Chocolate drizzles for the holidays.

Lakewood Wines · Oct 4, 2009

We produce a line of Chocolate Drizzles for the holiday. They range from Chocolate Raspberry Port to Chocolate Caramel Kalua Chardonnay. We keep the Alcohol level below 5% to keep it in the FDA alcohol range. You can try this using your homemade wines. We use baking chocolate mixed with lacitin, but you could use a high end chocolate surup and use cocoa to thicken it up. Liquor extracts are available from your homebrew shop, so any combination of flavors is available. 13-18% ABV wine/port is recommended. Goes great on strawberries,blueberries,pound cake,cheese cake. Experiment and have some fun.

Wade E · Oct 4, 2009

Glad to have you aboard, Just out of curiousity, how do you call it a Port if its only 5% abv?

Lakewood Wines · Oct 4, 2009

Because it is less than 5% ABV it does't fall under the TTB guidelines. We cannot label our winery Port "Port" as only port from portugal is allowed that name.So we give it a fanciful name and we state it is a port style wine on the back label.
The less than 5% puts it under the food and drug administration, and there labeling allows "port" in the name as it is part of the makeup of the product.

Wade E · Oct 4, 2009

Do you plan on eventually getting the permit (or license) to up the abv?

Lakewood Wines · Oct 4, 2009

Our liscense is a full winemaking liscense.We can make any wine we want, some of our chards and zins are 14-15%. We opt to keep the drizzle sauce <5% so we forgo the TTB Labeling. As a home winemaker you could make it any ABV you would like.