Easter
It heralds hope and rebirth
Every year on the first Sunday after the full moon of the spring equinox, Westerners usher in their traditional religious feast, Easter. It may still be relatively new to most Chinese. But in Europe and the United States, Easter is a traditional religious festival. For Christians, Easter is the day they commemorate the resurrection of Jesus on the third day after his crucifixion. For Judaism, the festival commemorates the significance of Moses' attempt to lead the Israelites across the Red Sea to escape Egypt.
Today, Easter has evolved into a universal celebration that, for non-religious Westerners, symbolizes not only the beginning of spring, but also the meaning of rebirth and hope.
In France, chocolates are sold in supermarkets a few weeks before Easter. Chocolate has become a symbol of the festival, so why do everyone give each other and eat chocolate on this day? It all starts with eggs...
History of Easter eggs
Legend has it that 5,000 years ago, Persians would often exchange eggs with family and friends in the spring to commemorate the end of winter and the rebirth of nature, believing that this would bring good luck to themselves and those around them. In 18th-century Europe, the custom of eating eggs originated from the Easter feast at that time. For Christians at the time, the Easter feast was to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the end of the carême. In order to strictly observe the 40-day fast, Christians are forbidden to eat even eggs. During these 40 days, the eggs produced by their hens had already exceeded demand, and Christians generously gave their own eggs to relatives and friends to celebrate the end of the fast.
Chocolate eggs appeared in France in the 19th century, especially from the 1830s onwards, and the cocoa paste processing technology and copper and tinned iron molds developed rapidly, and the appearance of chocolate became more and more diverse. In the current market, we can not only buy egg-shaped chocolate, but also rabbit chocolate and bell chocolate, which also mean "vitality".
Chocolate with wine
The combination of chocolate and wine, I believe many friends have stepped on this combination. But today, Fan Wei wants to give everyone an insurance match for Amway, so that in the future, everyone will no longer have to see this combination and scratch their heads. That is – chocolate paired with sweet wines, whether dark chocolate, white chocolate or milk chocolate, there is nothing wrong with this pairing.
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Lobi Castle Isaac sweet white wine
Château Roby - Loupiac
Located south of Bordeaux, the Rubiac appellation, The Château de Lobi is the most famous sweet white appellation in the world, just a river from Sauterne. The winery is all manually worked, and each bunch of grapes must be harvested by hand at the time of optimal noble rot.
Keywords: aroma rich complex | Sweet and sour balance | Floral and fruity flavor is full of | Oak barrels bring a sense of thickness | The aftertaste is long and delicate
Riverview Vidair White Ice Wine
Riverview Vidal Icewine
Fan wei's upcoming ice wine series. This ice wine is made in the small town of Niagara Lake in Canada and is 100% Veydale. With an alcohol content of 10 degrees, it is suitable for food such as foie gras and dark chocolate, and the wine quality is superior, which perfectly interprets the reputation of "liquid gold".
Keywords: fruity full of | Sweet and | Sweet and sour balance | The aftertaste is long
The difference between noble rot and ice wine
Many people will confuse ice wine and noble curd wine, at the end of today's article, Fan Wei will briefly popularize the difference between the two! Although both are sweet wines, there is a fundamental difference – that is, the difference between wine grapes. In simple terms, guiji wine is a wine made from grapes infected with noble rot bacteria; Ice wine, on the other hand, is made from grapes that freeze due to cold weather. The grapes used in both are particularly valuable due to the difficulty of picking and the special environment, so the prices of noble curd wine and ice wine are generally high.
Although both wines are sweet, they are very different in style. If you want to feel the difference between the two, you may wish to choose a bottle of each and savour it.
Celebrated or not,
All look forward to every Easter egg in life.
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Text & Editor: Zhou Zhou
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Resources
https://www.20minutes.fr/societe/711199-20110421-societe-pourquoi-mange-t-on-chocolat-paques
https://www.1jour1actu.com/info-animee/pourquoi-mange-t-on-du-chocolat-a-paques