I will go ahead and throw my hat in the ring and declare myself a conformist and present you with a Valentine’s Day treat along with the millions of other food bloggers. I have to at least give you one VD goodie, right? Well here it is, this totally classy (cheesy) bottle of ChocoVine. Chilled. It’s red wine and chocolate. Total junk, but I love the stuff. So pass up on Yoo-Hoo’s and go for the ChocoVine this Valentine’s Day. Some one will love you for it. I have no idea who, but someone.
More VD Treats…
Valentine’s Day Candy Leis- no comment
Knock You Naked Valentine Brownies - do not eat at the office
Chocolate Pots de Creme- swoon
Bananas Foster- for that fiery relationship
I guess it’s a bad thing to shorten Valentine’s Day to VD.
Robin Sue
11 Comments
Oh my gosh, I had forgotten all about this stuff! I love it! Our Wine & Spirits store had it on sale last year – I think I bought 6 bottles and enjoyed every last one of them over the last year (a guilty pleasure for sure). But, it's all gone now and I will have to go see if they have gotten more in stock.
I've seen this at the stores for awhile and wondered about how it tasted. Worth a try, eh?
I was watching the Ellen show one day and she had this on her show because she thought it was a ridiculous idea. I was thinking I'd like to try it! I found a port with chocolate extract (called Cocoa Vin) at Mission Mountain Winery in Dayton, MT and it is just heavenly. I'm going to look for the ChocoVine and give it a try!
HA! Sounds good. I did wonder why you were talking about VD and then I realized you meant Valentine's Day. Then I laughed some more!
We discovered this stuff early last year and stumbled on the raspberry version while in NOLA in August – we like them both.
Robin, where do you buy it? I live in your area so if it's local that would be awesome.
Kris- I found it at Wegman's. Also Total Wine caries it. I did not know it cam in flavors until I did this post, will have to hunt those down!
The main course could be "bacon beer" (which is really smoked beer like these, http://www.germanbeerinstitute.com/Rauchbier.html, with which I'm guessing you are familiar).
In addition to the ChocoVine, toss in any number of some aperitifs, and digestifs for a real "liquid lunch."
Laughed out loud, too, at the VD abbreviation.
Thanks! Just told my husband we need to get some next next trip to Total Wine!
I have heard about this but have not been able to find, must keep searching.
Chocovine is my absolute favorite, wish I could drink it everyday!
Try serving it like this:
http://chocolatewine.com/videos/cocoa-vino-video/