Venue: ITC Sheraton
Date: 6 March 2016

Art Chocolat | Academy of Chocolate Arts had invited us to a session of wine and chocolate appreciation. It was a two hours course about pairing the right chocolate and wine. We were skeptical that this may be an all ladies evening and surprised to see that the mankind also had a strong presence.

During the course of the session, a wine expert from SULA  took us through the processes of viniculture. She, along with chocolatiers guided the attendees with the sort of chocolate that should be had with a particular wine. For instance for a fruity sparkling wine, a guava chocolate was served, while with a sweet desert wine we were asked to try a roasted white chocolate.

We could see that instinct was the best rule here and we enjoyed tasting the red, white, sparkling and desert wines along with all sorts of chocolate products – mango / guava / coffee/ berry…chilli!!

Divya Saxena – Sweet Temptations had made a Sula wine bottle with chocolate and this seemed to be the showstopper!

We are neither winemakers nor do we intend to make chocolates. However, the wine – chocolate trivia was a most palatable discussion and we had a fun evening.

They also had quizzes and we won a Dine-Out discount card!

Art Chocolat is organising another session like this in September. You could join their Facebook page for updates.