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A Sit Down with Karim Mussi of Argentina's Altocedro

An Argentine winemaker sees the good and bad in the current marketplace
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 10:12am ET

When you produce just 7,000 cases a year from 15 hectares of vines, in an out of the way place like La Consulta, it takes more than just quality and a build-it-and-they-will-come methodology to get your wines sold in the marketplace. To that end, Karim Mussi has been in the New York area, visiting retailers and restaurants to push his own wares from Altocedro. It’s his first business trip to the U.S since he tagged along with his father as a young child. And the trip hasn’t been easy.

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