Newspaper Media Group holds Chocolate & Wine fest By JENNIFER AMATO - October 10, 2017 The Caramel Shop’s display at the Chocolate & Wine event held at Branches on January 28. FacebookTwitterEmailPrint A DJ serves up tunes for the crowd during the Chocolate & Wine event held at Branches on January 28.▲Maria Longo and Josephine Cullen, from Middletown, look at LuLa Roe’s display at the Chocolate & Wine event at Branches on January 28.▲Kerry Blake, owner of LuLa Roe, sets up her display at the Chocolate & Wine event held at Branches on January 28.▲Diane Yamate, from Birnn Chocolates, offers up samples of almond butter crunch bars to Lindsey Dunphy and Matt Purrazzella, both from Red Bank, during the Chocolate & Wine event held at Branches on January 28.▲Branches served up Chocolate Shop wine at the Chocolate & Wine event on January 28.▲Friends Gale Wersinger, from Eatontown, and Wendy Cafolla, from Long Branch, shop for jewelry during the Chocolate & Wine event held at Branches on January 28.▲The Caramel Shop’s display at the Chocolate & Wine event held at Branches on January 28.▲Friends Nathan O’Donnell, Courtney Vainojoe, both from Toms River, and Krystyn and Matt Foran, from Hamilton, sample homemade flavored pretzels from The Hangover Pretzel Company during the Chocolate & Wine event at Branches on January 28.▲Nothing Bundt Cakes is one of the newest retail establishments to call North Brunswick home.▲NMG volunteers at the Chocolate & Wine event on January 28.▲Branches served up their signature bacon chocolate brownies during the Chocolate & Wine event on January 28.▲Maple Magic Confectionery owner Lisa Danchak serves up flavored cotton candy for the crowd.▲Friends Barb Catalano, Miriam Fostek, Meg Winterbottom, all from Jackson, and Amy Schneider, from Howell, shop for jewelry during the Chocolate & Wine event held at Branches on January 28.▲Lori Podos (center, purple), from Manalapan, tries samples of wine during the Chocolate & Wine event with her daughters, Dara and Brooke, at Branches on January 28.▲Katie Sciora, from Old Bridge, and Stephen Symczak, from Howell, check out samples from Popcorn for the People during the Chocolate & Wine event held at Branches on January 28.▲Wine bottle stoppers from PK’s Kreations at the Chocolate & Wine event at Branches on January 28.▲NMG volunteers at the Chocolate & Wine event on January 28.▲NMG volunteers at the Chocolate & Wine event held at Branches on January 28.▲