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Beijing Brazilian restaurant Alameda now has wines to match its food: a sparkling, a white and three reds from the Miolo operation in South America’s largest nation are now on the menu. The lineup includes:

• Terranova Moscatel Sparkling Wine (rmb295)
• Miolo Reserve Chardonnay 2009 (rmb260)
• Miolo Reserve Tannat 2010 (rmb260)
• Miolo ‘Lote 43’ Cabernet-Merlot 2006 (rmb680)
• Rar Cabernet-Merlot Family Reserve 2006 (rmb775)

Alameda chef Geraldo Thomazini says he might soon add Miolo Chenin Blanc by the glass. (On the topic of atypical wines from South America, Alameda stocks Pisano Tannat from Uruguay.) Miolo wines hail from Vale dos Vinhedos in the Serra Gaucha wine region in the far south of Brazil. According to the company web site, Miolo started grape cultivation here in 1897. The Rar wine listed above is made with businessman Raul Anselmo Randon, hence the name, with Miolo handling the technical side.

These wines are part of the ever-increasing wine choice we have in Beijing. And these particular ones might explain why Brazilian wine imports rose by almost 53,000 percent last year. Then again, they were only starting from a base of 78 liters…

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