brownies and wine

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There are several choices, my favorite is a vin doux from Rasteau (sweet red dessert wine from the Southern Rhone in France).

you might try any of the fruit forward Zins - these stand up quite nicely to the richness of dark chocolate

On a similar note, a Banyuls from the Roussillon region of S France also does a decent job of pairing with dark chocolate (those flavorants give me cause for concern, though). If Ian Hoare reads this, he'll probably mention Tokaji as a decent pairing with chocolate, so I'll beat him to the punch! ;-)

Mark Lipton

Wines are made for 'regular' foods, not for chocolate. The question is absurd.

What white wine goes with red wine?

A port will go nicely with brownies. So will some of the sweeter sherries.

I agree with the PORT. My wife and I enjoy dark chocolate treats and Ruby Port all the time. The darker, the better.

Ditto that; get a rich, strong Zin - Dry Creek, Amador, etc. They are marvelous with chocolate.

I find Chenin Blanc as well as Riesling go well with deserts

My $0.02

bonny doon has a great dessert wine...-- esp if you are going to be flavouring your brownies with a raspberry note... NV Framboise, Infusion of Raspberries.

From many tastings and trials: Everything oxidized/madeirized goes extremely well with chocolate: Tokaj, sweeter Madeira, sweeter Amontillado (also Montilla-Moriles), cask aged Port, especially

M.

Excellent suggestion - we have enjoyed the Framboise with chocolate a number of times.

I picked up a bottle of Bommarito Cabernet Sauvignon 2001. It had a nice raspberry note that accented the chocolate-currant theme of the wine. There were minty hints that also appeared as it breathed.

I'm a Cabernet lover but this particular one reminded me so much of chocolate that I had to go get some to have with it. Other than that, I think a nice Spanish sherry would be the thing.

Lionel

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