Travel Series
For the Love of Chocolate
A Valentine’s Travel Log
My husband is well aware of my deep and abiding love…for chocolate. And him too of course but — Chocolate :)
We have a Wyndham timeshare that lets us book pretty much anywhere they have a location. So as far as I knew, we were going up to the Smokey Mountain in Tennessee to visit Dollywood!
And we were, but what I didn’t know was that we were also signed up for a chocolate and wine tasting event that evening. I had never had wine with chocolate before — I simply didn’t understand what I was missing out on!
As soon as we walked in, they seated us at our own table and gave us a wide range of chocolates to try along with several wines. The presenter paid great care and attention to detail for each tasting they led us through.
They used words like ‘mouth feel’ and ‘high notes’ and such… Phrases that had meant nothing to me prior to that night. A whole new world opened up before me!
My favorite? A smokey merlot paired with a rich, 75% dark chocolate. Not too bitter, not too sweet. Juuuuust right. :) And the mouth feel… Oh, the mouth feel!
Haven’t had wine and chocolate before? Ready to have your world rocked? This is practically bucket list material right here — a…
