Last Sunday afternoon I went to a wine tasting home event at a friend. I thought this was a nice low-profile opportunity to smuggle in some origin chocolate and engage in my first ever wine & cacao pairing. I emailed him to ask what wine types he would be offering, and he said his first home tasting would be for wines from Argentinian domaines with a lot of body, mainly Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon vintages. He was very open to my pairing suggestion and I was lucky enough to get some sample packs from my new friends and chose 4 origin varieties that should match with Argentinian wines according to their experience: so I had selected a range of Venezuela, Ghana, Arriba and an African Blend.
Of course I was very curious to see how things would go and as usual would just let things come as they are. There were some twenty-some people over the place, and I found myself a spot behind the counter in the kitchen where I could stealthy place my sample bars. Attracted by noticing these different anonymous chocolate samples next to the wine flights, folks asked my about my story. I had really nice chats with various friends and visitors about this idea of pairing and they were pleasantly intrigued by discovering these various cacao flavours, and the wine experience of course perfectly topped it all of…
