Where Renzo's comes from
Parallel 34
Run your finger along a globe at 34 degrees south of the equator and you cross
three countries and every place that made this restaurant.
It crosses Mendoza, where vines grow at altitudes no one believed possible —
home of Catena Zapata,
the house that saved Malbec, and El Enemigo,
the winemaker's own rebellion. It crosses Colchagua, where Chile hid Carmenère for a century
without knowing it — home of Lapostolle. And it runs to the Atlantic through
Uruguay — the country of asado, of Tannat, of Bodega Garzón — and the country
whose table Renzo's has carried to Florida for a generation.
The parrilla, the empanada, the long Sunday table, the bottle passed hand to hand —
none of it was invented here. It was brought here, along one line of latitude, and
kept alive by one family.
So when we chose the wines that would live on every Renzo's list, we didn't hire
a consultant. We went home. Four houses, three countries, one latitude —
poured every night at our tables.
That's Parallel 34. Come taste where we're from.