Introducing “Diavoletti”
With the fall season approaching it is the perfect time to release our first-ever bottling of Port. Made from 100% Zinfandel grapes and fortified with a local Brandy this Port has been waiting patiently to make its debut!
The name “Diavoletti” translates from Italian to mean “little devils.” This expression aptly describes the three boys and sons of both Katey and Nicole Bacigalupi. Katey’s oldest, Aiden is 3 and 1/2 years old. He enjoys playing with his French bulldog named Ace, reading, and swimming. Katey’s youngest son, Owen is just 8 months, he is enjoying trying all kinds of new foods and has just mastered sitting up all on his own. Nicole’s only son Lucca is also 3 years old, he is a sweet but rambunctious boy that loves Spiderman, dogs and his mom!
THE FIRST PORT RELEASE FROM BACIGALUPI VINEYARDS.
WHAT DEFINES PORT?
Traditionally, Port is a sweet, red, fortified wine produced exclusively in the Douro Valley in the northern provinces of Portugal. Under European Union Protected Designation of Origin guidelines, only the product from Portugal may be labelled as port or Porto. How did Port originate? Port became very popular in England after the Methuen Treaty of 1703 when war between France and England deprived English wine drinkers of their beloved French Bordeauxs. In search of new wine regions the British sailed down the Atlantic coastline until, they literally came upon the next red-wine producing area, the Douro River valley of northern Portugal. At the river’s mouth is the town of Oporto, “the port” or “the door,” the mother name of both port wine and the nation of Portugal itself. The wines produced in this area were of the finest quality. The only problem was that the wines did not hold up during the long journey by sea from Portugal back to England. It’s said that the port-making process was invented accidentally by a pair of brothers who fortified the wine with grape brandy to maintain its quality during the long trip.
What are the various types of Port? How do they differ? There are two main types of Port; wood-aged and bottle-aged, with many sub-categories of each. Here is the breakdown:
• RUBY PORT – Made from red grapes, bottled fairly young, and intended either to be enjoyed young or aged in their bottle. Diavoletti is considered a ruby style port.
• WHITE PORT – Made from white grapes
• TAWNY PORTS – Made from red grapes but allowed to age in small wooden casks to accelerate the aging and oxidation of the wine, which is ready to drink when bottled and not intended for bottle aging.
• GARRAFEIRA PORT – Aged in both cask and glass demijohns.
