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Five wines from Black-owned wineries, in one flight

Ristorante Panorama in Old City, which has an enviable number of wines by the glass, is offering this flight for a limited time.

A flight of five wines from Black-owned wineries is being offered at Ristorante Panorama in Old City through the end of February.
A flight of five wines from Black-owned wineries is being offered at Ristorante Panorama in Old City through the end of February.Read moreCOURTESY RISTORANTE PANORAMA

Old City’s Ristorante Panorama has one of the best wine programs in the city, with about 150 wines by the glass.

Now through Sunday, request Wine Tasting Flight #602, which will get you a 1½-ounce sample of five wines from Black-owned wineries or Black winemakers.

This flight ($34) was not easy to assemble, given Pennsylvania laws. The restaurant’s sommelier, William Eccleston, offers two white wines and three reds, all from the West Coast.

You’ll get Black Girl Magic, a riesling from the McBride Sisters; Livermore, a chardonnay from Longevity; Maison Noir’s O.P.P., a pinot noir; Black Girl Magic Red Blend, a merlot/cab sauv from McBride; and Longevity’s Livermore cabernet sauvignon.

Eccleston says he will try to keep the wines on the list as long as supply can be maintained. A few of them were direct buys that the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board made with the wineries.

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