The Bodega Catena Zapata portfolio is high up there with the best of Argentina’s New World offerings - literally.
With a light and fruity (perfect for day drinking) Catena Alta Chardonnay underway, 24 guests arrived at the dimly lit Elbert’s Steakroom one by one, couple by couple. Bacchus Epicerie’s Alex Lichaytoo, exclusive distributor of Argentina’s Bodega Catena Zapata, was working the intimate crowd, asking everyone how they found the first white of the evening.
“GMA [Gloria Macapagal Arroyo] only eats fish and always orders this [to go with it],” shared Lichaytoo sipping on the 10-year-old chardonnay that third-generation and founder Nicolas Catena ever made.With a light and fruity (perfect for day drinking) Catena Alta Chardonnay underway, 24 guests arrived at the dimly lit Elbert’s Steakroom one by one, couple by couple. Bacchus Epicerie’s Alex Lichaytoo, exclusive distributor of Argentina’s Bodega Catena Zapata, was working the intimate crowd, asking everyone how they found the first white of the evening. “GMA [Gloria Macapagal Arroyo] only eats fish and always orders this [to go with it],” shared Lichaytoo sipping on the 10-year-old chardonnay that third-generation and founder Nicolas Catena ever made.