cyborgdo11 wrote:Those sound really good.

I have the port and cab filled ones sitting at home right now (Thanks Sparky!) and am probably going to be breaking my SIWBM to get these. Cuz they're not -technically- wine, right?

Come on over and try the port and cab ones if you want They're really good. Really nice burst of liquid. You can't just bite into them to see what it is - you have to pop the whole thing at once. Unless you were thinking of staining your shirt red, of course. But you definitely get a mouthful, and it's tasty!

http://www.bouquetoffruits.com/

Bouquet of Fruits appears to be the original seller. So, no fruits were harmed in the production of these truffles.
(Well, except for the grapes. But everyone knows there is no more noble death for a grape than to be stomped and shoved into a wooden barrel with a few thousand of your friends.)

They currently offer these at $14.95 per box.

http://www.gourmetshoppingnetwork.com/checkout.php?action=showprod&catid=17&subcid=89&prodid=8

cheron98 wrote:I have the port and cab filled ones sitting at home right now (Thanks Sparky!) and am probably going to be breaking my SIWBM to get these. Cuz they're not -technically- wine, right?

Come on over and try the port and cab ones if you want They're really good.

I'll be right over

One question: SIWBM- does this mean self-imposed wine ban? Just curious.

Oggling my goat? I got to enjoy both the cab & port versions of these at Christmas, and they were DELISH! Everyone else raved about them too and demanded to know where I got them. I'm definitely buying more!!!

hld1970 wrote:I'll be right over

One question: SIWBM- does this mean self-imposed wine ban? Just curious.

Self-Imposed Wine Buying Moratorium. No wine for me!

mrjameswack wrote:Ohhhh my goodness...please learn that its no worse for you than regular sugar. You're body doesn't care about the 55/45 ratio of fructose/glucose instead of 50/50.


Besides, fructose isn't bad anyway. Do you avoid fruit? Probably 10 grams of fructose in an apple, 15 in a banana, more in an orange.

You my friend, are a modern jackass. Go look it up on "This American Life."

Also, "please learn" that high fructose corn syrup is about the worse thing to ever happen to our country, along with all the other corn derivatives. There are so many reasons, besides the the health effects, that one would be well served to avoid such heavily processed food. So, please, next time don't just assume you know everything about something simply because you know one or two facts, rarely is the story so shallow.

This is great! I hold in home wine tastings, and this will be a perfect hostess gift! Thanks, wine.woot!

zebra5150 wrote:You my friend, are a modern jackass. Go look it up on "This American Life."

Also, "please learn" that high fructose corn syrup is about the worse thing to ever happen to our country, along with all the other corn derivatives. There are so many reasons, besides the the health effects, that one would be well served to avoid such heavily processed food. So, please, next time don't just assume you know everything about something simply because you know one or two facts, rarely is the story so shallow.

Alright, now that we have both sides of the crazy spectrum represented, can't we all just get along?

Winedavid39 wrote:the "decapitating" method is what winefarm uses. I prefer the the "whole kit and kaboodle" method.

These get better and better every time you have them.

And this time, I'm not going to "save them for a special occasion" only to find the liquid all evaporated from them...

Note to all: 4 months is too long to "hold on" to these. Eat them.

I am looking forward to these, my first wine.woot purchase. Should make for a fun day at the office when they arrive.

Winedavid39 wrote:the "decapitating" method is what winefarm uses. I prefer the the "whole kit and kaboodle" method.

These get better and better every time you have them.

Yeah, I like to pop 'em in whole and wait for the trickle to start.

oh so tasty and fun to eat.

How can anyone refuse? These are delicious!

I bought a few the last time they were offered. Gifted most of them and sadly I only had one box for myself! :-(

This time I'm just going to open them up one at a time and leave them out for co-workers to snack on and hopefully NOT inebriate themselves with.

Oh, and like many, I prefer the all-at-once method of ingesting these beautiful treats. Less chance for accidents and the need for explanations.

Ashe Corvin

billmort wrote:http://www.bouquetoffruits.com/

Bouquet of Fruits appears to be the original seller. So, no fruits were harmed in the production of these truffles.
(Well, except for the grapes. But everyone knows there is no more noble death for a grape than to be stomped and shoved into a wooden barrel with a few thousand of your friends.)

They currently offer these at $14.95 per box.

http://www.gourmetshoppingnetwork.com/checkout.php?action=showprod&catid=17&subcid=89&prodid=8

Wow! -- they would charge $39.28 to ship four boxes to arrive on a Thursday or Friday (any other day is even more -- Saturday's cost $134 for SHIPPING).

Edit: OK, since Gourmet Shopping Network appears to be the Bouquet of Fruits home site, I have gone ahead and created a comparison sheet for this offer.

How good is this deal?

Lot's of notes on this one, including the fact that GSN appears to be running a sale on this offer right now (they do have a 4-pack offer). Compared to normal price there is no real comparison. Compared to the sale price wine.woot still kicks butt after you include shipping.

what's the expiration date of these?

can they last till next christmas?

jwhite6114 wrote:Wow! -- they would charge $39.28 to ship four boxes to arrive on a Thursday or Friday (any other day is even more -- Saturday's cost $134 for SHIPPING).

Edit: OK, since Gourmet Shopping Network appears to be the Bouquet of Fruits home site, I have gone ahead and created a comparison sheet for this offer.

How good is this deal?

Lot's of notes on this one, including the fact that GSN appears to be running a sale on this offer right now (they do have a 4-pack offer). Compared to normal price there is no real comparison. Compared to the sale price wine.woot still kicks butt after you include shipping.

Wow, thanks for the comparison sheet!

A little community celebration announcement for the Tour-ists

My sister gave birth to her first daughter - Marguerite - today. I raise my glass (or chocolate) in toast to a new beginning!

Cheers!

emeister wrote:what's the expiration date of these?

can they last till next christmas?

Absolutely not. Not sure what the expiration date is, but the liquid inside kind of evaporates after a while. I had a couple boxes from my first order of this (12/5/07) that I had pulled out my final two boxes for the first Detroit tasting (May 2008). They were empty and tasted vaguely like cardboard. But when they were fresh and filled, they were DELICIOUS.

inferuno!

does the corkscrew go in the top or the bottom? can i use a mac corkscrew?

mmmmm....

cheezrox wrote:Alright, now that we have both sides of the crazy spectrum represented, can't we all just get along?

Yes we can, and for the sake of getting along and education, I'd like to add one more thing about high fructose corn syrup that most people don't know. "High-fructose corn syrup is a common sweetener and preservative. High-fructose corn syrup is made by changing the sugar (glucose) in cornstarch to fructose — another form of sugar. The end product is a combination of fructose and glucose." (www.mayo clinic.com) Any time you manipulate or change glucose (sugar) into another component, it compromises the health qualities it started out with. It's not like they are adding vitamins to glucose to turn it into fructose. Therefore, when you eat a banana or an apple, you are not eating any hfcs (high fructose corn syrup) at all. You are eating true and natural sugars directly from the fruit and is not compromised by any processing at all. Sugar in it's raw sense is much easier on our bodies in general.

All that- along with the fact that the recent studies that have been finding mercury in a lot of hfcs.

That's all. Now on to bigger and more important things... Now that I know there isn't any hfcs in these chocolates filed with yummie wine, DO I GET ONE OR TWO?!

woopdedoo wrote:A little community celebration announcement for the Tour-ists

My sister gave birth to her first daughter - Marguerite - today. I raise my glass (or chocolate) in toast to a new beginning!

Cheers!

Clink clink, CONGRATS!!!! Sparky, little help with the celebration!?

cheron98 wrote:Absolutely not. Not sure what the expiration date is, but the liquid inside kind of evaporates after a while. I had a couple boxes from my first order of this (12/5/07) that I had pulled out my final two boxes for the first Detroit tasting (May 2008). They were empty and tasted vaguely like cardboard. But when they were fresh and filled, they were DELICIOUS.

I also had a couple boxes from my december 07 order. For me they were fine a year later save for the lack of bubbles in the champagne ones. The port ones were fantastic. I kept mine in the fridge though which probably made the difference.

woopdedoo wrote:A little community celebration announcement for the Tour-ists

My sister gave birth to her first daughter - Marguerite - today. I raise my glass (or chocolate) in toast to a new beginning!

Cheers!

Hey! A hearty congrats to her, and your family!

my first purchase! yum!!!

1 or 2, 1 or 2, 1 or 2?!!!

Ok. It's 2. I'm sure I won't regret it once it comes in. Neither will my boyfriend and single gal friends... mmmmmmmmmmm I can't wait!

woopdedoo wrote:A little community celebration announcement for the Tour-ists

My sister gave birth to her first daughter - Marguerite - today. I raise my glass (or chocolate) in toast to a new beginning!

Cheers!

CONGRATULATIONS TO HER!!!!!!!!!!

bought these last christmas time and gave them to the sister and some other family members. got really great reviews and they are delicious!

cheron98 wrote:Absolutely not. Not sure what the expiration date is, but the liquid inside kind of evaporates after a while. I had a couple boxes from my first order of this (12/5/07) that I had pulled out my final two boxes for the first Detroit tasting (May 2008). They were empty and tasted vaguely like cardboard. But when they were fresh and filled, they were DELICIOUS.

Are you sure nobody stuck a coffee stirrer in the bottom of each and drained 'em out while you weren't watching?

Just sayin'...

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rugrats2001 wrote:Are you sure nobody stuck a coffee stirrer in the bottom of each and drained 'em out while you weren't watching?

Just sayin'...

ha ha good one....funny thing is, you probably got her thinking about it

Want these for my self, but can't justify buying them....

Wish my bf would, but it's looking unlikely (he's kinda cheap, would rather cook me something, not that I argue). Sadness.

Hmmmm...any NCers wanting to split?

sherrileg wrote:1 or 2, 1 or 2, 1 or 2?!!!

Ok. It's 2. I'm sure I won't regret it once it comes in. Neither will my boyfriend and single gal friends... mmmmmmmmmmm I can't wait!

I couldnt decide either and ordered 2 as well .. They will be great gifts when we go to our friend's for dinner and the other 4 will be for us!

I don't get it either, can these or can these not be sold to people under 21?

alsoelp wrote:I don't get it either, can these or can these not be sold to people under 21?

You can purchase if you are under 21. See WineDavid's very early post. If our fearless leader says it's so, it is almost probably true.

While I know they cannot last until next year, how about till the end of the month? I want to share them with my family, but because of exam schedules I wont be going home until then. Also how do you store them once a box is open?

Until my buzz-kill state permits the sin-soaked delivery of etoh to my door, I guess I'll continue to leap at chocolate or cheese offerings. My SWMBO mostly liked the eclectic flavors offered last year, so what the hey....

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As it says in the info page, wine can't be shipped to Pennsylvania by law, but can these be? It would appear so by the coloring on the map, but has anyone ordered these from a state that is normally forbidden? Thanks!


Nevermind, saw the note.

I bought these around Christmas for $39.99 + shipping. They are pretty good. They are literally chocolates with wine in them. NOT A WINE FILLINNG. I liked all but one kind. I can't remember which box it was, but they are worth the money. I've over wooted the last couple weeks. So I will hold off until next time.

tiger7610 wrote:While I know they cannot last until next year, how about till the end of the month? I want to share them with my family, but because of exam schedules I wont be going home until then. Also how do you store them once a box is open?

They should be just fine until the end of the month. It's storing for several months that doesn't work too well. In the past, I recall recommendations to store in the fridge. But don't lose track of them in there!

BillThePoet wrote:Until my buzz-kill state permits the sin-soaked delivery of etoh to my door, I guess I'll continue to leap at chocolate or cheese offerings.

I feel the same way (except I leap for decanters and balsamic vinegar ahuhu)