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Top 10 Wine and Chocolate Pairings for Valentine's Day

                                                                                                   

Natalie MacLean, author of the bestseller Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World's Best Bargain Wines, shares with us her top ten wine and chocolate matches for Valentine's Day. Click on the wine names below to find the stores that have these wines in stock now:

 

  1. Dark Chocolate and Tommasi Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico, Italy
  2. Chocolate-Covered Biscotti and Jackson-Triggs Gewurztraminer Icewine Proprietors' Grand Reserve, Niagara-On-The-Lake
  3. Chocolate-Orange Cake and Niepoort Port Ruby, Douro, Portugal
  4. Chocolate with Nuts and Warre's Vintage Port, Douro, Portugal
  5. Milk Chocolate and Tokaj Kereskedöház Tokaji Aszú 4 Puttonyos, Hungary
  6. Bittersweet Chocolate and Poderi Colla Bussia Dardi Le Rose Barolo, Piedmont, Italy
  7. Chocolate-Dipped Fruit and Open Vidal Icewine, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario
  8. Chocolate Ganache Truffles and Château Doisy-Védrines Sauternes, Bordeaux, France
  9. Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake and La Face Cachée Ice Cider De La Pomme Neige, Quebec
  10. Chocolate Hearts with Cream Filling and Osborne Cream Sherry Santa Maria, Spain  

 

You can find more of Natalie's wine picks and pairings at www.nataliemaclean.com.

 Recommendations from listeners:

Teddy suggests the Fallen Timber Meadery at Water Valley.

Karen suggests

Santa Julia,malbec, from Argentina

Seven Deadly Zins, zinfandel, from California

wines from Mt. Boucherie winery in Okanagan

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