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Friday, 12 November 2010 10:13

This is the final weekend for the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival.

The last tastings and samples of wine will be poured tomorrow, ending the 15th anniversary edition of the popular event. tasting experience.

More than two dozen countries are represented along the  1.3-mile picturesque 40-acre lagoon.   Epcot  guests can purchase  tapas-sized portions and sip wines, beers and spirits from six continents.

 

Along with returns of favorite countries from past events, the festival includes three new tasting marketplaces – Belgium, South Korea and Singapore – plus new menu offerings at popular returning marketplaces including Argentina, Chile, Poland, South Africa, Puerto Rico, Australia, U.S.A., Spain and others.

There are also daily wine seminars, bottle signings, author events and culinary demonstrations at the Festival Welcome Center.

Eat to the Beat! concerts also occur three times nightly at America Gardens Theatre. The concert closes out with  Nov. 12-14 is crowd-pleaser Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

Epcot also opened two new restaurnants just in time for the festival —  Via Napoli authentic pizzeria at the Italy pavilion and La Hacienda de San Angel at the Mexico pavilion.

Whether sampling steamed mussels with roasted garlic cream at the new Belgium marketplace or sipping the trendiest wines from South Africa and Chile, festival guests can make a day of grazing their way around the World Showcase promenade.  The tapas-sized portions of regional specialties run $3-to-$8 each, and recommended wines and beers make perfect pairings at each marketplace.  To make grazing simpler easier, guests can purchase a festival-themed mini-Disney gift card that can be loaded and reloaded at several park locations. The card comes attached to a band that can be worn conveniently on the wrist and used for purchases at park marketplaces, restaurants and shops.

Live regional entertainment includes music, acrobatics and improv performances along the promenade.

The Epcot festival attracts a diverse audience of more than 1 million guests ranging from wine connoisseurs and epicures to novices wishing to boost their culinary IQs.  Special culinary programs showcase a lineup of renowned winemakers, guest chefs and speakers participating in elegant dinners, luncheons, seminars and wine schools.

 

 

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