Food & WINE BOMBS AWAY & A HAPPY NEW YEAR

Food & WINE BOMBS AWAY & A HAPPY NEW YEAR

By Vicky Moon

The chocolate bomb is the hot item this season. Varieties from Daniela’s Countryside Confections LLC in Middleburg include: crushed peppermint, pumpkin spice, cookies and cream, salted caramel with English toffee bits, chocolate peanut butter with chopped Reese’s cups, S’mores, white chocolate cocoa and semi sweet chocolate cocoa. PLM applauds: Three Creeks Winery 2018 Pinot Noir, Zephaniah Farm Vineyard 2015 Three Captains and Boxwood Winery 2015 Reserve

With holiday good wishes, Country ZEST Food Editor Daniela Anderson and Wine Editor Peter Leonard-Morgan have coordinated to bring you luscious desserts paired with appropriate and sophisticated wines.

These Christmas cookies have vintage images as toppers. PLM suggests: Fabbioli Cellars Pear Wine, Maggie Malick Wine Caves Petit Verdot Port style wine and Barrel Oak Winery Chocolate Lab.

The trifle on the left is composed of alternating layers of almond vanilla créme diplomat, fresh raspberries and almond butternut rum sponge cake. The second trifle is composed of alternating layers of whipped chocolate buttercream, fresh strawberries and rich, chocolate fudge cake. PLM recommends: 868 Estate Vineyards 2017 Vidal Passito, Slater Run Vineyards Chateau Kalian Montbazillac 2016 and 2019 Wild Boar Viognier from Stone Tower Winery