I gave these to my friend the wine-and-chocolate-geek for her birthday. She was thrilled. And she wasn't sharing! Clearly, these made for a wonderful and memorable gift.
The product arrived at the door, with the inside content completely melted. I called the company to let them know what happened, and their only response was that they were so swamped with product orders that they just had no choice but to ship out the product without proper ice/temp-controlled packaging. Seriously? This is chocolate covered wine grape they are selling! No refund. No credit towards next purchase. Needless to say, I would never order from them again. Shame, because it's a great product idea.
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The chocolate and grapes flavor was good. Small quantity in the packaging was my only draw back. I would however purchase the product again.
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It sounded like a great idea but the chocolate was low quality (waxy) and I couldn't taste the wine. I would never buy it again.
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There are two views of this product. The uncharitable view is that it is a glorified overpriced chocolate-covered raisin. My view is that it's much more than that.
First, the chocolate is a generous coating of high quality dark chocolate. I think they say it's about 65% cocoa solids, which makes sense. It's not too dark/bitter but it's darker than semi-sweet. So the chocolate is a bit darker and much thicker than the dark chocolate-covered raisins that you'll find in the grocery store.
Next, the raisins are definitely infused with wine. This does two things: makes them more moist and also imparts a lovely red wine flavor (I think they claim to use a Shiraz). There's not enough wine to really tell what type of wine they've used, but the flavor is strong enough that it stays with you. In fact, I ate one before sitting down to compose this review and I can still taste the chocolate and the wine right now.
Of course this means that each raisin is substantially larger than a typical chocolate-covered raisin, perhaps four times the volume.
Apparently, the vendor has had some issues with shipping during the summer, so it's worth ordering when it's cool out. Even in December, several of my raisins had stuck together, but separated easily. They're fine eaten from the fridge, but definitely better when eaten at room temperature. They appear to store well at room temperature.
Last, there are several sizes available: a small bag, 8oz, and 16oz boxes. The latter is a bit expensive, but comes with about 4 or 5 dozen raisins, plenty for a dinner party/group.
I could not find this product on any store shelf. Amazon came through. Makes the best WS's.
