Dark Chocolate: A Red Wine's Best Friend

The idea of red wine and chocolate is nothing new, but I wanted to bring this pair to your attention because it happens to be my favorite pairing in the world!

However, not just any chocolate will do. Milk chocolate will cloud the flavors of the wine, and white chocolate clashes completely with red wine. (White wine and chocolate are a different story, but we will get to that in another blog post). 

In order to get the flavors just right, you have to go with dark chocolate. Dark chocolate has the right amount of acidity and bitterness in it to complement the bold flavors and dark berry tastes of red wine. (This goes for all red wines out there). But, that does't mean you have to get all fancy with this. Even something as simple as a Hershey's Special Dark Chocolate Kiss will do the trick. If you want to get creative, Ghiradelli makes different types of dark chocolates, each having a different percentage on the richness of the chocolate; (I recommend the 72% Twilight Delight).

Go ahead and buy yourself a bag of dark chocolate kisses and pour yourself a glass of the red wine of your choice. You will be amazed how the two together will ignite your taste buds.