It’s going to be all about nibbling chocolate and sipping different wines on Thursday 14th April with the next WineUncorked monthly online wine tasting event of Matching chocolate to wine in an Easter Special costing just £14/household.
Starting at 7pm BST (yes the clocks will have gone forward into British Summer Time London) and into Daylight Saving Time in the US (so it’ll be 3pm EDT in USA) we’ll be finding the right wine to match to chocolate.
This may seem tricky when there’s so many colours of wine and chocolate but I’ve listed what wines to get as well as what chocolate.
What chocolate will I need to bring?
We’ll be trying three types of chocolate with three wines. So bring along:
- One bar of your choice of dark chocolate
- One packet of Smarties
- One packet of Maltesers
And what wines should I get?
- One bottle of red wine labelled Jam Shed Shiraz or one bottle of red wine from the country of Chile made with the Cabernet Sauvignon grape
- One bottle of Lambrusco Rosso, a low alcohol slightly sparkling Italian red wine
- One bottle of white wine labelled Barefoot Moscato
All of these wines are available at supermarkets.
Jam Shed Shiraz (£6 - £7.75) is available at Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons, Iceland, Ocado, Co-op, Nisa and SPAR. It’ll also be worth a look in your independent grocery shop for this jammy-tasting wine (check out the review)
Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon is a red wine that can be found in all supermarkets under their own-label or as a big-name brand. So look for any one of these or your own choice:
- Asda Extra Special Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon £7.50
- Tesco Chilean Lateral Cabernet Sauvignon £3.89
- Tesco Finest Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon £8
- Sainsbury’s Laughing Lama Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon £4.75
- Waitrose own-label Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon £9.99
- Co-op Montes Reserve Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon £9
- Morrisons Anakena The Birdman Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon £4.99
- Lidl Cimarosa Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon £3.89
- Aldi Reserva Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon £4.99
- The Wine Society’s own Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon £7.50
- M&S Classics Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon £8
Or big-brand Casillero del Diablo Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon instead
- £7.50 Tesco and Sainsbury’s
- £8.25 Co-op and Morrisons
- £8.99 Majestic
Also available in 187ml (quarter bottle): £2.25 Sainsbury’s
Lambrusco Rosso is a sparkling red wine so look in the sparkling wine section along with the Prosecco and other fizz for one of these instead
- Tesco own-label Lambrusco Rosso £3
- Lidl Lambrusco di Modena Amabile £5.99
- Majestic Nivola Lambrusco £14.99
- The Wine Society Vecchio Moro Lambrusco Grasparossa Rinaldini £11.95
Alternatively get a sparkling white or a sparkling rosé wine
- Martini Rosé sparkling and Martini Asti (£6 - £8.50) at Asda, Morrisons, Tesco, Sainsbury’s
- Asda Extra Special Asti £5.25
- Sainsbury’s Asti £5.75
- Co-op Sant Orsula Asti Spumante £8
- Co-op Stormhoek Fairtrade Moscato Rosé £5
Try and find Barefoot white Moscato (£5.75 - £6.75) is available at Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda
Or as Barefoot Pink Moscato (£5.75 - £7) at Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Co-op, Waitrose, Iceland, Ocado
Or an alternative Moscato instead
- Sainsbury’s Fairtrade Moscato sparkling Rosé £5.25
- Majestic Araldica Moscato D’Asti £7.99
- The Wine Society Moscato D’Asti Sourgal £8.50
Bring along a couple of the suggested wines if you can and the chocolate. If you’re not sure then just ask and email me This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
And tickets are still available for the chocolate and wine matching online event on 14th April 2022
