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Argentine Wine and Food Tasting for Dartmouth Alumni!

Monday, November 16, 2009 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (ET)

Bethesda, MD

Argentine Wine and Food Tasting for Dartmouth Alumni!

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Ticket Type Sales End Price Fee Quantity
Argentine Wine and Food Tasting for Dartmouth Alumni! Ended $49.00 $2.21

Event Details

 

Please join fellow Dartmouth Alumni for a special adventure and tasting of the wines and food of Argentina

This reception will include a wine passport including the main Argentine wine regions including Mendoza, San Juan, La Rioja, and Salta Cafayate as well as tasting tips and a tasting sheet. Learn about the most celebrated wines of Argentina including:

  • Malbec, the full bodied french grape that does wonders in the elevated vineyards of Mendoza Valley and deliver a nice complexity of dark fruit, minerality and tertiary aromas
  • Bonarda, a medium-bodied northern italian grape with great fruity flavors
  • Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, the Bordeaux varietals that found a new expression in Argentina,
  • Malbec-based blends, understand the great potential of assemblage in Argentina
  • Torrontes, a grape from northern spain that delivers wonderful aromas of passion fruits, orange and papaya.

 

There will be a buffet of tapas and argentine delicacies such as meat empanadas, vegetarian empanadas, grilled spicy sausage, tortilla de patatas, croquetas de pollo. Etc.