San Francisco has a chocolate tour!!
 

Chocoholics, unite :))

This is from CNN website
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaw...urs/index.html

Chocoholics on this Gourmet Walks tour are likely to sample unusual infusions -- such as star anise and pink peppercorn chocolate -- at Recchiuti Confections, a small shop in San Francisco's Ferry Building showcasing exquisite hand-crafted confections.

Tour stops also include a shop that carries more than 225 chocolate bars from 15 countries and a visit to Scharffen Berger for a taste of their 70 percent bar, billed by the founders as the "perfect chocolate bar."

Gourmet Walks founder Andrea Nadel says it's best to taste on an empty stomach, using bread or crackers as a palate cleanser. Another tip: Don't store chocolate in the refrigerator or close to foods like onions or garlic.

Standard tours are offered three times a week; tickets are $49. Additional tours will be available Valentine's Day weekend, including a Chocolate for Lovers package for $150 per couple, which includes T-shirts, a bottle of port and Chocolove bars.

There is a link posted to the tour website, they have chocolate, wine and chocolate - both walking tours in San Francisco

http://www.gourmetwalks.com/html/chocolate_tour.html

Yummy!! Thanks for the link.

MY

Hershey announced they were closing the Berkeley Factory of Scharffen Berger and that effective immediately, there are no more tours at Scharffen Berger.

Not sure if this is what was included in that tour or not, but it sounds like it.

Deb

Oh, the Scharffen Berger tours were free. And don't ask how I know that there were tours for the public and now there are none. :(

OH, NO!!!! There are no tours on their website, but nothing yet about closing.

Scharffen Berger is still listed as a Ferry Market store :( Too bad if they go out of business.

The tours were on the website as recently as 1/27; I know because I had just signed up for a tour before they were discontinued. sigh..
Deb

Deb, can you find and top the GTG threads? For Feb 13. Are we still on?