Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Wine and Chocolate

Looking for an incredible gift for that special person? The attempt to create a romantic atmosphere for an unforgettable evening to create? Nothing says romance better than wine and chocolate.


The wine community can literally produce volumes of guidelines and statements on various food and wine pairings. There are an infinite number of opinions about what foods pair best with different wines. When properly combined aroma and taste of food and wine should be supplemented and improved offset each other.

Pairing wine and chocolate can be tricky, but if you have the right combination, the results are excellent. Below are some basic guidelines and rules of thumb to follow are listed, but remember that most of the fun in pairing wine and chocolate to experiment - so be sure to do this!

Start with a good quality chocolate - whether dark, milk or white chocolate, especially the quality of the ingredients to save. Retailers are now specializes in chocolates for specific wines.

The darker the wine, the darker the chocolate, this is a good guideline for a beginner to follow, to follow when shopping for your first pairing of wine and chocolate, but I feel free, your taste buds, how to get your favorite wines using Green Laboratory.

Red wines usually pair well with dark chocolate, this is particularly true for the full-bodied red wines. A great wine from a local winery that rises like a dark chocolate pairing is Crane Creek Vineyards own Hellbender Red A dry red wine from the North American Norton grape and pairs beautifully made with deep dark chocolate.


Here are some general recommendations for the formation of red wine and chocolate:

Merlot - dark chocolate or milk chocolate

Cabernet Sauvignon - dark chocolate

Pinot Noir - either dark or milk chocolate

Zinfandel - Dark Chocolate

White wines generally pair is better than dark chocolate with milk. Species that are eligible for chocolate pairings feel as follows:

Riesling

Sauvignon Blanc

Chardonnay

As a general rule of thumb, the sweeter the chocolate, the sweeter the wine, so if you consider white chocolate can be relegated to the dessert wines and sherries. I have found, postage associated with dark chocolate are a perfect combination


If you are not sure which way to go, you can always visit online retailers including ShopWineStuff.com wine and chocolate gift baskets in several sizes and combinations. They also carry a variety of chocolates especially for food and wine pairings .
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