Alvarez Mattiuzzi Wine Dinner

TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2024

6 PM RECEPTION - 6:30 PM SEATED DINNER

Join us for an exclusive wine dinner featuring boutique wines from the Alvarez Mattiuzzi Family Vineyard, a Houston family-owned business established in 2014. Your hosts are the owners: winemaker Ricardo Alvarez and Gloria Mattiuzzi, who will guide you through the five-course meal created by Chef Hugo and Chef Ruben Ortega, paired with their wines, including two first-ever releases!

This family-owned vineyard is in Uco Valley, Mendoza, Argentina's largest and most prestigious wine-producing area. It is located at the Andes Mountains' foothills, 3,600 feet above sea level. Soils in Uco Valley are heterogeneous with limestone's properties, which allows it to retain water, creating a good place for the roots and more concentrated wines with great minerality. This region is distinguished by extreme weather, significant fluctuations in daily temperatures, aridity, and periods of drought, all of which promote excellent grape production for crafting exquisite wines.

Barrel-fermented and co-fermented in first-use French oak barrels, the Alvarez Mattiuzzi Vineyard produces full-bodied, opulent, and well-balanced wines with intense and robust personalities, pure aromas, balanced flavors, and perfect freshness.

"We preserve a simple winemaking philosophy: wine should be based on the quality of farming, minimal intervention in the cellar, and time-honored methods of healthy fermentation and harmonious blending."

-Ricardo Alvarez, Winemaker

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