If you are indulging in an Easter egg or two over the weekend, have you thought about what wine will go best with it? I love prosecco and personally would have it with anything but GiftsOnline4U have looked into it a little bit more and have come up with some suggestions of which wine complements which chocolate egg. They held an afternoon tasting session with their in-house wine expert. They gathered a selection of readily available Easter eggs ranging in brand, price point and type of chocolate from Nestle Rolo and Cadbury Freddo to the more luxurious Green & Black’s Organic Eggs. They then hand selected some of their personalised wines ranging from sweet wines to intense and fortified wines.
GiftsOnline4U have an incredible selection of personalised products, particularly drinks. I got a bottle of personalised champagne from them last year for my friends wedding and I have spotted a few personalised options on Chateauneuf du Pape that I could get for D’s 40th this year.
Anyway, back to Easter.
Whilst white chocolate isn’t technically a “true” chocolate as it doesn’t contain cocoa (the brown part), it ends up being one of the few chocolates that will match with white wines. Being a sweet chocolate, the general rule of thumb is to make sure your wine is slightly sweeter in flavour. The Prosecco worked well although was a little of the dry side for this chocolate, something bubblier and sweeter like an Asti works much better!
A sweet Riesling is the perfect match for milk chocolate. With a gentle fruity (think apple-y and apricot-y) flavour, this wine compliments the milk chocolate due to the nice balance between the sweet milk and the rich chocolate flavours.
They found that Sherry goes well with sea salt chocolate as it offers such a contrast in flavour with the fresh saltiness combined with the sweetness of the Sherry,
Red wines with rich notes of berries and cloves, harmonise well with a dark chocolate. They paired the 70% dark chocolate egg with both a Ruby Port and Chianti and loved both combinations.
Bethany says
I’ve never tried wine before, but know many who drink wine and chocolate. Will definitely pass on this info to them
Lianne says
I love this, I’m not a wine drinker myself but I love the idea of pairing the perfect wine with chocolate!! 🙂
Elizabeth says
What a super infographic! Wine and chocolate aren’t something I usually consider pairing, but why not?!
Kacie says
Wine and chocolate must be one of the best food and drink pairings I know of!
myrabevlife says
As a chocolate lover I am loving this pairing guide but to be honest I rarely pair my wines with chocolate but this is good to learn
Helen says
Wine and chocolate wouldn’t be something I thought of pairing. I love both though so it’s great to know there are great matchings to the different chocolates. I’m a red wine and dark chocolate fan so it’s perfect for me they go so well together.
Mellissa Williams Luxe Lifestyle & Travel Blogger (@melandjake99) says
I do love pairing the two together so it is very handy to know exactly what works best with what!
Nicolette Lafonseca says
Fab guide did you see the red wine and hot chocolate recipes that were flying around last year? I can highly recommend
Kate Williams says
I don’t know if I could drink Asti but I do think red wine goes well with dark chocolate, I would imagine the Green and Blacks sea salt bars are gorgeous too!