I tried a chocolate wine from a Virginia vineyard - Rojo Xoco from Horton Vineyards. It’s not bad - quite sweet, so it’s definitely a dessert wine. Tastes a little like a Tootsie Roll. I’m not a huge fan, but it was something different, so I’m glad I gave it a shot.
Chocolate wine?
does it not occur to anyone here, that OBVIOUSLY, to perfect it, one must add BACON???
Jeez, do I have to do all of the thinking here?
We sell a metric buttload of it at my store. Taste like Bailey’s. In fact, we keep a bottle of it in back (both the chocolate and the raspberry) open for sampling. If someone is on the fence about it, hell, if someone even picks up the bottle out of curiosity a sample get’s them to buy a bottle better then 75% of the time, and probably two bottles more then half the time.
I will grant that dark chocolate goes well with a robust red wine (even though I’m not a big chocolate fan).
However, I feel compelled to point out that burgers go really well with beer, but there is no way I would ever try a beefy beer. The choco-wine sounds way too reminiscent of “It’s a floor wax… AND a dessert topping!”
For a while we sold a beer called “Pizza beer” it was beer brewed with (literally) tomatoes, basil, garlic and oregano. The beer snobs all said it was garbage, if they even bothered to try it, but personally, I didn’t think it was that bad. When it was ice cold, it was subtle enough that you almost didn’t notice it (but it was still there), once the beer warmed up a bit, it really wasn’t that bad.
Burger beer…probably wouldn’t try that though.
We have a shop here that sells local beer & wine (by “local” I mean “made in my state”). They have a deal where they sell you a bottle of chocolate wine and a bottle of raspberry wine. The object is to mix the two equally by-the-glass as a sort of wine “cocktail”.
A friend of mine ordered it, and I tasted it. Now, I’m typically not in favor of sweet wines (I prefer a full-bodied dry red or hearty white), but the flavor sensation was…interesting. Kinda like a chocolate-covered raspberry.
I’ve tried it. I liked it. Tastes like Bailey’s. Haven’t tried the raspberry yet, but it’s on my to-do list.
Well, I was at the liquor store yesterday, and broke down and bought a bottle. They had chocolate, chocolate raspberry and chocolate espresso. I started out with the plain old chocolate. While I was there, I also bought a bottle of whipped cream-flavored vodka. After dinner, I put two parts chocolate wine and one part whipped cream vodka into a cocktail shaker with ice, shook it thoroughly, and poured it into an on-the-rocks glass over ice. It made quite a tasty dessert.
This is not a wine I would try to drink with a meal, but I’m definitely interested in trying it as an ingredient in more drinks!
I’ve seen it, but have easily resisted any temptation to get it. I can’t imagine it would be good (even though I agree that chocolate and red wine can go very well together).
Here’s an interesting related abomination – one liquor store near me is selling vanilla wine.
I’m not even tempted.
We tried the chocolate wine, liked it, bought a bottle and drank about half…but I admit the other half’s been languishing in the refrigerator for a while. It’s just very strong. About half a glass is all I might possibly want at one time.
I’ve thought about mixing some with some coffee liqueur. That might be tasty. Or espresso vodka.
We’ve tried Chocovine. Wine = good. Chocolate = good. Together = meh.
We finished the bottle, but would never buy another.