Saturday, March 27, 2010

Wine Truffles and a Gift

It’s time to celebrate a little around here. This blog was born in the month of March a couple of short years ago, but that’s not all. Today is my birthday, meaning my real birthday, and to celebrate, I have a gift for one of you. I recently received a sample box of wine truffles from Austin’s own Delysia Chocolatier, and one lucky commenter will get to sample these truffles as well. When I received the sample, I was first delighted by the packaging which is like a gift from Tiffany only in red. I pulled the white, satin ribbon off the box and picked off the lid to find nicely crafted square truffles that smelled like chocolate heaven. Delysia has worked with local, central Texas Becker Vineyards wines to create Reserve Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Port varieties. The truffles are handmade in the Parisian style with premium chocolate. The chocolates I sampled were rich and smooth tasting, and the wine added a nice fruitiness. Delysia also offers over sixty other flavors such as wasabi raspberry and even cigar that are combined in various collections, and they can develop customized collections to suite any occasion. They have generously offered to send a box of wine truffles to one of my blog visitors. All you have to do is leave a comment with your email address so I can contact you. This is limited to US mailing addresses only. At noon (CST) on Friday, April 2, one commenter of this post will be randomly selected to receive these lovely chocolates. Good luck!



UPDATE:
The winner of the gift of chocolates is Pam from Sidewalk Shoes. Congratulations, Pam!


41 comments:

  1. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! March is definitely one of the better months of the year...it delivered you and your blog to the world. Enjoy the day and go out and play. Yay chocolate!

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  2. Happy Birthday! Those are lovely chocolates!

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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  3. Happy Birthday, and I can imagine you are celebrating in style - what generosity to give a gift to others on your birthday.

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  4. Happy birthday Lisa, wish you have many many more. Chocolate sounds delightful.

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  5. Happy birthday Lisa and happy blogoversary as well.

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  6. Happy Birthday! I know so many people born in March, now one more.

    Lovely chocolates!

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  7. Happy Birthday Lisa!
    And Happy Blogoversary too!
    The chocolates look divine. Going to look at their webpage now...

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  8. Happy birthday Lisa! Happy birthday blog!

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  9. Happy Happy Birthday, Lisa and many many more! And each one happier than the last! Lovely to sit on your birthday and nibble wine truffles! How luxurious!

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  10. Happy Birthday, Lisa! Those chocolate flavors look amazing and innovative. this might be one more good reason to finally visit Austin, TX.

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  11. Happy Birthday Twice!! Once for you and once for your great blog. Nothing is better than chocolate and pairing it with wine is even better. Have a wonderful day of celebration. CJ

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  12. Lisa, wishing you an amazing birthday. The truffles look great. I hope you get to eat lots of fab things today, as I'm sure you make them for everyone else all year round.
    *birthday kisses* HH

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  13. Happy Birthday!!! Those chocolates look like the perfect way to celebrate!

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  14. Happy birthday and happy blogaversary!

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  15. Congrats on your blog birthday and a very happy birthday to you! Those truffles look divine.

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  16. A two for one celebration. Woohoo... happy blogoversary and birthday to you. :) Let's par-tay!

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  17. Happy Birthday! That is a great giveaway!

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  18. Happy Birthday and happy blogaversary! Both you and your blog are getting better with age. :)

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  19. Happy Belated Birthday and blog anniversary! It is always such a delight to come here and see what you've created. Wishing you many more happy years of cooking, blogging and love!

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  20. Happy Birthday! Sounds delicious! :D

    simone.anne.lang [at] gmail [dot] com

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  21. Happy birthday Lisa !! I hope you had a lovely day. Those chocolates look delicious too!

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  22. Happy birthday Lisa! I recently started following your blog and I love it--it's on my bar of favorites!

    courters89@gmail.com

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  23. happy belated anniversary of your exit from the womb, lisa. what a peach you are, giving someone else a present in celebration of YOUR special day. :)

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  24. Happy B-day! Those truffles look amazing!

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  25. "And above all...Think Chocolate!" -Betty Crocker

    Happy blogday!

    elkins.alicia@gmail.com

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  26. Ahhh chocolate...I would give this gift to someone I dream of but know I can never meet with...someone I admire from afar...placed lovingly and anonymously for them to discover! Yeah, that is what I would do.

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  27. Wonderful site. Happy birthday, and thank you for this offer. dmvince@aol.com

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  28. Happy B-Day, with a slight delay, but the wishes are still as heartfelt :D

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  29. HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! :) (sorry I was late).

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  30. Happy Birthday, my dear! What a way to celebrate, too, with fancy chocolates flavored with real wine. Don't get too tipsy eating the whole box at once. ;)

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  31. Happy Belated Birthday! How sweet of you to give us a gift! Hope you had a great day.

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  32. Happy Birthday and anniversary! Wow talk about presentation eh?! I use to scoff at presentation, plated or wrapped. My thought was meh it's food, the taste will be there either way, but really not so true...

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  33. Happy Birthday, Lisa! The last week of March and all of November seem to be very big months for birthdays in my world.

    Funny how those streaks happen.

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  34. Happy belated birthday and congratulations on your blogiversary: two important milestones :).

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  35. Happy Belated Birthday! I am a March baby myself... a little ahead of you, though

    Happy blogiversary too!

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  36. Happy Belated Birthday!!! Hope you had a wonderful celebration :)

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