Argentina Wine Dinner
Wednesday 9th October 2024
For one night only, we will enjoy a variety of grapes and wines that Argentina has to offer with a mouthwatering Autumn menu. Argentina is placed at the forefront of the wine industry thanks to its solid foundations. The production of wines in the Country goes back to the 16th century, when the first specimens of Vitis vinifera were brought to America by Spanish colonisers. Catholic priests who cultivated vineyards near their monasteries were important in their propagation, thus ensuring the production of wine to celebrate Holy Mass. During the 19th century, European immigrants introduced new cultivation techniques and other varieties of grapes which found an ideal habitat to grow in the Andes and the Río Colorado Valley. In the 20th century the wine industry underwent important changes that would mark its future course: it went from mass production for domestic consumption, to higher quality, lower volume production.
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