{"id":1182,"date":"2011-07-19T04:34:58","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T12:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/Weconsiderourselvesveryluckywhenpeoplegiveusstufftosample,butthisparticularpostisaboutsheerluckandjoy!\u00a0AwhilebackattheEarthDayFoodandWineFestival,wecameac"},"modified":"2011-07-19T04:34:58","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T12:34:58","slug":"little-cups-of-joy-and-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threeadventure.com\/hootnannie\/2011\/07\/19\/little-cups-of-joy-and-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Cups of Joy…and Wine!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We consider ourselves very lucky when people give us stuff to sample, but this particular post is about sheer luck and joy! \u00a0A while back at the Earth Day Food and Wine Festival<\/a>, we came across Danna of the Joy Cup Company<\/a>. \u00a0She makes all organic and sustainable peanut butter cups. \u00a0Now, these aren’t just any peanut butter cup, they’re delightfully flavored using things like organic olallieberries, sea salts, and local honeys. \u00a0Danna was kind enough to give us a sampler box of her chocolates to try….so what did we do? \u00a0We opned a bottle of wine to pair up with the assorted chocolates!<\/p>\n

We opened an ’06 Le Cuvier<\/a> Cabernet Sauvignon and got busy with the chocolates. \u00a0The wine had rich cocoa and perfume nose with nice fruit and velvet on the palate. \u00a0Very good wine! \u00a0And quite possibly a good pick for drinking with delicious peanut butter cups!<\/p>\n

Here’s a list of what we tried and how they paired with the wine:<\/p>\n

– Peanut Butter with Espresso Sea Salt – nice pairing, the espresso sea salt went perfectly with the Cabernet Sauvignon’s cocoa characteristics.<\/p>\n

– Peanut Butter with Local Honey – Not our favorite pairing, maybe a little sweet for this particular wine.<\/p>\n

– Peanut Butter with Olallieberry and Raspberry – Very good pairing, with lots of the berry fruit and saltiness of the Peanut Butter.<\/p>\n

– Peanut Butter with Blueberry and Lemon – The blueberry was a little strong for this wine, but the pairing worked! \u00a0“Crunchberries and Cocoa” were the words that came to mind…<\/p>\n

There you go, open a bottle of wine and get yourself some Joy Cups! \u00a0What better way to relax and enjoy life?!?!<\/p>\n

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