The hunt for great value wine is easy in Portugal

 Above: The historic terraced vineyards along the Douro River in Portugal. (PHOTO: RIU CUNHA) Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock (yet let’s face it, the Ontario Lockdown is akin to a rock), you probably know that Portugal doesn’t only produce Port, a sweet and fortified wine typically enjoyed for dessert, Portugal also

Natalie MacLean’s Wine of the Week

 Bonny Doon Le Cigare Volant 2008 California, United States This wine is a blend of mostly syrah and grenache grapes, with some cinsault, mourvèdre and carignane grapes. I love the Bordeaux aroma I get first followed by cassis, blackcurrant and smoke, but most of all, fresh earth. Full-bodied and complex.