Chocolate And Wine
Wine is sensational on its own, I know that all too well. But people nowadays find pleasure in pairing it with different foods as wine is said to intensify the taste. It pairs splendidly with a lot of food, even chocolate! When done correctly, it gives an interesting and flavorful blast in the mouth.
The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on an appropriate type of chocolate. Ordinary chocolate bars you’ll find in your fridge aren’t good enough as they don’t contain distinctive flavors. The best choice are gourmet chocolates, be it dark, milk, or white chocolate.
Regarding your wine of choice, you have to find one that is at least as sweet as the chocolate, perhaps even slightly sweeter. One thing you have to keep in mind when creating this pair is to make sure that the distance between the sweetness of the wine and chocolate shouldn’t be far. Otherwise, the sour notes of wine will make the combination horrible since the wine will make it appear hollow if it isn’t sweet enough.
In general, red wines go along better with chocolate compared to white wines. The acidity of sparkling wines and Champagne reacts with chocolate causing a bitter taste, but that’s not to say they can’t go along well together at all. Correct combination is always key.
Another thing to know about this pairing is that elegant flavored light chocolate taste better with lighter-bodied wines. The stronger the flavor of the chocolate, the more full-bodied wine you need for that perfect combination. Quality of wine is of the essence since bad wine only gets worse when paired with chocolate.
Always taste the wine first. Only then should you start enjoying your chocolate. Doing so paves way for proper assessment of the flavor and taste of the wine itself. Otherwise, your mouth and taste buds will be covered with a thin layer of cocoa butter. Since it is already overwhelmed with chocolate, it can prevent you to taste the wine.
It was once taboo, but pairing wine with chocolate is now becoming commonplace that some people have this particular pair as their comfort food!
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Wine & Chocolate Tasting
Wine is exceptional per s, I know that perfectly well. However, people these days take pleasure in pairing it with different kinds of foods since wine is known to intensify the taste.
It pairs splendidly with an array of foods, even chocolate! When done right, it can give a flavorful and interesting blast in the mouth.
The main thing you must do is to get your hands on a good kind of chocolate, and an appropriate one. Ordinary chocolate bars that you have in your fridge aren’t good enough, given that they don’t contain distinctive flavors. The best choice are gourmet chocolates, be it dark, milk, or white chocolate.
Interesting, eh? Watch this video and watch people who are huge fans of this pairing.
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Learn About Wine and Chocolate Pairing and Tasting
Did you know that there are ways of enjoying Wine and Chocolate together? Well this video will show you how you enjoy having a wine and chocolate tasting event.
Our experts Evan Goldstein, showed Co-host, David Rogow the are of matching the two substance that we all can have fun. Also, in the video the San Diego Bay wine and Food Festival event will be shown to you so you can have a better understanding on how this event is being celebrated.
So learn more about wine and chocolate pairing and tasting.
