Press & Awards
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Awards
- 2026 – Good Food Awards Winner – Thailand 72%
- 2023 – Good Food Awards Winner – Thailand 72%
- 2023 – Virginia Living Made in Virginia Award – Salted Caramel Milk Chocolate
- 2019 – LUXlife Food & Drink Awards – Best Range of Artisanal Chocolates in Virginia
- 2019 – LUXlife Food & Drink Awards – Best for Bespoke Confectionery Products in Virginia
Articles/Videos about our business:
- Northern Virginia Magazine – Find Sweet Treats at the New River-Sea Chocolates Reston Location
- FFXnow – River-Sea Chocolates Enters New Era After Reston Production Facility Opens 1/29/2025
- FFXnow – Chocolate Factory to Open in Reston Next Year 10/27/2023
- CGTN America – Making Sustainable Chocolate 3/31/2023
- FOX 5 DC - Zip Trip Chantilly: Tucker Tries It! 6/3/2022
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Only in Your State - One Of The Most Incredible Small Businesses In Virginia, River-Sea Chocolates Serves Up Craft Chocolates With A Positive Global Impact 9/21/2021
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Voice of America Korea - The American Tale 9/18/2021
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Northern Virginia Magazine - Hidden Foodie Gems April 2021
- FOX 5 DC – Making Treats with River-Sea Chocolates (National Chocolate Day)
- FOX 5 DC – National Chocolate Day at River-Sea Chocolates
- FOX 5 DC – Field Trip: Satisfy Your Craving on National Chocolate Day
- The Washington Post – This Valentine's Day, Reach for a Better Box of Chocolates
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Northern Virginia Magazine - Alice's Latest Obsession: River-Sea Chocolates 01/12/2021
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Feel Good Fridays - River-Sea Chocolate Factory 11/27/2020
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ABC 7 - ECHO helps adults with disabilities continue working during pandemic 9/3/2020
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Northern Virginia Magazine - If you're going to buy sweets for Valentine's Day, try Chantilly's River-Sea Chocolates 2/13/2019
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Adventure Moms DC - Swimming in Chocolate at River-Sea Chocolate Factory 3/4/2019
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Jennifer the Beholder - Guest Krissee D'Aguiar River-Sea Chocolates 7/20/2018
Chocolate Critic and Chocolate Blogger reviews of our chocolate:
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C-Spot Review score 9.01 River-Sea, river-do...Understanding -- whether intellectually &/or intuitively &/or instagrammarly -- this barsmith does produce. 7/16/2019
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C-Spot Review score 8.69 : Exemplar: River-Sea Chocolates. Off the beaten path yet well on their way. 1/29/2019
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TimeCupSoul: River-Sea Chocolates: Local Vendor Provides Delicious Chocolate Escape 7/5/2019
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Time To Eat Chocolate: River-Sea Chocolates 8/19/2018
Articles about our Sustainable shipping project:
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Tres Hombres - Cargo Under Sail Video 4/23/2019
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El Informador: Santa Marta is the Pioneer in Sustainable Export (in Spanish) "In the facilities of the Port of Santa Marta, the Dutch-flagged sailboat Tres Hombres yesterday loaded 14 ton of cocoa and six of coffee harvested in the Sierra Nevada, products destined for the United States and Europe. With the operation, the capital of Magdalena is consolidated as the first city in the country that exports in a friendly way with the environment, at least during the modern era." 3/13/2019
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Nice article on the scientific platform N+1: Colombia will export cacao and coffee using a CO2-free ship. (in Spanish) 3/4/2019