Introducing our new sensational wave of flavor… Salted Dark Chocolate Mousse Truffles!

See the artistry – Smell the aroma – Taste the Passion – Feel the texture – Hear the “Mmmm!”

A bit of sweet, a bit of salty, a bit of crunch, a bit of creamy, and best of all, lots of wonderful satisfying chocolate taste.

This new taste sensation is truly a party in your mouth!

Enjoy a rich dark chocolate filled with velvety semi-sweet chocolate mousse resting on a crisp almond wafer topped with Ancient Himalayan Pink Sea salt crystals  and sprinkled with edible gold sprinkles – a truly sensational chocolate experience!

Available in our new 5 piece Taster Boxes or our traditional 9 piece Gift Box

Buy on-line @ www.truffili.com/salteddarkchocolate.html

Or stop by and pick up a box at one of our fine retail partners:

Draeger’s Menlo Park, Draeger’s Blackhawk, Draeger’s San Mateo, Draeger’s Los Altos, Piazza Palo Alto, Gene’s Fine Food Saratoga / Pleasanton, Piedmont Grocers, Diablo Foods Lafayette and others  @

www.truffili.com/retail.htm

ENJOY!!!

 

Happy Father’s Day!

I love this quote from Bill Cosby:

“Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.”  ~Bill Cosby

Give Dad the present he can really love and mean it!

For DAD,  the Dark Chocolate lover: Dark Chocolate Passion

www.truffili.com/darkchocolatepassion.htm

SUGGESTED MENU

• Merlot a favorite for barbecued, charred foods!

Try 1996 Berringer Vineyards Merlot Bancroft Ranch Howell Mountain
(Slightly jammy aromas of cassis, licorice, dark chocolate and smoky, toasty oak.
Sweet, dense and supple; fresh for the vintage.)

• Grilled Tomato Bruschetta drizzled with Pesto
• Grilled steak graced with Chimichurri Sauce
• Simple Grilled Potato Slices drizzled with smoked paprika butter
• Dad’s favorite salad greens peppered with dried cherries and dressed with cherry vinaigrette

And now for Dad’s favorite –DESSERT – TRUFFILI CHOCOLATE!!!

Carry Merlot through to dessert…

START THE FLAVOR WAVE…

• A sip of Merlot –taste the ripe berry goodness – a set up for the chocolate
• a bit of a Dark Chocolate Passion chocolate – feel the smoothness melt in your mouth
• continue the wave of flavor with a fresh juicy cherry (now in season!)

So now what was it you wanted to ask Dad…

When I was a kid, I said to my father one afternoon, ‘Daddy, will you take me to the zoo?’ He answered, ‘If the zoo wants you, let them come and get you.’” — Jerry Lewis

For the milk chocolate lover Dad, let Dad escape from the Zoo and enjoy a box of

Milk Chocolate Madness!

www.truffili.com/milkchocolatemadness.htm

• M. Chapoutier Banyuls 2007 or 2006 (Both wonderful!)

(Red Rhone dessert wine with flavors of fruit and chocolate)

• Start with a sip of Banyuls and follow with a
• Milk chocolate Truffle.
• Repeat with a Chessboard Truffle.
• Repeat with a Moccatine truffle!

So now what was it you wanted to ask Dad………..

“A father is a banker provided by nature.” — French Proverb

For the Dad that likes variety you can’t miss with:

Lugano Luxuries

www.truffili.com/lugano.htm

or Davos Delights!

www.truffili.com/davos.htm

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!

Celebrate this Memorial Day Weekend with a Most Memorable Pairing!

Truffili di Pellegrini Milk Chocolate Madness www.truffili.com/milkchocolatemadness.htm

Marieke Foenegreek Gouda www.hollandsfamilycheese.com/onlineshopping/proddetail.asp?prod=Foenegreek

www.draegers.com/html/deli_fset.html

2005 Daniel Gehrs Fireside Port https://danielgehrswines.com/shop/?page_id=52&category=5&product_id=17

An extraordinary pairing for your celebration or a memorable hostess gift…

Let the wave of flavor begin – SALTY SMOOTHNESS …

Draeger’s Market is featuring a very special cheese – an extraordinary cheese – Marieke Foenegreek Gouda. This scrumptious signature cheese is made from an Old World Gouda recipe by the very talented cheese maker, Marieke Penterman. She is a native of Holland. The equipment, cultures, herbs and spices are imported from her native land. This amazing young Gouda is made with foenegreek seeds native to Holland. The seeds add a superb nutty flavor to the caramel-like sweetness of this unique cheese. Thank you Draeger’s for the introduction!

The wave of flavor rolls on – SWEET CARAMEL COFFEE NUTTINESS…

The minute we tasted this cheese we thought WOW – Milk Chocolate Madness! The nuttiness of our Chessboard truffle, the roasted coffee center of our Moccatine and the caramel / brown sugar notes of our Milk Chocolate Truffle just screamed “pairing perfection!”  You have to try this one!

The wave of flavors continues – LIQUID  CHOCOLATE CARAMEL COFFEE …

2005 Daniel Gehrs Fireside Port, Amador County.   Inky ruby color and a nose of jammy cherry and blackberry with butterscotch.  On the palate there are hints of chocolate, caramel and coffee! Wow, this wonderful wine is a perfect match to be enjoyed with Milk Chocolate Madness!

Celebrate this Memorial Day weekend with this most memorable pairing!

Please remember Truffili di Pellegrini Swiss Chocolate Collections are only a click away@ www.truffili.com

Shipping is FREE to to California, Oregon, Washington (WA), Nevada, and Idaho.

A Memorial Day Remembrance

“Memorial Day is a day to celebrate and thank all those people who died (or are MIA) to create the freedoms we enjoy today. Many people travel to the final resting place of their deceased relatives or friends in cemeteries around the country to decorate their graves on this national holiday. Additionally, Memorial Day is about celebrating all people – all of our ancestors and forefathers – who have created the world we live in today and who have paved the long road we walk down into the future.”

Moms the Word!

Remember Mom and the women close to you on Mother’s Day!

A tribute to my Mom and my Grandmothers…
I was  most fortunate to have grown up surrounded by a great Mom and two wonderful Grandmothers. Each of these women brought a different dimension to my life.  On our website Nonna is standing and Mom is the little girl sitting below!   www.truffili.com/pio story.htm

Among many things my Mother taught me was kindness and respect for all peoples. Nonna, my maternal grandmother, taught me strength and love of family. Grammy, my paternal grandmother taught me a sense of winsome adventure!

Special Gifts for Mom

Dark Chocolate Passion
www.truffili.com/darkchocolatepassion.htm

Wine: Ehllers Merlot, Napa Valley, 2006

Splurge Wine: Niepoort Colhita 1995 Port, Portugal
Fruit: Fresh strawberries and raspberries

Lugano Luxuries

www.truffili.com/lugano.htm

Wine: Paul Hobbs Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley, 2008
Splurge Wine: Elisabeth Salmon Billecart 200 Rose champagne – France
Fruit: Fresh strawberries and figsanon de Chalais (mild and versatile)

Pâte de Fruits

www.truffili.com/patedefruits.htm

Wines:Tepusquet Vineyard – Viognier, Late Harvest 2008
Splurge Wine: R.L. Buller – Rare Tokay – Australia
Fruit: Asian or Bosch Pears thinly sliced
Cheese: French Roquefort, Artisanal Cave aged 3 months

View all our Truffili di Pellegrini collections @

www.truffili.com/

Free Shipping to California, Oregon, Washington (WA), Nevada, and Idaho.

Shipping Deadline: Orders must be made by the close of day,
Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Great fun at our chocolate tasting!

Our Truffili di Pellegrini  Dark Chocolate Passion and Pate de Fruits made a spectacular combination with the great  Montesalario wines.

The wonderful owners of the Montesalario Vineyards autographed their wines for our buyers!!!

Thank you to Gene’s Fine Foods of Saratoga , CA for their hospitality!

We hope you’ll join us for our next tasting!

Ciao!

Truffili di Pellegrini Chocolate Tasting with Tuscan Wines..

Truffili’s Dark Chocolate Passion and Pate de Fruits will be paired with wonderful Tuscan wines from the Montesalario Winery.
Dark Chocolate Passion is one of our most popular collections. These mouthwatering truffles can be the perfect ending to a great meal or an ideal late night snack. Pate de Fruits is like no other. The intense fruit layered with creamy yogurt ganache and dipped in chocolate make an extraordinary combination!
www.truffili.com/darkchocolatepassion.htm
www.truffili.com/patedefruits.htm

At this tasting, we will create a wave of flavor beginning with a taste of cheese drizzled with olive oil, a bite of creamy dark chocolate or Pate de Fruits and a sip of fine wine. Join us for a surprising taste treat and make this Saturday the best ever!
Saturday, April 24th
10 AM to 2 PM
@
Gene’s Fine Foods
18850 Cox Ave
Saratoga, CA 95070
408-379-8300

The Montesalario Winery is located in an area considered the new frontier of the Italian Wine Industry, the foot of Mount Amaita in the Grosseto zone ( Southern Tuscany), and the practice of accepting lower production in exchange for higher quality articulates this progressive philosophy.

Montesalario Sangiovese Reserva (Tuscany, Italy)
GRAPE: Sangiovese
REGION: Toscana
COLOR: Garnet Red with Violet Highlights
TASTE: This red is produced exclusively during vintage years, crafted from 100% Sangiovese grape requiring an extensive and meticulous process to truly express the strong characteristics and natural elegance of the varietal. Sangiovese Riserva spends 18 months in French oak barrels and 6 months in the bottle creating the strong body and smooth taste that makes a perfect match with roasted or stewed meats, and game.

Montesalario Sangiovese (Tuscany, Italy)
GRAPE: Sangiovese
REGION: Toscana
COLOR: Garnet
TASTE: Perfectly suited to the microclimate of the winery, the Sangiovese variety produces a fruit driven, intense red with excellent structure, and a balanced, persistent finish. 10 months in French oak barriques and 6 months in the bottle make this elegant wine a perfect match with tomato or ragu based pastas, barbequed red meats, white meats and game.

Montesalario Montecucco Rosso [Sangiovese] (Tuscany, Italy)
This complex and full-bodied wine has cherry & plum fruit flavors typical of Sangiovese, with a delicious finish of dark chocolate given by the Cabernet Sauvignon.

Chocolate, wine, cheese, olive oil and bits of bread!

A light supper or an new twist on afternoon tea!

Shopping List:

Chocolate: Truffili di Pellegrini Dark chocolate Passion
www.truffili.com/darkchocolatepassion.htm
Olive Oil: Grove 45 Extra Virgin Olive Oil
A fresh baguette cubed
Cheese: Crater Lake Blue Cheese & Vacherin Fribourgeois
Wines: Chateau Mas Neuf, Costieres De Nimes, 2007
Mas De Boislauzon 2007 Chateauneuf-Du-Pape

THE FLAVOR WAVE

We really enjoyed this delightful pairing of our renowned Truffili di Pellegrini Dark Chocolate Passion with Rhone wines, Grove 45 Olive Oil and delicious cheese!

A bit of cheese drizzled with olive oil, a bit of bread dipped in olive oil, a bite of Dark Chocolate Passion, a sip of Rhone wine … the wave of salty, grassy, sweet, fruity just continues … like a fine melody…Try it!

Grove 45 Olive Oil:
A bit of bread dipped in Grove 45 Olive Oil is a deliriously delicious mouthful! The olives come from the organically farmed Storm Olive Ranch in Napa Valley CA, and are a blend of 75% Tuscan varietals and 25% Sicilian varietal. This outstanding oil is fruity, deep green, grassy, peppery, and fresh! It comes in a unique brushed aluminum container with an embossed pewter label. It will look beautiful on your kitchen counter! Owners, Bonnie Storm and Nena Talcott have a great thing going on here! Place Grove 45 Oil beside your box of Truffili Dark Chocolate Passion and you’ll be ready to enjoy a unique tasting experience!

As the French say, voila!
Norman Medina of Draeger’s Blackhawk wine picks!

Chateau Mas Neuf, Costieres De Nimes, 2007
A classic Costieres from Syrah (45%), Grenache (25%), Mourvedre and Carignane (15% each), done in 10% used barrels. Tender and rich in the mouth with plush black cherry and cassis fruit, notes of brown spice, pepper, and Provencal herbs. Versatile, delicious, and dangerously inexpensive.

Mas De Boislauzon 2007 Chateauneuf-Du-Pape
“According to the Wine Advocate: The 2007 Chateauneuf du Pape, a big time sleeper of the vintage, is well-worth buying. The finest traditional Chateauneuf produced at Mas de Boislauzon, it boasts a saturated ruby/purple color as well as a spectacular nose of licorice, black raspberries, black cherries, and lavender, and an exquisitely full-bodied, multidimensional and layered wine with not a hard edge to be found. Tremendous depth, beautiful freshness, and admirable purity suggest this 2007 will evolve for 12+ years. Readers should move quickly to secure some of this fabulous bargain.”

The story of the Easter Bunny Train! Fun for kids with the “Wow” Factor!

The Easter Bunny Train – All aboard for Truffili di Pellegrini Chocolate Deliveries!

Wide-eyed Dylan (4 ½ yrs old) and 2 year old Mackenzie, watched with great anticipation as we set up the train set on the dining room table after dinner! Wow, a train on the dining room table! Can you believe!!! This was the birth of “The Delivery Game” as a fun way to serve dessert to kids and those a bit older who are still kids at heart!

On the menu –Truffili di Pellegrini’s Piccoletti Pleasures, Lugano Luxuries and sliced strawberries – better known to Mackenzie as “stubbies!” Wow! Winner, winner!

Dylan played conductor! He drove the train to the depot (the chocolate and strawberry plate) where he picked up an order for chocolate and strawberries. Fully loaded for the first lucky recipient, he commandeered the train around the track to sister, Mackenzie. Mackenzie watched every movement with great patience as “Thomas the Engine” slowly rolled to her place to deliver chocolate and stubbies! Great cheers! Thomas made lots of deliveries! Orders came in, and Conductor Dylan drove “Thomas” to the Depot for another pick up of requested chocolate and strawberries! Off again to make another delivery to another dinner guest! Delightful squeals, big “wows” and lots of fun was had by all!

This Sunday, the “Easter Bunny Train” will roll again on the dining room table after dinner! A furry little bunny doll will sit atop the engine as the train makes deliveries to guest young and old! Many Truffili chocolates will be enjoyed as a special treat for all!

Set up your train set and play delivery with Truffili di Pellegrini chocolates!

Zwanzgerle, an Unusual Swiss Easter Egg Custom!

Easter in Switzerland is a week long tradition. ‘Zwanzgerle’ is an unusual custom where children challenge adults to break their decorated Easter eggs with a twenty cent coin on Easter Monday. The game can be a $$$ windfall to kids if the adult fails to break their egg. If the adult does manage to break the egg, they not only get to keep the coin, but also get the egg! Generally, this is a money maker for the children!

Easter Breakfast – Short, Sweet, Easy and Delicious!

Easter Breakfast menu…
Ohhhhhhhhhhh so good!
My favorite Easter breakfast is simply a beautiful traditional Italian Easter bread, Colomba di Pasqua. Serve this gorgeous bread with sliced oranges drizzled with orange honey, Truffili di Pellegrini’s Dark Chocolate Passion www.truffili.com/darkchocolatepassion.htm and steaming cups of Cappuccino. Is this a perfect beginning to a wonderful day! Enjoy!