Chocolate

Wine or chocolate on your gift list? Why not pair them?

Until recently, I played my wine and food pairing cards conservatively. Rarely did I attempt to pair a red wine with poultry, for example. As for chocolate, which I love nearly as much as wine, I avoided pairing the two in fear sweetness in the chocolate would cause my dry wine to taste bitter. I […]

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Bingeing on Brachetto, biscotti, berries and a chocolate bunny (#ItalianFWT)

With apologies to Sesame Street, this post is brought to you today by the letter “B.” The letter “B” is for bingeing, a side-effect of sheltering in place during the pandemic. What better wine for binge-watching past episodes of VEEP (substitute your favorite TV series here) than a light, frothy, low-alcohol Brachetto d’Acqui? Goes great

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