Wine and Candy Match of the Week

The following post is sponsored by Gnarly Head Wines. Each week, leading up to October 31, we?ll be matching one of their varietals with a classic Halloween candy. After all, you?re going to need a game plan to get rid of the leftovers after the trick-or-treaters have gone home (or for raiding your little darlings? take when they?ve gone to bed!) And Gnarly Head wines are just right for getting you in the Halloween ?spirits? (pun intended).?

Pinot noir is one of those wines that go with a wide variety of foods?if you?re out with a group for dinner, it?s the one you should go for when people are ordering both salmon and lamb chops.

Gnarly Head?s Pinot Noir is chockablock with dry dusty cherry, cranberry, savory herbal goodness?but Thanksgiving is still a month away, dammit. The candy ain?t going to last that long. And if you?re doing it right, neither will the wine.

Pinot noir is generally low in tannins; tannins are a naturally-occurring compound in grape skins that help give wine its age-worthiness. But if you?re impatient like me and don?t want to wait five or more years to drink your happy juice, you?ll know tannins by the way they make your mouth feel like it?s covered in suede or you?ve just eaten velvet?after drinking wine. Very tannic wines tend to be cabernets (both sauvignon and franc) and malbec. Ever eat walnuts and have a dry mouth afterward? Yep, there are tannins in walnuts too, especially the skins.

So you don?t want chocolate with nuts. And plain milk chocolate falls flat against the pinot. But milk chocolate with a crispy crunch? Oh, yes.? Whoppers Malted Milk Balls, all the way. The dry maltiness stands up well to the plush, lush fruit, resulting in a flavor sensation reminiscent of chocolate cherry cheesecake. Without all those pesky inconvenient calories.

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Source: http://www.momswhoneedwine.com/2012/10/wine-and-candy-match-of-the-week/

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