For Christmas meals we in Portugal traditionally have salt dried cod fish and a roast; usually a seasoned turkey. Don't ask why...
Thinking of an inexpensive all terrain red wine which could cope with our local tradition, or others of the same dissimilar kind, I could not think of a better one than the Adega Vila Real, Grande Reserva, Red, Douro, Portugal, 2007, which will sell for less than 10 euros a bottle.
An extraordinary quality to price ratio which matches superbly with our euro currency crisis. Especially for big family gatherings... something that we thankfully still have for Christmas.
Luis Miguel Novais
