Not only is the drink generous, so is the occasion. I equate Port and other desert wines with a dinner party that’s so much fun no one wants it to end. That’s when I most often pull out a Port or Sauternes: when it’s late, everyone is still having a great time, and there’s a collective push to keep the conversation going just a bit longer.
I drank a Cape Mentelle rose (Australia) tonight and enjoyed the heck out of. Good for a $12 bottle of wine. Good enough that I bought a case. I will need more soon.
I do have a regular wine tasting group but really don’t know the concept of a guilty pleasure. We have been drinking wine together for a very long time pretty much know each other’s wine preferences, warts and all. I cannot think of a wine I like that I feel a need to hide from group members.