Meet the wine that’s back on tables and menus and gaining popularity – our port-style Cookie Cellars Macaron. Toasty, sweet and intense with a chill, fancy-feeling vibe, it’s ideal for the slow sip, and lends itself to savory or sweet recipes with its flavor-building talent. Thanks to the grape variety Touriga Nacional, Portugal’s prestige grape, Macaron is rich and smooth with aromas of blackberry, cherry and prune. With a high alcohol content and warm sweetness, it’s a delightful after dinner sipper. And with surprising depth and complexity, it’s also a great cooking wine. Read on for recipes to try this season! 
Arepas, savory light cornmeal cakes, are topped with flavorful duck breast and a deep port/berry sauce.
Spiced Duck Arepas and Blueberry Port Sauce
*Recipe and photo courtesy of McCormick & Company, Inc. 
A wine and cheese tasting in a bowl! Served with accompaniments plain or fancy, it disappears quickly.
Port Wine Cheese Spread
*Recipe and photo courtesy of Food52.com. 
Tender and juicy with a scrumptious crust and sweet/savory sauce, this is an extraordinary dish.
Beef Tenderloin in Shallot Port Sauce
*Recipe and photo courtesy of newenglandtoday.com. 
Once you experience the deep beefy flavors of this fragrant dish, it will be your go-to stew.
Beef Stew with Port and Porcini
*Recipe and photo courtesy of foodandwine.com. 
You may want to drink this sauce! Serve the chops over rice or polenta to catch every drop.
Pork Chops in Port Sauce
*Recipe and photo courtesy of thekitchn.comcs. 
Port-infused beef from the grill with caramelized onions, crumbled goat cheese and more port sauce. Whoa!
Port Sliders with Goat Cheese and Caramelized Onions
*Recipe and photo courtesy of thebrewerandthebaker.com. 
This simple simmer of chicken and mushrooms with garlic, tomatoes and port is an ideal midweek meal.
Chicken, Mushrooms and Tomatoes with Port
*Recipe and photo courtesy of simplyrecipes.com. 
Sweet pears, arugula, crunchy pecans and cheese cubes fresh off the grill are a real wow with their stunning port dressing.
Pear Salad with Grilled Cheese and Port Dressing
*Recipe and photo courtesy of braziliankitchenabroad.com. 
Buttery polenta topped with mushrooms simmered in garlic and port is quick to prepare and tastes quite fancy.
Creamy Polenta with Mushrooms and Port
*Recipe and photo courtesy of Lauren Hartmann and Rabbit and Wolves. 
Elegant parfaits of mascarpone, sweet oranges and fresh figs simmered in port are showstoppers.
Port Wine Fig Mascarpone Parfaits
*Recipe and photo courtesy of mygouretconnection.com. 
Cakey outside, molten inside, drizzled with a port reduction and swooshed with whipped cream – oh my!
Port Wine Molten Chocolate Cakes
*Recipe and photo courtesy of brownedbutterblondie.com. 
Red pears simmered in port with cinnamon, ginger, cardamom and vanilla are sweet, spicy and stylishly simple.
Port Wine Poached Pears
*Recipe and photo courtesy of honestcooking.com. 
Nobody can eat just one of these no-bake, cocoa-and-port treats, so double the recipe.
Cocoa Balls with Port
*Recipe and photo courtesy of noblepig.com. 
Fresh and juicy port-soaked berries covered with a sweet corn biscuit topping bakes up fast and disappears fast.
Blackberry Port Cobbler
*Recipe and photo courtesy of ritzymom.com. 
Gooey, fudgy dense brownies with an explosion of port-drenched cherries!
Brownies with Port Soaked Cherries
*Recipe and photo courtesy of theflouredtable.com.
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