Bellavita London Mediterranean Food & Wine Trade Show 2021

As food writer, the Bellavita London Mediterranean Food & Wine Trade Show was such a great event.

There was a good showcase of wines and food.

The most outstanding items at this show was probably the Terremare underwater aged wines.

Who knows, we might even see space aged zero gravity wines in future.

https://terremare.it/

On the topic of wines, I liked Spirito Cocktails because their ready to drink cocktails are in a stylish black paper sleeve like compact discs in a CD box which contains a collection.

They also do a gift set which includes an ice tray for diamond shaped ice cubes, glass tumblers, coasters etc.

https://spiritococktails.com/

As well as fine wines and cocktails, Dolce Vita Coffee has a lot to offer for coffee pods as well as unusual pods like pina colada which is served cold.

Other decadent offerings were salted caramel, pistachio and Macaron etc.

https://dolcevitacoffee.co.uk/

If you are bored of Panettones, the Veneziana which is a traditional cake of Venice will bowl you over. This sweet bread is soft and fluffy topped with icing and nuts.

I tried the pistachio cherry which was so decadent and dreamy.

Moving on the Italian chocolate at its finest is the Stainer Chocolate booth!

Never have I been so impressed with all these choices as well as thick hot chocolate offerings.

They had cannabis, papaya, floral, ginseng and aperitif chocolate with olives, basil and Parmesan.

For hot chocolates they even had bourbon, ginger, cinnamon etc.

https://www.stainerchocolate.it/

You can even get Italian ready meals by Pronti Via which are ready in 2 minutes in the microwave.

They are trying to tap into the UK market just like RANA who have successfully entered a few supermarket shelves.

Sadly, I couldn't try any to see how worthy they were.

https://www.facebook.com/prontivia.official/

As a pate lover, the Iberitos booth was impressive who are also suppliers of Iberico pork fat to Sainsburys.

Their pates are light as whipped mousse which are delicious on anything.

https://www.iberitos.com/

Last but not least are Spanish prickly pear products known for its health benefits available as powder, jam or cider vinegar.

https://tunocanarias.com/

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Chocolate heaven at KNOOPS

I discovered KNOOPS while I was at Chelsea.

When you go in the shop, you are greeted with so many choices for chocolate drinks.

Not only do they have dark chocolate but they also have my favourite Ruby Chocolate which is made with Callebaut chocolate chips.

Basically the concept is like coffee where you choose the percentage of chocolate but before that you have to decide on whether you want your drink hot or cold which a choice of ice or milkshake.

Having it vegan is also wonderful because you get to choose almond and hazelnut milk which would give the chocolate a wonderful nutty taste.

It was really hard deciding between hot or cold let alone the percentage which is why I couldn't make up my mind on the first visit and left!!

Went back another day to the Clapham branch with a drink in mind.

I was really tempted to have the ruby chocolate which is served hot only but as I have already tried it elsewhere I went for the 96% Extra dark with no added sugar milkshake which is blended with Knoops white chocolate ice cream.

As expected, the milkshake was so good and you could taste chunk of chocolate in it.

Also topped it with Maldon Salt and cinnamon which takes it to another level.

There was an interesting sour aftertaste to it like coffee but I was fine with that and I am definitely coming back but the problem is deciding which drink to have.