Obligatory Valentine's Day-Related Post: Chocolate and Champagne

So, yes, Valentine's Day is coming up, bringing forth endless opportunities to participate in holiday/novelty consumption, if such is your wont. I personally like to go bowling with my beau on the day, but that does not mean I'm immune to certain trappings like chocolate and champagne. (That reminds me: more food needs to be in this blog, no?) You can be all fancy with chocolate and go for the equivalent of Louis Vuitton (Godiva, blah, blah) but I think I'm more of a Vosges Haut-Chocolat girl myself: what's not to love about combining chocolate with flavors like wasabi, chile, or ginger? Trust me when I say it's all too incredibly delicious. I find the Mini Exotic Candy Bars box set to be incredibly charming in both the range of taste and the packaging. It has all my favorite flavors by them (go Red Fire!) and doesn't it look so adorable and literary?

If you're a little more old-school in your chocolate palette, then these Mint Dark bars from Divine Chocolate are also delicious as well (not to mention being fair trade, hooray.) I am also quite fond of the quirky-Baroque label myself, and the chocolate itself is quite smooth and rich without being sickeningly sweet. But my favorite chocolatier in the world is Joseph Schmidt, who makes some astonishingly delicious truffles. Seriously, you have one of these and your head will explode from the goodness.

But more than chocolate, what I truly love is some delicious Champagne. Okay, okay: sparkling wine, but whatever. Bubbles are bubbles! I'm not even going to go into the intricacies of Champagne and sparkling wine here (although sometimes I think it would be incredibly fun to start a champagne blog.) But if you're going for pure style and verve, of course the Sofia Mini Blanc de Blancs, inspired by Sofia Coppola, is lovely in its charming presentation.

Unfortunately, it is also a bit excreable in taste. (Sorry, Sofia: we love you anyway.) Much better is the a bottle of Gloria Ferrer NV Blanc de Noirs, which despite its lowish price, is truly excellent and happy-making. Of course, you can lay out for a bottle of real proper Champagne like Veuve Cliquot Brut Yellow Label and be fancy. And why not? We are firm advocates of chocolate and champagne all-year round, not just during some weird made-up holiday!

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