Every few seconds a wine like the '61 seems to throw off a new sense memory: balsam, leather-bound books, black tea, chocolate-covered raisins, dried cherries.

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Earth, black fruits, chocolate and warm spices dominate the nose.

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What judges examine in a Labrador are its head ("clean-cut" with "broad back skull"), coat (black, yellow or chocolate) and tail (like an otter's).

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Bean soup with black pudding and bacon, beignets oozing warm chocolate truffle across the plate.

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This beer has a big, rich chocolate-colored head, and pours an attractive opaque black.

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Rawling's Cakes, which specialises in gluten-free and dairy-free baked goods, serves items such as vanilla and blueberry cupcakes, chocolate macadamia nut brownies, and carrot, lime and black cardamom muffins.

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Create your own Vertical Reality at Vail's three terrain parks or get a Black Diamond Rush on the back bowls, before breaking for lunch and hot chocolate at Two Elk.

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Highlights: truffle surprise (a nugget of pt de foie gras, wrapped in a glistening skin of shredded black truffle, nested in a ball of gele), and one of the most mouth-wateringly delicious chocolate souffls ever served in a New York restaurant.

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