Chocolate & Wine Pairings

The following web site offer information that will help you learn how to pair wine and chocolate.

Wine and chocolate?! Find a match made in heaven. Your guide is Wine Spectator's Harvey Steiman, who tastes a few harmonious pairings and warns you about less than harmonious combinations. Watch the Video

The Perfect Pair - The perfect pair? The lights are down and the fire is lit. The mood is set. You even have that special treat ready that makes this night romantic:chocolate fondue. But what to drink? Champagne? No. Not to mention how outdated that seems, the bubbles go straight to your head. You scan through your wine collection and pick out one of your favorites. The chocolate is perfect with it's rich and creamy taste and velvety smooth texture. You reach for your wine glass and take a sip. Your mouth dries out instantly. It's almost insulting to the chocolate and wine to have paired them so badly. What otherwise would've been a very good Merlot, now tastes like a you've been sucking on a rubber band. Read more....

Pairing Chocolate & Wine - The Right Wine And Chocolate Matches Are A Happy Marriage - Those who love fine chocolate and fine wine find key points of similarity. Both are made from fruit (the cocoa nibs from which chocolate is made are the seeds of the fruit of the cocoa tree, and fruit was eaten by early Americans long before they discovered how to make chocolate beverage from the seeds). The flavor and aroma yielded by both cacao pod and grape are a function of not only their rootstock, but of their soil, climate, and the weather conditions affecting any single harvest.  Read part 1....read part 2...

Tips for Successfully Pairings Wines with Chocolate - Rule #1, the wine should be at least as sweet, if not a touch sweeter, than the chocolate you are serving it with. Otherwise, the taste may quickly veer towards sour. Read more...

These articles will get you started on your quest to pair the perfect wine with the perfect chocolate.