Usually our Valentine's Day consists of pizza and a movie ... but this year I surprised Michael with a trip out (albeit, after Valentine's Day had passed) to pair wine and chocolates!
The class was located down near the border in a sketchy little area - but the hosts were great ... the wine was wonderful ... and the chocolate was DEVINE!!
The Chocolatier's machine (I dubbed thee, the Wonka Factory Chocolate Waterfall):
First we learned about how to pair the wines with different chocolates, and then we tried different percentages of cocoa with different wines (we tried 44%, 74% and 76% ... shockingly, I enjoyed the 44% - milk chocolate - the best) :P
The crystallized ganache ready to be coated with the chocolate waterfall:
Our Swiss Chocolatier showing us how to decorate:
Pairing a Cabernet with a currant truffle (our favorite of the night was a Torrontes white wine with a passion fruit truffle):
Michael enjoying the reds:
I liked the chocolate more :P
After the tastings, we got to decorate truffles to take home!
The chocolates heading through the delicious waterfall:
Yum!!
My mad decorating skills:
The Chocolatier packaging them up for us with a few extra goodies!
What a treat! We loved every minute of it!
