3rd Corner Wine Shop and Bistro Hosting Wine Maker Dinner Featuring Noted Wines from Argentina’s Altocedro Winery

The 3^rd Corner Wine Shop and Bistro, located in the former Palomino Restaurant site at 73-101 Highway 111, is hosting Altocedro Winery, one of Argentina’s “cult” wineries at a Wine Maker Dinner on October 20^th. The evening begins at 7:00 pm with a champagne reception and the cost is $40 plus tax & gratuity. Reservations are required. Please call 760.837.9600.

The evening includes a four course dinner with a South American flavor. All courses are paired with excellent Altocedro wines. Dinner begins with a Grilled Lamb Sweetbread and Pork Chorizo / Rosemary and Lemon Quinoa paired with a 010 Altocedro. The second course is a Wild Boar Empanada / black currants corn and fried egg complimented by a 2008 Altocedro Reserve Malbec. This is followed by “Matambre” Modern/rib eye cap, pork belly, spinach, apple and chimicurri and 2007 Altocedro Gran Reserva Malbec. The evening ends with Manchego Cheese and Membrillo and coffee.

The winery of Altocedro is located in the growing region of La Consulta, Valle de Uco, Mendoza. This is one of the premier Argentine growing zones. Limited production with sustainable growing practices make the Altocedro wines a cult-type wine in Argentina. Winemaker Karim Mussi Saffie focuses on producing terroir-driven wines.

All harvesting, sorting, and crushing are done in individual batches by hand, using no machinery in the process. The vines range up to 70 years of age, with only 1,600 plants per acre, and strict harvesting of only 1.2 kg of grapes per vine. The extract is done with a gravity flow system developed at the winery over 100 years ago.