Basics of Combining Wine and Chocolate
If you're not a wine connoisseur, which most of us are not, just remember the lighter the chocolate, the lighter the wine. Then again, every rule has a counter-rule:
Sparkling wine and Champagne go with anything - dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate. You just want to make sure with the whiter chocolate, you want a drier, fruitier Champagne.
A dark truffle can go with sparkling wine but also with a nice berry flavored Merlot. And Port with a dark chocolate is the best. It's pure. There's nothing else but the chocolate.
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Classic Truffle and Wine Pairings
A Kirsh or raspberry truffle goes well with Cabernet Sauvignon or Port. A Dark Truffle goes well with Merlot. The nuttier truffles go well with a Spanish Sherry.
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Chocolate and Port
Basically you can save yourself time making real fancy desserts by serving Port and truffles after dinner. Normally, if you spend the time to do a fancy dinner or go out to a very nice restaurant, you want something but you don't want a big heavy dessert. A truffle and a glass of Port is all you need. The sweet-sour counter-action works great. It's enough to satisfy the craving that you've got.
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The Art of Tasting Chocolate and Wine
Take a sip of wine first. Then take a bit of chocolate and let it go through your mouth. Then take another sip of wine. You'll notice a totally different taste in the wine, especially with the heavier reds like Cabernet Sauvignon. It seems like the chocolate will bring out the best qualities of the wine and diminish any imperfections. They complement each other. They're just made for each other. You're not going to snarf it like you would a Coke and a Mars bar.
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The Romance of Chocolate
There literally is an ingredient in chocolate that reacts inside your body the same way you feel when you get your first crush. That's the same chemical that your body makes. It's not as heavy as that, but it's along the same line. People always say that chocolate is an aphrodisiac or the love candy. There really is some truth in that.
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Chocolate and Valentine's Day
From a Hershey's Kiss to a box of Just Truffles, you can't go wrong. Try on Valentine's Day to get the best chocolate you can, and that doesn't mean paying a fortune for it. Give a box of chocolates, a bottle of wine and a little note asking for a date at a future time. That's going to mean more thatn a dozen lon-stem roses and dinner, because it shows you used a little foresight and planned ahead.
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