Mix Your Chocolate and Wine Gifts Carefully
March 26th, 2007Successful pairing depends on matching strengths; just like a dry red wine is best paired with a rich steak, a dry red wine should be paired with something that’s equally hearty when it comes to chocolate. A chocolate and wine gift that has a dry red wine should have a very dark chocolate with it in order to get good complementing tastes.
1) A chocolate that is much heavier in cocoa than in sugar is the only kind of chocolate that is going to stand up to the robust flavor of a dry red wine.
2) A rose wine is best paired with a milder chocolate such as white chocolate or chocolate with almonds or hazelnuts.
3) A wine gift with milk chocolate can be paired with a dry white wine.
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