CAJU WINE
MEMORY AND DECOLONIALITY IN THE TRAJECTORY OF THE TITO SILVA
Keywords:
caju wine, memory, decoloniality, food cultureAbstract
This article analyzes the trajectory of the Tito & Silva Wine Factory in João Pessoa (PB) as a case study of the tensions between traditional know-how and market logics in Brazil. Cashew wine production is examined through the lenses of social memory and decolonial theory, arguing that this "saber-fazer" represents technical and cultural resistance against the silencing imposed by Eurocentric power structures. It is argued that the factory’s history exposes the "coloniality of power," which has historically marginalized native fermented beverages, such as indigenous cajun-cauim, in favor of a standard that established grapes as the sole reference for quality and value. The study discusses how the factory’s closure influenced by economic factors and legislation imposing disadvantageous taxes and standards on cashew-derived products, reflects the persistence of a colonial structure that promotes the epistemicide of local technologies. Finally, the article seeks to reclaim social agency (protagonism), especially of traditional communities and their heritage, in the maintenance of these food knowledges, proposing a reflection on food sovereignty and the decoloniality of taste.