tastings ~₹500 – 2,000
Hours
Wineries typically 9 AM – 5 PM
Est. budget
₹2,000 – ₹6,000
Duration
Full day
Nearby attractions
No other destinations within 25 km. Try a wider radius.