Natalie MacLean gives you 50 ways to keep your lover this Valentine's Day

Trying to pair up the perfect dessert with the perfect wine this Valentine's Day? Fire up Natalie MacLean's dessert and wine-matching tool for some sumptuous – and sensual – combinations.

Or, if you're in a hurry because it's the day before Valentine's Day, skip the tool, print out her top 10 (below) and head straight to the grocery store now:

Natalie's top 10 wine and chocolate matches:

1. Dark Chocolate and Banyuls, France
2. Chocolate-Covered Biscotti and Recioto Della Valpolicella, Italy
3. Chocolate-Orange Cake and Liqueur Muscat, Australia
4. Chocolate with Nuts and Tawny Port, Portugal
5. Milk Chocolate and Tokaji, Hungary
6. Bittersweet Chocolate and Amarone, Italy
7. Chocolate-Dipped Fruit and Icewine, Canada
8. Chocolate Ganache Truffles and Sauternes, France
9. Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake and Framboise, California
10. Chocolate Hearts with Cream Filling and Cream Sherry, Spain

Keep Natalie's wine-matching tool on-hand for dinner too - it has thousands of wines to pair with any dish: meat, pasta, seafood, vegetarian fare, pizza, eggs, cheese and dessert. Hungry - and thirsty - for more? Learn more about matching food and wine with Natalie MacLean's book, Red, White, and Drunk All Over: A Wine-Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass, at nataliemaclean.com.

Comments

[Natalie MacLean]

Thanks so much for mentioning my chocolate and wine matches Anthony!

Cheers,
Natalie

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Editor of Nat Decants Free Wine Newsletter