ChocoVino
Chocolate + Wine = One Sensational Tasting Experience! Enjoy our five- course, chef-inspired gourmet dinner alongside our beautiful aquatic displays. Each course incorporates a taste of chocolate and is paired with a specific Raphael Vineyards vintage, carefully selected to enhance each dish.
Have a Sweetheart Sleepover and spend the night at the Hyatt Place hotel, just next door.
$181.13* per person.
Hotel package: $526.83* – includes 2 tickets to event and the overnight stay.
Saturday, February 10, 2024 from 7pm-10pm.
Reservations are required. Call 631.208.9200, ext. 426 or purchase online with the links below.
*All prices plus tax. 72-hour cancellation policy. If you need to cancel within 72-hours, you will get Aquarium credit, no refund. 3.5% discount for purchases made with cash (only).
ChocoVino Tickets
Spend the Night! Click Buy Now button below, enter the date (February 10, 2024) and click “check availability” that will lead you into the “Wedding page” with room types and contracted group rates for the ChocoVino event. Click on the room type and continue making the reservation.
Spend the night! Click the Buy Now button below to book your ChocoVino overnight Hyatt stay.
Please note: You must reserve your hotel stay and ChocoVino tickets separately.
Chocovino 2024 Menu
FIRST COURSE: Chocolate Celebration Salad-mixed greens, chocolate dipped bacon, faro, quinoa, strawberries, hearts of palm, cucumber, champagne vinaigrette
— Rosé of Pinot Noir 2023–rosé grapes fermented dry with aromas and fruit flavors of raspberry and cherry, showing bright acidity, with a long dry finish.
SECOND COURSE: White Winter Salmon-seared Faroe Islands salmon, root celery white chocolate puree, chive oil
–Chardeaux 2021–Aged in stainless steel, dry, balanced acidity and fruit, with peach and pear aromas and tropical fruit flavors.
THIRD COURSE: Sweet Chili Pork Wonton-chocolate pulled pork, mirin, sweet chili sauce
–Estate Malbec 2020–A structured wine with rich fruit flavors, a medium body and balanced acidity. Showing notes of blueberries, venison and slate minerality, blended with fine tannins for a lingering finish.
FOURTH COURSE: Chocolate & Butter Surf & Turf-chocolate braised short ribs, butter poached lobster tail, mashed roasted shallot potato and broccolini
–First Label Merlot 2019–A balanced, full-bodied wine, softened by velvety tannins. Aged for 18 months in French oak barrels before bottling unfiltered and un-fined.
FIFTH COURSE: Chocolate Gateau-decadently layered chocolate cake
–Port 2019–This dessert wine is produced by fortifying our Merlot grapes during fermentation with our home-made grappa.
Chocovino 2024 Vegetarian Menu
FIRST COURSE: Chocolate Celebration Salad-mixed greens, chocolate croutons, faro, quinoa, strawberries, hearts of palm, cucumber, champagne vinaigrette
— Rosé of Pinot Noir 2023–rosé grapes fermented dry with aromas and fruit flavors of raspberry and cherry, showing bright acidity, with a long dry finish.
SECOND COURSE: White Winter Vegetarian “Scallop”- seared cauliflower “scallop,” root celery white chocolate puree, chive oil
–Chardeaux 2021–Aged in stainless steel, dry, balanced acidity and fruit, with peach and pear aromas and tropical fruit flavors.
THIRD COURSE: Sweet Chili Kale Wonton-chocolate “pulled kale,” mirin, sweet chili sauce
–Estate Malbec 2020–a structured wine with rich fruit flavors, a medium body and balanced acidity. Showing notes of blueberries, venison and slate minerality, blended with fine tannins for a lingering finish.
FOURTH COURSE: Chocolate & Butter Portobella-chocolate braised portobella mushroom, butter seared chickpea cake, mashed roasted shallot potato and broccolini
–First Label Merlot 2019–a balanced, full-bodied wine, softened by velvety tannins. Aged for 18 months in French oak barrels before bottling unfiltered and un-fined.
FIFTH COURSE: Chocolate Gateau-decadently layered chocolate cake
–Port 2019–this dessert wine is produced by fortifying our Merlot grapes during fermentation with our home-made grappa.