A Feast of New Tastes for the Epcot Food & Wine Festival

Tuesday, September 28, 2010   Chip   4 Comments

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A FEAST OF NEW TASTES Guests at the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival can taste new foods and sip wines from more than 25 countries and regions around the globe including Mexico, Peru, Turkey, Ireland, Greece, New Zealand and India.

Walt Disney World guests can sip great wines, savor new tastes and enjoy live entertainment all day long as the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival celebrates 15 years of Delicious Discoveries Oct. 1-Nov. 14, 2010.
The six-week outdoor festival at Disney’s Epcot theme park serves up authentic cuisine; wine, beer and spirits; entertainment; and cultural exhibits of more than 25 international regions. Exotic marketplaces from South Korea to Belgium offer exciting taste treats. The festival is the largest food and wine event of its kind in the world, beginning at the Festival Welcome Center in Future World and fanning around the promenade encircling World Showcase Lagoon.
Here are some facts about the 15th annual event:

·   More than 300 national and international wines
·   45 fabulous days long
·   More than 75 kinds of international foods, each appetizer-sized portion priced $3-$8
·   More than 270 chefs including America’s most celebrated culinarians and Walt Disney World chefs
·   405 wine and beer seminars
·   More than 1,200 fireworks rockets exploding each night over World Showcase Lagoon in“IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth” grand finale to the festival
·   135 Eat to the Beat! concerts performed
·   33,000 bottles of wine and champagne
·   690,000 sumptuous samplings
·   338,000 wine glasses
·   100,000 desserts including freshly baked waffles with berry compote and whipped cream (Belgium marketplace), pear streusel pudding cake (Desserts & Champagne marketplace) and chocolate cannoli (Italy marketplace)
·   3,000 gallons of soup, including best-selling cheddar cheese soup (Canada marketplace), chicken soup with rice (Puerto Rico marketplace) and bison chili with wild mushrooms (United States marketplace)

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