This excursion was a trip to visit Paola's mom at her work. She sells chocolate and win at Bernard Castelain. The store is divided into two different sides, the chocolate side and the wine side.
We watched a film about how cocoa is harvested in Africa and also the chocolate making process. Then we had a demonstration by one of the workers who explained the different ingredients in the different types of chocolate. We had to wear hairnets into the demonstration, but we were able to taste raw cocoa, chocolate covered almonds and other chocolate candies throughout the demonstration so I'd say it was worth it. :)
After all the chocolate, we went for a walk through the vineyard. It was very beautiful, hilly territory. It was then that we spotted the road to Chateauneuf de Pape, or in otherwords a castle. So we walked through the vineyard with our destination looming in front of us.
When we finally made it to the castle, we found out that it is a wine tasting place/ hotel. So we walked around the outside and took pictures. There was a cool secret passageway that was my favorite part :)
After we made it back to the chocolate store, Paola's mom let us try three different wines. It was fun, they were all red and they were pretty bitter.
The three that we tasted
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