Things Together Can Be Better Than Apart
I’d like to take a moment to point out one of the finer things in life: chocolate and a big red wine, such as a Cabernet Sauvignon. The other night I cooked dinner for my family again, and I wanted to make something that could stand up to the Martella Cabernet Sauvignon from Heart Arrow Ranch. It’s my favorite wine on his own label, but I won’t get into specifics here because it might show up again for Wine Blogging Wednesday # 29– featuring biodynamic wines.
Well, the mini Beef Wellingtons were tasty, but I think I liked the dark chocolate drops (from my mom’s stocking) with it even better. There are people out there who think chocolate and wine aren’t meant to go together…I even saw in once on a page of the daily wine calendar…but those people are insane! Some Cabs even give off hints of chocolate, so of course the two will marry well. In addition, a nice Port and chocolate is a fabulous pairing as well.
These companions are great any time but even more so for winter evenings when it’s cold outside.
chocolate and wine, chocolate, port, Cabernet Sauvignon pairing
January 3rd, 2007 at 3:11 pm
You know what else goes well with chocolate? If you can find it, raspberry wine. OMG, my tongue gets all happy just thinking about it.
January 3rd, 2007 at 10:52 pm
Allison, yes, so true. I loved how when I visited Boony Doon, they served their Framboise in little chocolate cups.