Today - and Every Day! - is The Day for Wine and Chocolate!
Anette’s Chocolates of Napa Valley used to make the chocolate sauces for the Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory. These are the sauces that are now made for over 100 different wineries across the US. Each winery’s particular wine is included in the making of the sauce, and then specially co-labeled.
When Anette took over this long-standing chocolate shop over 18 years ago, it was already a local anchor, having stood on the very same spot for some 40 years when it was previously called Patrick’s. The current owners, Anette and her brother Brent and his wife, Mary, recall stopping off at the candy store on their way home from school.
When they first took over the candy shop, master candy maker Ed Ratcliff stayed on to teach Anette and her partners his 40 year craft of candy and chocolate making. Most of their customers had been buying their candy from the shop since the 60s and 70s.
Brent and Anette made it a habit to ask their employees, most of whom they kept on when they took over the long-running business, what the assortment should be made up of. Brent explains that the long-time employees are the watchdogs for some of the older candy flavors.
The dark chocolate they use and make themselves, is approximately 62%. And Brent will readily tell you that their wine-infused sauces are actually made with a lot of wine. They count themselves blessed to be asked to participate in the many events around Napa and Sonoma including wine and chocolate pairings and wine auctions.
Wine Added To Chocolate For Anette's Chocolate Sauce
They focus mostly on truffles. Their boxed chocolates make elegantly beautiful gifts and memories for special occasions. They have over 120 different kinds of candies and chocolates on offer. Anette’s rich burgundy boxes can be filled with as many as 30 pieces and come with gold satin hinges, vellum liners, all finished with a gold taffeta ribbon.
Looking for something tantatalizing?…how about Caramel Brandy Sauce?…Chocolate Martini Ganache?…Dark Chocolate Merlot Fudge?…or how about their signature Chocolate Wine and Liqueur Sauces.
On First Street in Downtown Napa
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