New York City Wine-Private Bourbon & Chocolate Tasting

In a stylish and relaxed setting, you will learn about chocolate production and best consumption practices, along with some history of Bourbon and proper tasting techniques.

This is a sit-down event and each attendee will be provided with an individual tasting plate with a raw cacao bean and six artisan, couverture chocolates from some of the world’s finest chocolate makers (e.g., Michel Cluizel, Valrhona, Guittard, etc.) as well as a score sheet, flavor wheel and rating scale to write down thoughts and reactions to each chocolate. Each table will be set with palate cleansers and water as well as bourbon for tasting.

The couvertures they will be tasting range from extra bitter dark chocolate (86% cacao) to a mild milk chocolate (33% cacao), so there will be chocolates that are bound to appeal to the taste preferences of every person and you will get a clear experience of the chocolates and bourbons you like best.

This is a fun, interactive, social event and the perfect excuse to eat chocolate mid-week (as if you ever need an excuse to eat chocolate).

Space is limited to 20! Advance Registration Required.

About Leontine:

Kyung Lee’s delicious boutique is Classic French salon (with hand-painted murals and antique chandeliers) meets Southern Italian farmhouse.

Favorite Things: Vintage Parisian threads; Delphine by Phillippa Content’s Greco-Roman and Persian intaglios, rings, and necklaces; Cava Canem’s 19th-century European baubles; Virginia Loughlin’s small canvases; apothecary indulgences from Santa Maria Novella; John Robshaw’s printed linens. And Orson, our French bulldog.

$50, or $94 for two

Advance registration required; click here: Private Bourbon & Chocolate Tasting.