Fancy dinner party requirement. Also, eat this with blue cheese. You're welcome. In all seriousness, this fortified dessert wine is a lighter, more delicate Port, upending the perception that this is a stuffy after-dinner drink (you can have Port whenever if you believe in yourself hard enough). If you are trying to impress the in-laws, though, the golden rule in pairing wine with dessert: whatever is in the glass should be sweeter than what’s on the plate.