The Art of Wine and Chocolate

I am getting into the swing of things with my new job, and I am starting to see the slightly manic side of me come out.  Let's face it honestly.  Part of my driven to near breakdown at my last job was at least 25% self propulsion to taking on more, better, harder work.  To keep the cycle from starting, I am practicing zen like behaviors at home-at least my kind of zen.  I truly love a good glass of wine at the end of the night.  I enjoy a bit of chocolate as well. As I am sitting here about to watch a streaming episode of Eastenders, I have a hankering for both.  Don't anyone worry about this developing into a bad habit on either front.  I'm talking a glass of wine and a square or two of chocolate. I'm living the adage, all things in moderation.

Wine and chocolate can be pretty wonderful, but I do not have a gift for pairing the two together. Cheese I do all right with, but too sweet a chocolate, and the wine becomes bitter. Picking too dark a chocolate and the wine takes on a sticky sweet flavor. The lovely people at Lindt have developed a nice on line tool for people like me. This is not a promotion for Lindt-no freebies or dollars are coming my way. A local dollar store often has the Lindt bars in assorted flavors for, of course $1.00 for a pretty big bar, and through our wine club, we get some pretty terrific wine values. Decadence doesn't need to take over the grocery budget. I thought this was an awesome resource for the wine and chocolate want-to-be connoisseurs out there. The descriptions of chocolate options could cross brands very well. Now, time to figure out what wine might go with leftover Easter Milky Ways. 

To learn more, follow this link: Lindt Excellence Wine Pairing

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