"Brave New Worlds" Chocolate & Wine Tasting - Cancelled

Apologies but this tasting has been cancelled due to an injury to one of the organizers - she is fine but needs to rest and heal for a few weeks. Will be rescheduled so stay tuned!

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Thursday April 14 Join us! ONLY 30 SEATS AVAILABLE

"Brave New Worlds"

A unique opportunity to experience some rebellious and avant-garde wines and artisan chocolate

Date: Thursday, April 14, 2011

Time: 6:15pm*

*will start promptly at 6:30, no late arrivals please, members only, pre-paid reservations required

Place: Latour French American Bistro, 6 East Ridgewood Ave, Ridgewood, NJ

Easy to get there from NYC! Next to Ridgewood train station, easy 1 minute walk from NJ Transit train.

Event Fee*: New Members $65, Current Members $55

There is only room for 30 at this tasting so click here to join us today!

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Seats will go fast...

Membership is Easy

Your low one-time membership fee is included in your first tasting. You'll then qualify for discounted tastings and exclusive members-only tasting events throughout the tri-state area.

About the "Brave New Worlds" tasting...

This tasting features a synchronized selection of 5 extraordinary fine wines and artisan chocolates intended to stimulate your imagination and taste buds. The wines and chocolates are deliberately chosen for their complementary and contrasting aromas and flavors to create a crazy-perfect pairing. It's sweet, literally!

About the wines...

• A blend that French Wine Law won’t allow, but in the US, we do what we want!

• A racy red blend from South Africa that is brimming with notes of smoked meat – bacon!

• A Chilean red by one of Bordeaux’s first growth producers

...and more

About the chocolates...

• An all white chocolate that leaves white chocolate haters begging for more

• A kicked up version of a secret family caramel recipe with an ingredient you wouldn't expect

• An unusual savory chocolate that will make your mouth water

...and more

About Our Exclusive Group

If you love wine and fine handcrafted chocolate, you'll love our tasting group! It’s an ongoing, interactive and decadent learning adventure. You'll socialize and meet others with the same interest. Our group provides you with premier access to exciting events like no other! Every tasting is different from the last, so get ready to try different and remarkable pairings of great wines and handcrafted chocolates tailored to each tasting. Tasting cards are provided at each event for note taking and your future reference.

At each group meeting, the tasting is led by the two organizers of this group and feature a synchronized selection of extraordinary fine wines and artisan chocolates intended to stimulate your imagination and taste buds. Not all wine goes with chocolate so you'll learn about what makes the best match from people who know.

You'll be able to try many different types of wine from all over the world and build your knowledge and palate for fine wine and artisan chocolate.

Join us...and receive updates of future tastings

A little about the two organizers of this group...

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Lisa Mecray Rogers

A Masters level chocolatier. A certified graduate (with honors) of the acclaimed Ecole Chocolat Professional School of Chocolate Arts in Vancouver, British Columbia and the famous L’Ecole Du Grand Chocolat at Valrhona in Tain L’Hermitage, France. Lisa has also completed intensive chocolate course work at the French Culinary Institute in NYC.

Debra Marchese

The wine maven… formally trained as a pharmacist but found her passion to be the alchemy of wine. Debra is committed to demystifying and translating the complicated world of wine to make it a simple, memorable and fantastic adventure. Debra earned a BS in pharmacy at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Pharmacy and holds the Advanced Certificate in Wine and the Professional Certificate in Spirits from the internationally renowned Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET), London, England. She is pursuing the prestigious Diploma in Wine and Spirits (DWS).

*By paying this fee to attend our club event, you, the Guest, agree to waive any present or future claims or actions, and will release and hold harmless the Artisan Chocolate & Wine Tasting Group, its’ organizers and the Latour restaurant from any and all liability as a result of any injury suffered or incurred while participating in this tasting event, for any reason, whether consuming alcohol or not.