Started in Canela in 1982 and based in Gramado since 2001, Caracol makes chocolate from the bean using only cocoa butter and milk fat, with no hydrogenated fats. The company describes itself as the region's first chocolate manufacturer and sells bars, bonbons and gift boxes.
In business for over four decades, Chocolate Gramadense produces bonbons, dragées and gift boxes from cacao grown on its own farms in a European-equipped Gramado factory. Its stores include a make-your-own-chocolate experience on the production line.
A family chocolatier founded in Gramado in 1976, Lugano makes truffles, bonbons and higher-cocoa bars and pours hot chocolate in its café-boutiques. Its production and flagship shops sit in the Serra Gaúcha town.
One of Gramado's earliest chocolate makers with more than forty years of trade, Planalto turns out bars in varied cocoa percentages, dragées, figurines and diet and zero-lactose lines. The homemade recipes are sold through its town shops and online store.
A Gramado chocolate maker of some thirty years, Florybal runs several themed stores in town, from a dinosaur-filled factory to boutique cafés. It sells handmade bars, bonbons and gift assortments made at its Floresta district plant.
Founded in Gramado in 1975 and billed as Brazil's first artisanal chocolate factory, Prawer produces bonbons, bars, dragées, truffles and alfajores. Its online and factory shops carry the full range of filled and dark chocolates.
Knitting flat-bed pieces in Gramado since 1988, Tomasini makes sweaters, ponchos, capes and dresses from distinctive yarns for both women and men. Its collections are sold through the brand's own online store.
Vimaj knits its tricot blouses, cardigans, capes and Thermo thermal wear at a factory in Gramado's Floresta district and sells them direct. The women's and men's lines lean on the wool layering suited to the town's cool highland climate.