CHOCOLATE WINE???

Yes, a rich Chocolate and Orange/whey wine in the style of a liqueur - sort of a liquid Chocolate truffle - to be served with or over anything, and making the word "chocoholic" valid.

This is the ultimate creation of my older years; anything I create after this will be a total anticlimax. I know of nothing like this on the face of the earth; if you find something, tell me.

Made with six rich Chocolates from  four countries, with no artificial flavorings or materials, it is approximately 10% alcohol. Most so-called Chocolate liqueurs are 20, 30, or 40% alcohol with artificial flavorings (and usually don't taste very good.)

This heavy, rich Chocolate Orange wine comes in a 375 ml (12 1/2 fl oz) bottle, retailing at the winery for $32. (Coincidentally, about the same price per net ounce as better chocolate truffles (and this has alcohol and a glass enclosure!)

"MORE ABOUT THE CHOCOLATE ORANGE WINE"

If you are interested in trying this unique Chocolate, you may contact me by e-mail, telephone, or post:

  • paul@shallon.com
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  • 503-325-5978
    • Shallon Winery
    1598 Duane Street
    Astoria, Oregon 97103

    and I can tell you what shipping would be to your address. Since this is practically a one man operation, and communications to this provincial northwest corner of Oregon are sort of erratic, I am not yet setup to take credit cards, therefore, checks are the only option.

    UPS is the shipping option (it's against federal law to ship alcohol by post office!). However, we can only ship to states with whom Oregon has a reciprocal shipping agreement - which changes from day to day, so please call or e-mail me your inquiry.

    If your state has repressive wine shipping laws, try to get your legislators to pass a reciprocal shipping law so that you may have freedom of choice (Fat chance!)! If your state has no wine lobby, your greedy distributors' lobby will contribute thousands of dollars of their excessive unearned profits to ensure you can't buy anything they don't supply to your retail shops. You thought prohibition has ended? That is also why the reciprocal shipping list may suddenly change.

     

    OTHER of my WINES you won't find in any shops (if I can't afford to sell them retail, how on earth can I sell them wholesale? - finally learned that one):

    Since I'm so small, I have to have totally unique wines; there is no way I can compete - nor do I want to - with my colleagues that are cranking out thousands of cases of wine. So I have very small quantities that don't stay in stock very long. Most of these you will not find anywhere else in the world!

    Whey wines: As far as I know, I had the first good tasting commercially produced whey wine in the world and still produce the only whey wine. These wines should be good for you; they should have the vitamins, minerals, and some of the protein that milk has. Several universities have in the past spent a great deal of grant money trying to make wine from the whey, and have essentially failed (I don't get any grant money).

      Cranberry/whey wine: semi-dry/semi-sweet, "smooth," beautiful fluorescent cranberry rose color, nice with a splash of 7-up or champagne. Have spent the last 35 years in research and experimentation on this one.

      Lemon Meringue Pie wine: a little sweeter, tried to do in the style of Beerenauslese (how presumptuous can I get), tastes like lemon meringue pie (or so I think), and you can whip it and get a "meringue" on top, nice served with wine crackers to give the taste of pie "crust."

       

    Other unique Fruit and berry wines:

    Wild Evergreen Blackberry: totally dry, woodsy flavor like wet moss, leaves, and mushrooms, goes nicely with wild meat, will age like a cabernet and can be mistaken for one (8, 10, and 12 year reports).

    Spiced Apple: with honey and fresh ginger, etc., intended to be served hot, or iced on a hot day.

    Wild BLACK Raspberry: A dessert wine too precious to even mention, the
    berries picked one at a time in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest! Talk
    about precious desert wines like Chateau d'Yquem at $200 a bottle, but they
    are available. This you can't get.  If I ever have any, it's $85 for 375 ml.

      Peach: semi-sweet, gold awards in past years, may make again, difficult to make, the ultimate food to serve with - lobster.

      Zinfandel:       stomped by foot, dry. light like an Italian Chianti.


    NOTE:

    Of all the above wines mentioned here, I usually have a little of a few of them. Out-of-state visitors to the winery frequently absolutely have to have some of these wines shipped to them if I happen to have them. I try to have five or six wines in limited stock at all times, but am frequently down to one or two. I do like people to taste wines before they buy them, and do not advise buying wines as a present unless you know exactly what the recipient likes (they'll dump it down the sink and never tell you they hated it). If it is for a present, I can discuss it with you. So far, however, probably less than 1% of visitors dislike the Cranberry or the Chocolate; the rest of the wines have likers and dislikers just like with grape wines.

    So if you have never been to the winery and tasted any of these wines, I don't suggest experimenting with any of them except the Chocolate or the Cranberry. And in the case of anything but the Chocolate, shipping charges start to approach doubling the cost of the wine, which doesn't seem practical to me.

    INCIDENTAL INFORMATION:

    Although one of my wines will age and many of the others are practically indestructible, the rule of thumb for fruit and berry wines is that they should be consumed within the year. Of course, as you know, bottles should be stored on their sides to keep the cork wet, and stored in a cool, steady temperature. Refrigerating any of my wines will not detract from their quality, except the Chocolate Orange should not be refrigerated.
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