Dark chocolate and red winefind yourself floating up to heaven just thinking about the combination?!Keep flying and Ill fill you in on the results of a wine and chocolate pairing I recently did at my house.There were 11 of us 2 sommeliers, 8 admitted chocoholics and one who just isnt into desserts.I made a variety of truffles including a creamy white chocolate & goat cheese dipped in dark chocolate, a dark chocolate sprinkled with rose infused sugar and a lavender infused dark chocolate. Also, we had a chipotle, cinnamon chocolate bar and a delicious dark chocolate flourless cake. WowIm craving chocolate all over again.Red wine can be a most delightful accompaniment to chocolate, so we had four of those to work with and one sparkling.The wine choices were a delicate sparkling rose Baumard Cremant de Loire (one of my favs for the price), a M. Chapoutier Banyuls, 06 Hartford Zinfandel, 05 Faust Cabernet Sauvignon and a Villa Pozzi Nero dAvola (Italian red).The results of the pairing were interesting in that nothing was agreed to unanimously which shows you how subjective wine tasting can be, but there were some pairings that almost everyone agreed to.1. Most everyone thought the sparkling paired best with the goat cheese truffle2. The Bayuls went well with everything although it was a bit sweet for a few in our group3. The Faust Cab was a hit with the chocolate/lavender truffle in particular and the dark chocolate cake4. The Hartford Zinfandel paired nicely with the chile/cinnamon chocolate5. And almost unanimously, everyone liked the Villa Pozzi with the dark chocolate truffles and cake.A huge thanks to the ladies who agreed to spend part of their Saturday afternoon on such a tough assignment.We did all the hard work for you so grab a glass of red wine, a rich dark piece of chocolate and relaxtheyre both good for you!To see HOW good, check out my blog post at http://goodtastewithtanji.com/tanjis-tanjents/2009/02/07/chocolate-sensual-pleasures-your-health/