Joyce Halsey Gay
Chocolate Excellence: Valrhona
Valrhona makes the finest quality chocolate for professional chocolatiers, and their Cité du Chocolate shares it with the rest of us.
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Joyce Halsey Gay
- Jun 29
- 2 min
Planning a Hen Party? Discover the Perfect Girls' Getaway: Cocoa & Grapes Chocolate and Wine Tasting Walking Tour of Carcassonne
Planning a memorable hen party or a girls' trip can be a delightful challenge, especially when you're looking for something that combines...
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Joyce Halsey Gay
- Apr 24
- 2 min
Timeless: The Wine Legacy of Abbaye de Fontfroide
This abbey in the Languedoc region of France provides history, beauty and wine in equal measures.
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Joyce Halsey Gay
- Mar 25
- 2 min
Unwrapping French Easter Chocolate Traditions: A Chocolate Lover’s Guide
As the spring season blooms, Easter brings with it a myriad of traditions, each unique to different cultures around the world. In France,...
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Joyce Halsey Gay
- Feb 26
- 2 min
Exploring Culinary Delights: Prosper Montagné in Carcassonne
If--like me--you think food is more than mere fuel, there's nothing quite like the thrill of discovering a culinary gem tucked away in a...
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Brent McTavish
- Jan 27, 2023
- 3 min
Happy National Chocolate Cake Day
Each year, 27 January is observed as "National Chocolate Cake Day" in North America. It honours the approximately 250+ years this...
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Brent McTavish
- Jan 19, 2022
- 2 min
When spice and citrus mix in harmony with sweet and bitter
Bal Pagès, absolutely stunning label evoking images of vintage parties from the 1930s , has an equally stunning and unique taste.
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Brent McTavish
- Jan 2, 2021
- 3 min
International Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
The thought behind chocolate covered cherries is unbelievable simple: chocolate is scrumptious and so are cherries.
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Brent McTavish
- Jul 6, 2020
- 3 min
Chocoholics of the World Rejoice! World Chocolate Day is here!
This special day dedicated to all things cocoa-based is certainly not a time to discriminate. Go on, indulge yourself!
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Brent McTavish
- Jun 25, 2020
- 8 min
A Rosé is a Rosé is a Rosé
In celebration of International Rosé Wine Day, I thought it apropos to focus this blog on the often maligned and misunderstood pink wine.
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Brent McTavish
- Jun 5, 2020
- 2 min
Happy Chocolate Ice Cream Day!
It it often said, that Ice cream’s birthplace reaches as far back as the Second Century B.C.
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Brent McTavish
- May 29, 2020
- 1 min
Happy Coq au Vin Day 🐓🍷🐓
Coq au vin literally translates to “rooster with wine.” It’s a rustic, traditional, peasant-style dish that is so easy to make and serve.
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Brent McTavish
- Mar 8, 2020
- 3 min
I a Gris
If you are one of the many people who still do not like Rose Wine, why not try a Vin Gris. You might just a Gris with me.
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Brent McTavish
- Feb 14, 2020
- 3 min
Love is Love… But what is LOVE?
This Valentines Day celebrate whatever LOVE you want. Turn off the noise and pressure from our modern world and make it up for yourself. Lov
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Brent McTavish
- Feb 9, 2020
- 3 min
Keep an eye out for Moroccan Wines. You might be pleasantly surprised.
Traveling to distant lands offers so many fascinating opportunities for discovery. One of my favourite discoveries is tasting local wines.
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