Jane Portalupi and her winemaker husband, Tim Borges met as kids in northern California over thirty years ago. As grown ups they married and started Portalupi Winery in Healdsburg, California. Tim and Jane set out to craft wines worthy of their Italian heritage yet stay true to their location in Sonoma. I love working with Jane and Tim because they treat me like family and each time I visit we almost forget to talk about work stuff.
This week Portalupi joins other Zinfandel producers for the annual celebration of Zinfandel known as ZAP. This year’s festival spans four days of wine, food and merriment in San Francisco. Participants will be using the #ZinFest hash tag on social media sites to follow the action.
Portalupi produces 2 Zinfandels — the 2008 Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel and the 2009 Old Vine Zinfandel from Dolinsek Ranch vineyard. Tim Fish of Wine Spectator recently gave the ’09 Old Vine Zin 90 pts.
Tim and Jane created a series of educational videos for Zin lovers that they are releasing this week in honor of ZAP. Here’s a few featuring Tim:
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