I like port. Often I keep a bottle around to have a glass after dinner. Usually it's something lower priced -- say, $50 or so -- but for special occasions I'll

I like port. Often I keep a bottle around to have a glass after dinner. Usually it's something lower priced -- say, $50 or so -- but for special occasions I'll splurge and get something nicer. And often I'll share a bottle with people I happen to be spending time with, who usually don't know much about port beyond having had a glass once in a while in a restaurant or bar that happened to serve it. They can rarely tell the difference between an average and a slightly-better port (I usually can, but only because I've had enough of it to know what I'm "looking" for when drinking it). But compared to something like a glass of the typical Taylor Fladgate or Graham that they'd get in a restaurant, they can almost always immediately taste the difference in a good vintage, or even a decent LBV. Though one nice thing about port is it's still niche enough that you can often find decent port for not a lot of money, compared to what people get away with in other types of wine, and the expensive stuff is expensive because it really is distinctly better.