I also learned to love port on a trip to Portugal. Mr. Harlot and I visited several port houses at Villa Nova de Gaia. What a wonderful experience!

We really love the Kopke 20 year. It's very nice. We also were recently introduced to Dona Matilde, 1991 Colheita. It's also a very enjoyable port.

I also like LBVs. Quinta de la Rosa makes a good LBV as does Quinta do Infantado.

I'm still learning to like a vintage port.

I struggle a bit with the bigger port houses because they are not Portuguese owned. They're often multinational conglomerates or British owned. Calem was Portuguese-owned until recently but I think they sold out. Quinta de la Rosa is a family-owned quinta up the Douro. I like to buy their port (and wine) when I can, but usually I have to ask for it to be special ordered in. Fortunately my local grocery store can do that.

As for what goes with it - we went to a port tasting at our local wine store and they paired port with good quality chocolate. Port and chocolate nearly always go very well together. We have also had port with vanilla ice cream. That is enjoyable as well. It's also good with a chocolate fondue.

If you end up with a bottle of tawny port that you don't finish timely, it's still very useful for cooking.

(And, I mentioned it before so I won't harp on it, but really, if it doesn't come from Portugal, it shouldn't be called port! )