{"id":166,"date":"2008-02-12T06:00:33","date_gmt":"2008-02-12T13:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/12\/valentines-day-wine-making-your-own\/"},"modified":"2008-02-12T06:00:33","modified_gmt":"2008-02-12T13:00:33","slug":"valentines-day-wine-making-your-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/12\/valentines-day-wine-making-your-own\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine’s Day Wine: Making your own"},"content":{"rendered":"

A wine to match the occasion<\/strong><\/p>\n

A couple of weeks ago, I passed along some great advice about pairing wine and chocolate for Valentine’s Day<\/a>. That got me thinking about making a wine for the Day of Romance. What should the wine be like? At first, I thought it should pair with chocolate, like those earlier recommendations. Then I thought, I’ll make it with<\/em> chocolate! I’ve heard of chocolate being used in making wine and mead (even beer), and I’ve always been curious about it.<\/p>\n

It’ll take some doing, but it’ll be fun<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the first in a series of articles on making wine with chocolate. I have a lot of questions, like should I try to make a plain chocolate wine the way I made Oregano Wine<\/a>? Should I use a more traditional base that goes with chocolate, like raspberry or cherry, and incorporate chocolate into the wine? What form of chocolate should I use (solid, cocoa, syrup, extract)? As I find answers, and more questions, I’ll update this series with new articles. Ultimately, and hopefully in time for next Valentine’s Day, I’ll fashion a recipe and make chocolate wine!<\/p>\n

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A wine to match the occasion A couple of weeks ago, I passed along some great advice about pairing wine and chocolate for Valentine’s Day. That got me thinking about making a wine for the Day of Romance. What should the wine be like? At first, I thought it should pair with chocolate, like those […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,37,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chocolate-wine","category-valentines-day","category-winemaking"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t