Gayle’s Chocolate Wine Tasting Event + Chocolate Bunny Giveaway! #Fortheloveofchocolate
It’s hard to say “no” when you’re invited to an event to taste some high quality chocolate and wine. So when Gayle’s Chocolate in Royal Oak invited myself and other bloggers to a wine and chocolate pairing event – I, of course, had to be there. I have been a fan of Gayle’s for years now, and love their handmade, high quality chocolates, but had never tried pairing them with different wines. The wines were provided for by Elie Wine Company, and varied from dry reds to mixed and even port.
I wouldn’t say I’m a wine connoisseur by any stretch of the term, but I know what I like when it comes to wine. I’m usually a white wine gal, and lean towards the sweeter side. The wines provided by Elie Wine Company ranged in different degrees of red and even mixtures. The tannin and bitter levels were higher than I’m use to – but paired great with some of the chocolates. We tested each of the five chocolates with six different wines, to see if we could find a favorite. Each chocolate worked a little different with each wine, and it was fun to see how the flavors worked together.
Now, as far as chocolate goes – I am extremely picky about the type of chocolate I get and the ingredients inside. Gayle’s Chocolate is known locally for their fun handmade designs, including their chocolate shoes. They are also known for the great tasting chocolate, but what most people don’t know is that chocolate is made without fillers, without corn syrup or anything that would make it lose its good quality. You can get everything from milk chocolate, white chocolate, and dark chocolate up to 72%. They even hand make truffles, which are the only chocolates they recommend you refrigerate since they contain cream.
It was a fun night tasting and enjoying chocolate with Gayle’s Chocolate and Elie’s wine company. It was fun tasting the chocolate and finding new flavor combinations.
Gayle’s would like one of my readers to sit back and enjoy some of their delicious chocolate just in time for Easter. They are giving away one of their 2 1/2 lb Chocolate rabbits and will ship it to the winner. The winner will also get to select if they want the rabbit milk chocolate or dark chocolate.
How Can You Win?
Enter to win with the form below. The mandatory entry is leaving a comment on this blog post telling me:Which of the products from Gayle’s Chocolates would you want to try the most? Or Who would you give the 2 1/2 lb rabbit to? You can comment daily. If you do not do this entry – you will not win! So make sure you leave a comment and then enter using the form below!
I would give the bunny to my wonderful husband, because I know he’d let me eat most of it. Good plan, right?
Perfect plan! It’s SOLID chocolate too 🙂 So it might last a while!
I would give the chocolate to my mom! She loves milk chocolate and I know she would share!
I would love to try the 32-pc. Truffle Assortment.
Since I do not like chocolate and my husband loves it I would give it to him.
I’d love to try the Chocolate Ravioli!
Thanks to a book I have read: Large Chocolate “Rubber” Ducky. I don’t think I would allow to be eat because of the book I was just look at it and say “quack”
I’d like to thy their Strawberry Balsamic Truffles!
I would give the bunny to my kids! They would love it.
I most want to try the caramel truffle and I would give the bunny to my nephew. Happy Easter.
I would like the Bunny or the Shoe!
I’d love to have the do-it-yourself truffle box because I love the different flavors that marry so well in a truffle that it’s hard to decide on just one! Some of the ones that capture my attention are the espresso, the caramel and of course, the champagne. Mmmm!
I want to try the Happy Sheep!
I would give my bunny to my niece!
I’d like to try the Happy Sheep candy
I would give this to my niece’s daughter.
I’d like to try the Chocolate Graduation Bear
My niece would love this big bunny!
I’d Share the rabbit with my mom
Oh, I love the Bunny Boy w/ the basket of eggs. Almost too cute to eat, but I would manage it.
I would love to try the Cute Smooth Chocolate Bunny.
I would like to try the Junk Food Tin.