By 2FrugalDinks, on November 29th, 2012; This year, we decided to “rate” the items from the tasting booths. In summary…
BOOTH ITEM RATING Australia Grilled Lamb Chop 9 South Africa Spinach & Paneer Pocket 8.5 Australia Wines 8 Japan Sake 7.5 China Mango Tapioca Pudding 7.5 South Korea Mung Bean Pancake with Shrimp 6.5 Singapore Seared Mahi Mahi 6 China Mongolian
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By 2FrugalDinks, on November 22nd, 2012; Italian Regional Lunch Tutto Gusto Wine Cellar Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Menu for today’s Italian Regional Lunch (it changes every week)
Tutto Gusto is a bar during the day and a bar + the full Tutto Italia menu at night. We’ve been here a few times right after they first opened (here and here),
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By 2FrugalDinks, on October 27th, 2012; 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.,
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By 2FrugalDinks, on October 26th, 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 Petersburg,
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By 2FrugalDinks, on October 21st, 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 riverbench associated
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By 2FrugalDinks, on October 14th, 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,
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By 2FrugalDinks, on October 12th, 2012; Thelema Mountain Vineyards - Stellenbosch, South Africa Thomas Webb, Winemaker Chardonnay, Mountain Red, Cabernet Sauvignon October 8, 2012
Thelema Chardonnay, Mountain Red, and Cabernet Sauvignon
We had not tried Thelema Mountain Wines before, for some reason when we were making our choices for this year’s Food & Wine Festival – we sort of got focused
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By 2FrugalDinks, on October 11th, 2012; Tequila Lunch Pairing La Hacienda de San Angel October 5, 2012
We attended this event last year with Al, Judy, and Al’s Big Sister – we enjoyed it immensely and therefore wanted to do it again this year. As with last year (here), we waited until it was our turn to enter the lobby (they
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By 2FrugalDinks, on October 10th, 2012; Laurent Carillion, Chefs de France, France Pavilion, Epcot October 4, 2012
Pam Smith and Chef Laurent Carillion
Wine: Chateau Trocard, Montrepos – Bordeaux B&B’s French Wine Club
Bob Perkins and his friend, Bill, are the B&B of B&B’s French Wine Club. How did it get started? Someone gave Bob a wine tasting for
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By 2FrugalDinks, on October 5th, 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 -wine
Greek
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