At what age did you start drinking Port?

[Scheiny S]

i had my first taste at 22, a $15 jug of something that tasted only like raisins, which i hate.

at 25 a friend and i got a Groupon to a tapas and wine bar. we decided to split their port flight. there were four or five but the only one i remember is Fonseca bin 27 because it was the only one i liked. we never got a bottle for ourselves, though, and i never saw port on the menu at any other restaraunt i went to [that place was above our usual price range, hence the Groupon].

when i was 27 or 28 i was at a party some friends threw because their favorite professor was visiting. i told him they had introduced me to a brandy he had introduced them to and that it was my favorite spirit. [Cardenal Mendoza Solera Gran Reserva] somehow port came up and i mentioned i'd had one terrible experience and one mediocre experience, save loving bin 27, and asked for a recommendation. we went across the street to the liquor store and got a bottle of Sandeman Founder's Reserve and i was hooked.

i've mostly had ruby reserves, Fonseca bin 27 and Sandeman Founder's are still my favorites.