Port Wine

Port wine is supposedly less attractive to wine drinkers these days -- it's naturally hard to conceive that it will ever hold the cache and reputation it once held for 19th century high society, but it is a shame that more people don't partake of this great drink. One of our favorites at the affordable end of the scale is Dow's 2003 Late Bottled Vintage port, which can be found for about $25 a bottle most places. And now the major houses are starting to sell their 2007 vintage ports, which is apparently quite a good vintage. Jancis Robinson was recently singing the vintage's praises in the pages of the FT. Given the reasonable prices for some of these, it might be worth putting a few bottles in your basement. I made some chocolate mousse this past weekend that pairs very well with port and I am glad I had a spare bottle around to enjoy with it.