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Wine Tasting This Friday! Ikal 1150

Please join me this Friday at Vino 100 in The Woodlands from 5-8pm for a special Argentine wine tasting from Ikal 1150. Pronounced “ee-kahl eleven fifty”, Ikal means “poetry” at 1,150 meters above sea level. Poetry because of the special place where everything comes together to make excellent wines. Located in the highly prized district of Tupungato in Mendoza Argentina, Ikal 1150′s high elevation vineyards provide a perfect place to make great wine.

1,150 meters is approximately 3,800 feet. The highest elevation for vineyards in California is between 1,500 and 2,300 feet. At this higher elevation during cool mountain nights, vines take advantage of the day’s warmth that is captured in the sandy, rocky soils that were created by the Andes mountain glaziers. The diurnal variation between cool and warm days provides more effective acidity balance as grapes mature. As the saying goes, the best wines start in the vineyard. And these vineyards are poetic.

I’m exited by the opportunity to taste these limited production wines. We will be tasting Ikal 1150′s entire lineup which includes Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, and the varietal that in Argentina is expressed better than any other place on Earth, Malbec.

Make plans now to join me along with Jerry Ward and his wife Sandra Beltran of Ikal 1150 as they show off these wines. You’ll be glad you did.

Vino 100 – The Woodlands

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