With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, Georgia Winery is expecting a booming crowd for the re-release of the desirably delicious chocolate wine, Love Potion.
The re-release has been highly anticipated since the seasonal wine sold out in just one month a year ago. Love Potion is a unique blend of red Muscadine with rich, dark chocolate.
Known for doing things outside of the box, third generation operators of the local winery Jesse and Tara Taymore said, “So much of the wine industry is operated by rules – how, why, when, and where to drink wine. We just try to put some fun into our wines. The chocolate wine represents just that and people love it.”
The idea came about two years ago when the popularity of other chocolate wines was growing. Having tasted these other chocolate wines, general managers Jesse and Tara were not impressed and thought that the winery’s special freeze fermentation technique, along with using a sweeter grape (compared to other chocolate wines that use a vinifera grape) would make a premium chocolate wine. Consumers were incredibly impressed with how tasty this combination was and fell in love.
“This wine is far different from other wines,” said Tara Taymore. “In almost all chocolate wines, you will get chocolate flavor added to a finished product. Love Potion contains real chocolate blended in to the finished wine by hand. The taste is incredibly different.”
Love Potion is a limited wine made in a small batch only once a year. The winery will host an event every Saturday in February from 12-4 p.m. to feature the wine. Dove Chocolate will be on scene with a supply of chocolate fondue and an assortment of dipping items for all guests. Dove will also provide the chocolate for the Wine and Chocolate Pairing class every Saturday in February at 3 PM. To reserve your seat for the class, please call 706/937-WINE or email ashley@georgiawines.com.