Drink Philly Valentine's Wine and Chocolate Pairing at Panorama, Feb. 11

by Drink Philly in Featured Event Listing

Get into the Valentine's Day mood with your special someone and a wine and chocolate pairing at Panorama on Wednesday, February 11 from 6–8 PM. Panorama is teaming up with Shane's Candies to bring guests six different wines to pair with six artisanal, specialty-flavored chocolates.

At the event, guests will receive their first wine and chocolate at a station near the entrance, and then can find their way to a seat where there will be four wine and chocolate pairings set up, as well as tasting notes. Once seated, Eric Berley of Shane's will talk about the chocolates, and Dave Costanzo of Panorama will discuss the wine pairings.

Shane’s chocolates will be available for purchase at the event, however the Heart Truffle Box is available for presale only for $12, which can be added to the event price when purchasing tickets. The Heart Truffle Box has eight assorted flavors including hazelnut, champagne fizz, espresso, dark chocolate, raspberry Chambord and Mexican hot chocolate. The small Heart Truffle Box will also be sold at the event without the discount alongside a medium for $16, and a large sized truffle box for $32. Small bagged Valentines Day candies will be sold for $5 and each person will receive a coupon for Shane’s. Spend $10 in the store that weekend, and you will get a free two piece chocolate box.

Pairings include:

Chocolate: Champagne (blue) “white chocolate butter ganache infused with tawny port, natural champagne extract. Rolled in popping sugar”
Wine: Prosecco “Cuvee Béatrice” Ca’ Furlan (Italy)

Chocolate: Dark Chocolate (gold) “cream ganache made with Bronze Medal bittersweet chocolate with chocolate liqueur rolled in cocoa powder”
Wine: Porto “Bin 27” Fonseca (Portugal)

Chocolate: Espresso (silver) “cream ganache made with Bronze Medal bittersweet chocolate infused with coffee, rolled in ground coffee and cocoa nibs”
Wine: Zinfandel “Temptation~Sustainably farmed” Alexander Valley ’11

Chocolate: Mexican Hot Chocolate (Orange) “cream ganache made with Maridel milk chocolate infused with cayenne, rolled in peanuts, chipotle, cinnamon
Wine: Malvasia dell’Emilia “Lunaris Secco Demeter Certifed Biodynamic” La Collina 2011 (Italy)

Chocolate: Raspberry Chambord (pink) “white chocolate butter ganache with vanilla beans, Chambord, raspberry puree, rolled in white chocolate”
Wine: Brachetto d’Acqui “Rosa Regale” Castello Banfi 2012 (Italy)