August 2014 Celebrated Living - page 83

TOP: SILVIATONON
IFYOUGO
Formore informa-
tiononvisiting the
ValedosVinhedos,
see www.valedos
vinhedos.com.br.
STAY: For a full-
servicehotel andan
excellent spa, Hotel
&SpadoVinho
Caudalie (www
.spadovinho
.com.br) is the top
choice in the region.
For something
more intimate,
PousadaBorghetto
Sant’Anna (www
.borghettosan
tanna.com.br) is
agorgeous cluster
of romantic stone
houses.
EAT: ValleRustico’s
(www.valle
rustico.blogspot
.com) rising chef,
RodrigoBellora,
plucksgoods from
the restaurant’sown
organicgardens for
his contemporary
three-coursemenus
served in theatmo-
sphericbasement
of a local house.
MammaGema
(www.mamma
gema.com.br)
doesquality rustic
Italianandhas an
attachedwine shop
that has thebest
concentrationof
localwines in
the region.
TASTE: You can sip
theaward-winning
QuatroCastas
blend—and some
of Brazil’sbest reds
(syrah, cabernet
sauvignon,malbec)
—at Almaúnica
(www.almaunica
.com.br). And Piz-
zato (www.pizzato
.net) has turned
wine-worldheads
with itsmerlots.
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