Portland-based Latina Winemaker, Cristina Gonzales of Gonzales Wine Company, will be pouring her wines at Tivoli on Thursday, December 5 from 5 - 7pm. Come discover low-intervention red and white wines made with locally-sourced grapes, including her Malbec which pairs perfectly with Tivoli's delicious pizza! This tasty collab is extra special due to a regional connection: Tivoli's owner, yasuaki saito, and chef, Jim McGurk, both hail from the Midwest, as does winemaker Cristina, who calls Milwaukee, Wisconsin her hometown.

Offerings: taste 5 Gonzales wines alongside small bites from Tivoli and chat with winemaker Cristina Gonzales. Glasses and bottles available for purchase.

While backpacking in Argentina, Cristina Gonzales stopped in Mendoza for dinner. The grilled steak was delicious, but it was the glass of Malbec that grabbed her attention. 

That glass of Malbec stayed with Cristina, even after she returned home. Soon it called her away to work harvests around the globe, from Australia to California. She worked at the side of winemakers creating all manner of styles of wines, but she also bonded with the vineyard stewards who were raising and processing the grapes. Their expertise inspired her, and the shared language bonded them.

In 2010, almost ten years after that first fateful glass of Malbec, Gonzales Wine Company was born. Cristina began making wines that she herself loves to drink—aromatic whites, like Riesling and Gewürtztraminer, and bold reds, like Syrah and Petit Verdot. Her signature wine, made vintage after vintage, is of course Malbec.