I'm a big red wine drinker, Shiraz and cab sav's mostly. Which is why when I saw their Shiraz truffles at Trentham winery I thought brilliant!!
We thought it would be a nice treat even though they were $12.50. They were the most horrible thing I have ever eaten! They tasted nothing like Shiraz and were filled with cracked black pepper!!
At first I passed it off as it being the peppery Shiraz flavour from the wine, till I bit into a piece of peppercorn! I had checked the label prior to buying them and black pepper was NOT on the ingredient list. No one could eat them so I melted them down to make into something else. I did call the company direct to tell them how disgusting they were & that the label was incorrect but they didn't really seem to care. read more