Today is Easter Sunday. Rather than indulging in too many marshmallow Peeps, perhaps you'd like to try a more sophisticated sweet treat: pairing Arizona Wine with Chocolate.
I took some chocolate to the Arizona Wine Festival in Tempe last week, and paired the wines I tasted with the chocolate. Yes, I know this is an unscientific survey and yes, I know it’s personal preference, but still….AZ wines are delicious, and I was really curious to see how they paired with chocolate.
Here’s how I did it.
I took three types of chocolate to the Festival:
• Hershey’s milk chocolate
• Hershey’s special dark chocolate
• Chocolove organic dark chocolate, 55% cocoa.
At each booth I asked the person there to recommend a red wine that goes well with chocolate. I then tasted all three chocolates with that particular wine. Here’s how they matched, sorted in alphabetical order by winery name:
Alcantera Vineyards Merlot: Dark Chocolate
Jerome Winery Charbono: Dark Chocolate
Kief Joshua Vineyards Cabernet Franc: Milk Chocolate
Kokopelli Winery Cabernet Reserve: Milk Chocolate
Page Springs Vineyard Vino de la Familia: Dark Chocolate
Pillsbury Wine Co “Diva” Red: Chocolove Organic Dark Chocolate
(Yes, I know there were more than six wineries at the festival, but I was driving, so I figured that it would be best to stop at that time.)
Excellent wines! Great pairings, too!
Have a Happy Easter Sunday, everyone! And if you're going to have wine with dinner, sneak in a little chocolate as well!
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