Chocolate Truffle Tasting is Latest Offering Among Exclusive Northern California Wineries.

June 28, 2007 (PRLEAP.COM) Lifestyle News
NAPA VALLEY, CA. — The Northern California award-winning chocolate truffle company Belgique Truffle Gateau have teamed with exclusive wineries in Napa Valley and Sonoma wine country by offering an added benefit to the already enjoyable wine tasting experience with a complimentary chocolate tasting, including their dark chocolate and milk chocolate varieties.

Winners of Best of Class for Confections at the California State Fair and Best of Aisle at NASFTs International Fancy Food Show, Belgique Truffle Gateau made the decision this year to choose several exclusive wineries, offering to the winery, a generous tasting of their Belgian chocolate truffles at no extra fee for their wine tasting customers and free to the winery.

Their dark chocolate include an all dark truffle appropriately named Double Decadent, which are typically paired with red varieties and their milk chocolate truffles are a favorite while tasting white wine varieties. Other truffle varieties that can also be included in the tasting are the dark chocolate Oregon Hazelnut, milk chocolate Southern Pecan and Tropical Brazil nut.

The truffles are very unique in that they are the only baked truffle on the market today. Instead of a typical hard-shelled truffle, the Truffle Gateaux have a very soft and creamy texture which, like the texture of cheese, is very complimentary when pairing with wine. The special chocolate truffle tasting has been a very popular addition to the wine tasting experience at several exclusive wineries including St. Supery Vineyards in the Napa Valley and Rodney Strong Vineyards in the Sonoma County wine country.

You can custom-order through Belgique's online store at trufflegateau.com or through their tollfree number at 888-772-0892. They ship nationwide 2nd Day Air in the warm months in their insulated polar ice packages. Also sold year round through the Home Shopping Network at HSN.com