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    Wines to Pair with Chocolate – how to make it work
    • Apr 15, 2017

    Wines to Pair with Chocolate – how to make it work

    This an updated post from last year – wines, vintages and prices updated. Chocolate can be a tricky customer when it comes to matching wines, but it’s certainly not a no-go area. Believe me, after years of selfless testing, I’ve come up with winning combinations (below) for chocolate in all its forms. If you’re looking for pairings of your own, keep two things in mind. Firstly, even when it’s dark/bitter with a high cocoa percentage, chocolate is sweet. Secondly, it has a tex
    The Year they Tried to Erase: 1956 Tokaji
    • Mar 7, 2017

    The Year they Tried to Erase: 1956 Tokaji

    Two bottles of rare, museum collection Tokaji Aszú were opened in London last week. I was one of a handful of tasters Revolutionary harvest: 1956 Tokaji Aszú 5 puttonyos in its special 60th anniversary bottle For most of its life, this 1956 Tokaji Aszú was labelled 1957. It was not human error but a policy decision. The 1956 harvest started on 22 October and the next day the revolution against the Soviet Union began when students in Budapest took to the streets. When the comm
    Wines to Pair with Chocolate – and how to make them tango
    • Mar 23, 2016

    Wines to Pair with Chocolate – and how to make them tango

    Chocolate can be a tricky customer when it comes to matching wines, but it’s certainly not a no-go area. Believe me, after years of selfless testing, I’ve come up with winning combinations (below) for chocolate in all its forms. If you’re looking for pairings of your own, keep two things in mind. Firstly, even when it’s dark/bitter with a high cocoa percentage, chocolate is sweet. Secondly, it has a texture that coats your taste buds, so you need wines that can power through
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