Just had a really good question come in about what’s your favourite value wine pick. 

Of course value is a matter of opinion but for the purpose of this post I’m going to look at something we’ve tried recently that is the under $10 price range. 

I stopped by the Wines of Spain booth during the Ottawa Wine and Food Show and sampled a number of really interesting wines.  I was pleasantly surprised by a red wine from the region of Yecla in Spain.  The fact that it’s whopping $8.90 is quite amazing.  I think it delivers twice the value.  The grape is monastrell (or mourvèdre) and it’s typically a blending grape so I haven’t seen many single varietal versions.  We picked up a few bottles to have around and it’s a guilt-free go to red for everything from burgers and pizza to braised and bbq meat.  Leave us a comment if you pick it up to let us know what you think. BODEGAS CASTANO LA CASONA MONASTRELL LCBO 143743 | 750 mL bottle Price: $ 8.90