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Lea Williams, wine director at Ayza, breaks down the best wine and chocolate pairings sure to please your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day.
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It's Wednesday.
This isn't so great I can almost forgot that it's Wednesday so therefore it is wine with me Wednesday and this could not be a better segment by the way because -- -- -- with.
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So cool Lia Williams here with us right now direct -- I eyes the eyes of her and some of the -- -- down here in New York City now the whole.
-- -- say with -- that is that -- hair wine with chocolate exactly.
Exactly -- us some money yeah I know rice with the U worst ever you know I can't fully take credit for but I didn't do -- -- are really long time.
Area -- shopping yeah actually I.
Mean I'm from California originally and my girlfriends and I -- -- drink.
Wine with chocolate regularly it was like -- -- Saturday night and so it's not really so -- to me I'm always shocked that it shocks other people because people come to our place in -- like model.
-- chocolate male and now.
There's health benefits to one off -- and they health benefits and -- we on now.
Chocolate dark chocolate in particulars.
Also are healthy antioxidants.
This is actually -- health segment enough that.
Red line as well anti oxidant so before we talk about the -- in the -- and and I keep giggling.
What's the -- seeing changing in the wine business these days.
Well you know Americans use -- not consume so much wine.
So -- now a lot of Americans are making the switch from.
Beer and spirits and consuming more -- -- and I think a lot of it has to do with the health benefits.
In I think that's the main thing there's a lot of hype around the wine.
And it being healthy you don't hear people saying like have a beer it's good for your heart and grief you know do you think the notion of wine and chocolate -- -- -- younger crowd.
Absolutely.
Absolutely I don't think it used to be that way.
I think people used to think wine is let.
Michael older people running grey eye make up -- all wealthy people exactly yeah.
But you can find any wine at any price point I mean I'm -- sign -- I was in college drinking wine and it was like.
Are keeping today because my -- cons we -- slips which has been nasty spear on the planet and -- -- even occurred us to drink wine.
And that -- me that constitute thinking wine tasting I had a winery on campus there's.
The -- by the introduction to present gunman Scott on things like that I think they're pulling in a younger generation right and it's fun like please like bubbles may -- -- like red wine you can find something for everybody.
It's not so didn't really it's not so gender specific.
Do you find anything.
It does this help there's a lot of -- numbers in Manhattan -- -- -- numbers eleven world these days does this help differentiate you absolutely I mean we are -- First and only wine and chocolate bar really believe bar in New York City.
That pairs of wine with chocolate specifically people imitate us all over the world sleek cat -- -- here she's from street events she pairs whining cupcakes.
And so.
I love this notion because if I presume you take the guesswork out of it yes okay so now when I come into -- the wider -- pick the chocolate.
You can do either you can pick a -- and we will give you chocolates that will go with it or you can say I like these chocolates I want all white chocolate and will suggest something to go with it.
Or you can choose -- chocolates and -- it.
Flight a flight which is samples.
Three different lines and there there it's a legitimate taste it and get wind brings out some legitimate taste in the chocolate absolutely because -- Chocolate is made a lot like wind it really depends on where the -- -- from how they're processed right.
And you get all these different notes to get -- -- you get through that you get battery acid all of these things so you can combine it with the -- that.
Brings -- those flavors so I love Scott haven't asked her talk she tasted -- have -- they but I think you -- I think is UK was Ryan chocolate up all day and that you actually -- -- -- -- as -- -- awesome day -- he was just look us in is just not just last week at our west village location and I mean the the great guy amazing I see you take -- chocolate and you sit down and you say which one will go best with a right and we didn't and that would call ring.
So I just a few things that we have.
Here.
And and locate that -- restaurant for -- this is a chocolate wine it's actually red wine that's infused with dark chocolate.
It is really nice it's a dessert wine -- you don't wanna drink too much of it it's pretty sweet.
But it's really.
You know where white chocolate bars and it is a Czech president is -- Mark -- still.
Probably a -- -- well I Lance -- the calories -- I also brought champagne because I love.
The bubbles I live for the bubbles I love the -- so.
So it would you parent bubbles -- I certain white chocolate we have a really nice white chocolate with a key -- -- -- does that was actually a percent though the percent to has a little more fruit.
This is less fruit.
-- little drier.
But I parent with -- percent now.
-- innocence and then he finally brought this is -- Saturday California cabernet reserve.
From Mendocino county and it goes amazingly.
With a dark chocolate we have -- -- -- -- red -- in fees -- chocolate.
It's like a piece of heaven.
It's a little match made in the -- isn't it it is absolutely.
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I have the coalition up OK so tell us where it's eyes I I saw wine bar but it Twitter is.
At I still wine bar in my seat yet where you located we have two locations we have one on 31 between -- -- -- in midtown and we also have our amazing new -- new location in the west village.
Seventh avenue south and -- -- Bob between both of them.
I do but we will my mainly in the mid -- you I'm in midtown yes and people are coming back again all -- time all the time any Valentine's Day.
It's huge we have lots of ladies if you don't have a date in your guy he -- I suspect it could it lead poisoning we -- really late at night on Tuesday girls night out.
I think -- -- -- something we airlines are terrifically Williams thank you so much for coming and welcome my hope to see you tonight yeah you mean you just money.
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