|
||||
|
Mark Boor, Fulton’s Crab House, Downtown Disney October 16, 2012 Wine: O’Neill Vintners and Distillers (California), GroundSwell Organic White Table Wine Mandy Silver Mandy Silver is the representative of O’Neill Vintners, her territory is the southeastern states and she lives in Myrtle Beach, SC. O’Neill is now the 7th largest winery in the U.S., continue reading Culinary Demonstration – Fulton’s Crab House at Downtown Disney – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Florida Orange Groves Winery – Florida Vincent Shook, Winemaker Key Limen, Mango Mamma, Hurricane Class 5 (Florida White Sangria) October 16, 2012 Key Limen, Mango Mamma, Hurricane Class 5 Vincent Shook, our presenter today, was declared “one of our favorite presenters” by today’s host. The Florida Orange Groves Winery is located in St continue reading Beverage Seminar – Florida Groves Winery – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … On October 10th, we had the pleasure of attending the Tokyo Dining Food and Sake Pairing during the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival for the third year in a row! (2010 and 2011) Each year this event has pleased us immensely and given the opportunity to go with another couple, we’d probably go continue reading Tokyo Dining – Sake and Food Pairing – Epcot International Food and Wine Festival 2012 … Eddie Mendoza, California Grill, Disney’s Contemporary Resort October 9, 2012 Amy Meddins (wine), John Ekin (host), and Eddie Mendoza (chef) Wine: Sterling Vineyards (California), Napa Merlot Amy Meddins Amy Meddins is back with a Napa Valley Merlot (vintage 2009). The first vintage from Sterling Vineyards was 1969 and they were the first winery continue reading Culinary Demonstration – California Grill – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … We end up spending quite a bit of time in the Festival Center lately. Numerous reasons, we have a lot of culinary demonstrations and beverage seminars, it’s been bloody hot (hotter than the hinges of hell actually, so we aren’t inclined to take a stroll outside between events), we’ve met Calvin and Kate for a continue reading Festival Center Tastings – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Ruth Van Waerebeek Concha Y Torro Winery, Maipo, Chile October 8, 2012 Winemaker from Concha Y Torro, Pam Smith, and Ruth Van Waerebeek Wine: Concha Y Torro Vineyards (Chile) Casillero del Diablo Sauvignon Blanc Concho Y Torro, Casillero del Diablo Sauvignon Blanc area of production: Casablanca Valley, Chile soil: benchland and continue reading Culinary Demonstration – Concha y Torro – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … We’re back again! This is the third year for Chad’s Sake Class at the Swan and Dolphin Food and Wine Classic and this year nora again attended both evenings (on Friday night she and nick attended and on Saturday night, nora sat with three of our guests for the Classic while nick and Calvin went continue reading All Things Sake! – Swan and Dolphin Food and Wine Classic 2012 … This is new this year. It’s located in the Festival Center back in a small dark area (by the way, this is how you get to the Chase Lounge). They hand out free Ghirardelli chocolate squares (we’ve had the caramel, the peppermint bark, and the Intense Dark 86% cacao – which we didn’t like, nick continue reading Festival Center – Ghirardelli Chocolate Experience – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Huma Siddiqui (and her son Samir) White Jasmine, Mount Horeb, Wisconsin (actually they’re located in Madison, WI) October 9, 2012 Samir, Huma, and John (host) – and Sharon the assistant chef
John Ekin (host) did a very good job today talking about the different events during the Food & Wine Festival (the booths, continue reading Culinary Demonstration – White Jasmine – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Spicy Hand Roll – large enough to share
SPICY HAND ROLL – Tuna and salmon with chili pepper, soy sauce & sesame oil topped with kazan volcano sauce. The rice was stickier than sushi rice is typically. There was ample filling and the sauce on top tasted okay. Overall, the texture was continue reading Japan Booth – Spicy Hand Roll – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … |
||||