You can catch me in Alexandria, VA today, as I am tasting out some of our confections at the Sugar Cube in Alexandria. I will be there from 1pm - 4pm this afternoon.

The candy store is located at 210 N. Lee St. - that is just one and a half blocks from King Street. Come on by and find your old fashioned and almost forgotten American classics, but also some delicious European confections

There are still tickets to be purchased - availability is limited, so get them while you can!

See you tonight or on the weekend

- Wilhelm

This event is a special gathering of Cork & Fork’s VIP guest list and we are happy to be able to supply all connoisseurs with our chocolate confections tonight.

If you are interested in attending a future VIP event at Cork & Fork, just sign up for their mailing list!

This weekend we will be visiting our friends at Chrysalis Vineyards for their annual Jazz Festival. We have been there the last two years and it has always been great fun. What can be better than good wine and chocolate?

We will have lots of tasting pieces and be sampling three different Chrysalis wines with three of our confections. Be there on Saturday & Sunday from 10AM to 6PM. Did I mention there will be live Jazz music as well? Here is all the info http://www.chrysaliswine.com/jazzfestival09.htm

Our crystallized ginger is very juicy and full of flavor, without being too sharp.

Remember our Champagne Truffles earlier this year? Well, they have been requested again and why not - they do taste delicious and Mother’s Day is an occasion worthy something special.

Something completely new, which I haven’t done before is a separate line of caramel bonbons. We will feature Rhubarb, Apricot, and Morello Cherry, all coated in rich, dark Valrhona chocolate. No picture available, as I will be making them for the first time today to get started with the recipe testing & tasting

We also feature our Small Gift Baskets for Mother’s Day, as well as our Chocolate Tea Gift Towers, including the caramels as well.

Everything will be available in our online shop and ship the week of Mother’s Day, to arrive in time. Don’t be shy, if something is out of stock or you would like to request something special, just give us a call or write an email and we will assist you with your inquiry.

Last thing: Don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter, as our email customers get special pricing and/or discounts, which now-a-days can make a difference!

This is what’s happening:
Rites of Spring Festival - March 21st 1-5pm!

A lot of wine, beer and chocolate to taste - bring a friend and enjoy … We’ll see you there

So, you’ll have to take our word for it that the new Irish Cream Truffles are delicious …. or even better, come visit one of our retailers that will have them freshly delivered this morning. Following stores will have a limited amount of our specials: Biagio Fine Chocolates, The Sugar Cube, Tastefully Yours, Periwinkle - You should all be covered from Bethesda/DC/Alexandria to Occoquan … more info and map here!

we will be tasting out our chocolate creations throughout Valentine’s starting today at the Fairlakes WholeFoods Market in Fairfax, VA. They are having a chocolate fest going on and we will be there as well between 5-7pm.

Then on Friday we will be at Cork & Fork in Gainesville, VA between 5-7pm. Next to our chocolate confections there will be plenty of good wine and beer to taste as well.

On Saturday we will be present in two locations. Melanie will be tasting out chocolate at Pearmund Cellars in Broad Run, VA between 1-4pm and Wilhelm will be available at Philip Carter Winery in Hume, VA, same time.

On Sunday we will be at Philip Carter Winery as well - just in case you can’t make it on Saturday, same time!

We hope to make your Valentine’s Day a little sweeter this weekend, see you on location!

Well, maybe not stars, but we were visited by ‘Down Home Virginia’ a few weeks ago and they put our video segment on Youtube. We had a blast and in addition to our presence on Youtube, we will be aired throughout the state of Virginia on local TV stations. Enough talk, here the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyGGiKMJZJw

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Now back to V-Day preparations …. look for the new Valentine’s Day email newsletter in your mailbox tonight/tomorrow morning!