“Life is a glass of Chocolate” Wine and Chocolate pairing Seminar
Date
Time
Price
$50.00
Complimentary for VIP Pass holders
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Location
1130 Duval Street
This luscious seminar is sure to please
wine and chocolate pairings
matching flavor nuances
Wine and chocolate paired together? They're natural companions. Both have complex flavors and notes, both have similar components and nuances in common. A wine and chocolate pairing follows the same kind of process as a wine or chocolate tasting, except you taste both together.
Examine the attributes of the chocolate, and follow the same steps as you would in a classic chocolate tasting. That includes noting the aroma, listening for the snap when you break it and checking the shine and glossiness. Before tasting it, though, take the same notice of the wine.
Swirl the wine in the glass: be aware of the color and the viscosity.
Sniff the wine and note the bouquet and flavor components.
Sip the wine; let it fill your mouth. Notice the wine's complexity, which flavors come to mind. Now take a small bite of the chocolate, let it sit on your tongue. When it just begins to melt, sip the wine again and swirl together with the chocolate.
Go to wine and chocolate pairings
Flavors to Expect
This Seminar is brought to you by lush bar at The Green Pineapple
an eco-friendly marketplace and chocolate & wine bar, Selected Brands and BRIX Chocolates
Presented by Marie Olivier, French Portfolio Manager
Nicole Garcia, Fine Wine Consultant
Rio Tigre White Chocolate, Santa Barbara Chocolate Co.
*Pure pressed cocoa butter
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Zind Humbrecht 2009 Pinot Gris
This 2009 Pinot Gris is absolutely gorgeous. Light-bodied and as fragrant as a summer day in a fruit tree meadow. Intense aromas of apricots, pears, honey and wet stone minerality follow through on the tongue, but it stays dry and tartly acidic all the way through.
The fragrance might suggest sweetness — and it almost tastes sweet — but it pulls a switcheroo.
Biodynamic
PCC Farmland Trust Cherry & Chili
Dark Chocolate
This Theo Chocolate Cherry and Chili dark chocolate bar helps to support PCC Farmland Trust and to preserve one of our most valuable natural resources: farmland. The ancho and guajillo chillies in this fair trade, organic chocolate bar are locally grown by Alvarez Organic Farms in the Yakima Valley. The organic cherries are grown in Washington State. Never has chocolate tasted so good, while doing so much good for local farmers.
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Cairanne
Region: Southern Rhône
Appellation(s): Côtes du Rhône Villages Cairanne
Producer: Catherine Le Goeuil
Founded: 1993
Annual Production: 1,600 - 2,100 cases
Farming: Organic
Francois Pralus
Madagascar 100%
Single plantation chocolate. Fresh nose, slightly minty and fruity, lots of bright acidity.
Our 100 % bar is chocolate in its purest form. This means it has no sugar added, it’s pure cocoa paste. Made from the same high quality cocoa beans as our Madagascar bar (Sambirano valley), the extra long conche time gives roundness and lusciousness to this ultra high percentage bar.
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Country: France
Region: Languedoc
Appellation(s): Coteaux du Languedoc, Cotuaex du Languedoc Pic St-loupo
Producer: Jean-Benoit Cavalier
Founded: 1983
Annual Production: 12,000 cases
Farming: Organic
Website: http://www.chateau-lascaux.com
