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Spice Route Wines, Swartland, South Africa Chenin Blanc, Pinotage, and Chakalaka October 2, 2012 Chenin Blanc, Pinotage, and Chakalaka We’ve had all of these Spice Route wines before; at Jiko with Lisa and Andy (Chakalaka), at a culinary demonstration during last year’s Epcot Food & Wine Festival (Pinotage, here), and just two days continue reading Beverage Seminar – Spice Route – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Culinary Demonstration – Kevin Dundon – Raglan Road™ Irish Pub and Restaurant, Downtown Disney (plus a lot of other famous chef stuff including Dunbroddy House in Ireland, we so want to visit there) October 2, 2012 Amy Meddins (wine), John Ekin (host), Chef Kevin Dundon (fabulous cook), and Sharon (helpful assistant) Culinary Demonstration – Kevin Dundon – Raglan Road™ Irish Pub and Restaurant, Downtown Disney – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 Culinary Demonstration – Alisa Malavenda, POSH Salt™, Cliffside Park, New Jersey October 1, 2012 Laura Castelli, Pam Smith, and Chef Alisa Malavenda First off, we need to start with how delightful and engaging the trio was this evening… (Pam Smith from WDW, Alisa Malavenda a private continue reading Culinary Demonstration – POSH Salt™ – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 Culinary Demonstration – Michael Gonsalves – Yachtsman Steakhouse, Disney’s Yacht and Beach Club October 1, 2012 Chef Michael (L) is explaining how they make the sausages using a “stuffer” Wine: Domaine Skouras St George Ted Diamantis, President, Diamond Importers (Greece) Ted from Diamond Importers continue reading Culinary Demonstration – Yachtsman Steakhouse – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 David Njorge, Sanaa, Kidani Village, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge September 30, 2012 Pam Smith and Chef David Njoroge Wine: Spice Route Chenin Blanc Charl du Plessis, Vintner, The Spice Route Winery (South Africa) Tasting Note: Light straw colour. Complex tropical nose with spiced flavors continue reading Culinary Demonstration – Sanaa – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Big Plans – the Festival starts on Friday (yes, only three days away!) We’re going to start our F&W doings with a special event at Epcot. Some of you may know that October 1st is Epcot’s Anniversary and this year marks 30 years since Epcot opened. We made special efforts to attend Epcot’s 25th Anniversary continue reading Plans for Epcot International Food & Wine Festival … Safari Camp & Lunch After two hours we were ready for a break. The break comes at a custom built safari camp that sits at the highest point on the savannah. Our safari truck pulled up to a gate that was opened and then closed behind us (have to protect us from the animals). We continue reading Wild Africa Trek – Lunch and the end of our Trek … Our Wild Africa Trek at Disney’s Animal Kingdom continues… When we left you, nick had successfully crossed the bridges and all 12 trekkers had made it to our private savannah tour vehicle. (Crossing the bridges post is here) The tour vehicle is much smaller than the big trucks used on the Kilimanjaro Safari. Our truck continue reading Wild Africa Trek – Savannah Tour before Lunch … We noted in the first Wild Africa Trek post that nick was concerned about crossing the rope bridges. Nick has a fear of heights. Plus as he has gotten older he has had a couple of vertigo episodes. As we approached the first rope bridge, nick knew he would not be taking any photos WHILE continue reading Wild Africa Trek – Crossing the Bridges … The Wild Africa Trek at Disney’s Animal Kingdom is one of the newest tours at Walt Disney World. The first tours were offered on January 16, 2011. The Trek lasts 3 hours and is led by knowledgeable tour guides who also serve as your personal photographers. You get a backcountry view of the Harambe Wildlife continue reading Wild Africa Trek – Intro and Start of Trek … |
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