Graduate Agronomist Engineer in 1996, I had a Master of Science in Food Science, PhD in Viticulture and Enology at the University Victor Ségalen Bordeaux 2, France in 2005, Postdoctoral research in Viticulture and Enology at the University of California, UC Davis-USA, in 2019. Since August 2005 is Researcher in Viticulture and Enology at the Brazilian Agriculture Research Corporation (Embrapa), at Embrapa Grape & Wine.