EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival Presented by CORKCICLE Opening July 15

It's no secret that the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival is my absolute favorite! This year, the festival will run from July 15-November 20, which means there are 129 days to celebrate and enjoy the best food and drinks around! This years festival will feature SEVEN new marketplaces. Read to find out more!

Earth Eats hosted by Impossible

• The Impossible Burger Slider (plant-based)
• Impossible Three-Bean Chili (gluten/wheat friendly; plant-based; new)
• Spiced Apple Chai Tea (also available with whiskey)  (new)
• Stephen Vincent Pinot Noir (new)

The Noodle Exchange (NEW!)

• Traditional Spicy Vietnamese Beef Pho (gluten/wheat friendly)
• Char Siu Pork Udon
• Shrimp and Coconut Curry Rice Noodles (gluten/wheat friendly)
• Tofu Pho (gluten/wheat friendly; plant-based)
• Playalinda Brewing Company Yaupon Brothers Green Tea Pale Ale 
• A to Z Riesling

Select Dishes featuring Melissa’s Produce

Shimmering Sips hosted by CORKCICLE

• Shimmering Strawberry Soft-serve in a Waffle Cone
• Banana Bread with Mixed Berry Compote (plant-based)
• ​Tropical, Key Lime, and Blood Orange Mimosas (available as a flight)​
• CORKCICLE Stemless Flute

Australia

• Grilled Bush Berry Shrimp (gluten/wheat friendly)
• Roasted Lamb Chop (gluten/wheat friendly)
• Deconstructed Pavlova (gluten/wheat friendly)
• Coopers Brewery Original Pale Ale
• Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, and Cabernet Sauvignon (available as a flight)

Select Dishes featuring Melissa’s Produce

Refreshment Port hosted by Boursin

• Braised Beef Poutine (new)
• Maple Boursin Cheesecake
• Numanthia Termes Tinta de Toro Red Wine (new)

Ireland (Opening Oct. 1 )

• Fisherman’s Seafood Pie
• Roasted Irish Sausage with Colcannon Potatoes
• Warm Chocolate Pudding Cake
• Kilkenny Irish Cream Ale
• Bunratty Mead Honey Wine
• Guinness Baileys Shake 

Canada

• Canadian Cheddar and Bacon Soup served with a Pretzel Roll
• “Le Cellier” Wild Mushroom Beef Filet Mignon (gluten/wheat friendly)
• Collective Arts Audio/Visual Lager (new)
• Château des Charmes Cabernet-Merlot Old Vines (new)

Appleseed Orchard

• Apple Crumble Tart (new)
• Apple Chips (gluten/wheat friendly)
• Frozen Apple Pie (non-alcoholic)
• Cinnamon Apple Cider (non-alcoholic; new)
• Collective Arts Brewing Circling the Sun, Original Sin, and Blake's Saint Cheri Bourbon Barrel Aged Cherry Hard Ciders (available as a flight)
• Big Storm Apple Blonde Ale, 3 Daughters Apple Pecan Brown Ale, and Ivanhoe Park Apple-y Ever After Green Apple Sour Ale (available as a flight)
• Apple Blossom Sky: Fanta Apple, Ginger Beer, Floodwall Apple Brandy, Maple Syrup, and Mini Marshmallows​
• CORKCICLE Classic Tumbler

Brazil (Opening Oct. 1)

• Moqueca: Brazilian Seafood Stew (gluten/wheat friendly)
• Crispy Pork Belly (gluten/wheat friendly)
• Pão de Queijo: Brazilian Cheese Bread (gluten/wheat friendly)
• I.A. Beer Company Limāo Lager (new)
• Frozen Caipirinha featuring LeBlon Cachaça

Belgium (Opening Oct. 1)​

• Beer-braised Beef
• Belgian Waffle with Warm Chocolate Ganache
• Belgian Waffle with Berry Compote 

• Bernardus Witbier, Belgian Abbey Ale, and Delirium Red Fruit Beer (available as a flight)
• Chimay Dorée Gold (new)
• Chilled Coffee featuring Godiva Chocolate Liqueur

Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina (New!)

• Fried Falafel Pita (plant-based)
• Grilled Kebabs (new) - Lemon-Garlic Chicken, Moroccan Spiced Lamb, and Harissa-marinated Beef Tenderloin Tips
• Moroccan Bread with Hummus, Zaalouk, and Zhoug Dips
• Pistachio Cake
• Fresh Orange Juice or Blood Orange Juice (non-alcoholic)​
• 3 Daughters Brewing Fig, Bold Rock Ginger Turmeric, and Woodchuck Cinnamon Nutmeg Hard Ciders (available as a flight)
• Fig Cocktail (new)
• CORKCICLE Classic Tumbler

Greece

• Spanakopita
• Griddled Cheese (gluten/wheat friendly; Emile’s Fromage Montage; new)
• Lamb Moussaka (new)
• Mylonas Assyrtiko White Wine,  Skouras Zoe Rosé, and Kir-Yianni Naoussa Xinomavro Dry Red (available as a flight)
  

Select Dishes featuring Melissa’s Produce

Hops & Barley

• New England Lobster Roll
• Hot Beef Sandwich (new)
• Carrot Cake
• 81Bay Brewing Co. Strawberry and Lime, SweetWater Brewing Company Hazy IPA (new), Lord Hobo Brewing Boom Sauce DIPA (available as a flight)
• Bold Rock Roast Coffee Hard Cider (new)
• Longevity Chardonnay (new)
• Tribute Cabernet Sauvignon (new)​
  

The Rotunda Bistro (New!)

• Chilled Smoked Shrimp Salad (gluten/wheat friendly)
• Wild Mushroom and Truffle Tart Chilled Crab and Avocado Parfait (gluten/wheat friendly)
• Domaine Carneros Cuvée Brut Rosé, California

Spain (Opening Oct. 1)

• Charcuterie (gluten/wheat friendly)
• Paella (gluten/wheat friendly)
• Seafood Salad (gluten/wheat friendly)
• Estrella Galicia Cerveza Especial Lager (new)
• Avaline White Blend, Faustino VII Rioja Rosado, and Espelt Garnacha (available as a flight)

Germany

• Schinkennudeln: Pasta Gratin (Emile’s Fromage Montage)
• Bratwurst in a Pretzel Roll
• Apple Strudel
• Gaffel Kölsch, Weihenstephaner Lager, and Schöfferhofer Wild Cherry Hefeweizen (available as a flight)
• Selbach-Oster Riesling

The Alps (Opening Oct. 1)

• Warm Raclette Swiss Cheese with Potatoes, Cornichons, Baguette or Potatoes, Cornichons, and Baguette (can add ham)
• Blueberry and Almond Frangipane Tart
• Huber Vision Grüner Veltliner, Cave De La Côte Rosé Gamay, and René Favre Dôle (available as a flight)
• Frozen Rosé

Kenya (Opening Oct. 1)

• Kenyan Coffee Barbecue Beef Tenderloin (gluten/wheat friendly)
• Piri Piri Skewered Shrimp
• Tusker Lager

Refreshment Outpost

• Spicy Githeri (plant-based)
• 3 Daughters Brewing Allspice Hard Cider
• CORKCICLE Classic Tumbler

India (Opening Oct. 1)

• Warm Indian Bread with Pickled Garlic, Mango Salsa, and Coriander Pesto Dips
• Korma Chicken (gluten/wheat friendly)
• Madras Red Curry (gluten/wheat friendly; plant-based)
• Mango Lassi (non-alcoholic)
• Taj Mahal Premium Lager (new)
• Sula Brut Tropicale Sparkling Wine (new)
• Sula Chenin Blanc
• Mango Lassi with Sōmrus Chai Cream Liqueur

Select Dishes featuring Melissa’s Produce

The Swanky Saucy Swine (New!)

• Crispy Barbecue Pork Rinds with Pimento Cheese (gluten/wheat friendly; Emile’s Fromage Montage)
• Roasted Porchetta (gluten/wheat friendly)
• Soy-glazed Sticky Ribs
• Crispy Pig Ear Salad (gluten/wheat friendly)
• Parish Brewing Co. SIPS Pinot Noir Black Currant Sour
• Rombauer Zinfandel
• Bourbon Bloody Mary

Select Dishes featuring Melissa’s Produce
Hawaii

• Kālua Pork Slider
• Teriyaki-glazed SPAM Hash
• Tuna Poke (new)
• Passion Fruit Cheesecake (Emile’s Fromage Montage)
• Kona Brewing Co. Hanalei Island IPA (new)
• Florida Orange Groves Sparkling Pineapple Wine
• AULANI Sunrise: Vodka, DOLE Pineapple Juice, and Grenadine

Brew-Wing (New!)

• Wings - all served with celery and ranch. Choose from Garlic-Parmesan, Barbecue, Tariyaki-Sesame, Traditional Buffalo, or Mango-Habenero (gluten/wheat friendly)
• Cheese or Pepperoni Flatbread
• Ivanhoe Park Brewing Company Pineapple Vibes Blonde Ale, Central 28 Beer Company Groveland Road Blood Orange IPA, and Wicked Weed Brewing Watermelon Dragonfruit Session Sour (available as a flight)
• Bold Rock Honeycrisp Hard Cider, Starcut Ciders Magpie Hard Cider, Blake’s Hard Cider Co. Apple Lantern Roasted Pumpkin (available as a flight)
  

The Donut Box

• Candy Jar Donut (new)
• Sriracha-glazed Donut (new)
• Chef’s Donut of the Day (new)
• The Donut Box: Pack of the 4 Daily Donuts
• Crispy Chicken on a Sriracha-glazed Donut
• Strawberry Smoothie (non-alcoholic)
• Left Hand Brewing Bittersweet Imperial Coffee Milk Stout (new)
• Black and White Coffee Cocktail
• CORKCICLE Classic Tumbler

Flavors from Fire

• Corned Beef Corner Route (Emile’s Fromage Montage)
• Chimichurri-up Offense (gluten/wheat friendly)
• S’mores Whoopie Pie-lon
• Saugatuck Brewing Company Bonfire Beer (new)
• Four Virtues Bourbon Barrel Zinfandel (new)
• Swine Brine featuring Jim Beam

Lobster Landing (New! Opening Oct. 1)

• New England Lobster Tail
• Lobster Chowder
• Baked Lobster Dip (gluten/wheat friendly)
• Coronado Brewing Co. Salty Crew Blonde Ale
• Steenberg Sparkling Sauvignon Blanc
• Sean Minor Chardonnay
• Cape Codder: Vodka with Cranberry, Pomegranate, and Lime 

Select Dishes featuring Melissa’s Produce

Mac & Eats (New! Opening Oct. 1)

• Traditional, Truffle, Cowboy, and plant-based Italian Sausage & Peppers Macaroni and Cheese
• 81Bay Brewing Co. Lemon Hazy IPA
• L’Ecole No. 41 Chenin Blanc Old Vines
• Evolution by Sokol Blosser Pinot Noir

Select Dishes featuring Melissa’s Produce
Mexico

• Chilaquiles con Chorizo (new)
• Taco de Ribeye (new)
• Capirotada de Chocolate:  Chocolate Bread Pudding
• Tulum Artisanal Lager
• El Tigre Margarita (new)
• La Clásica Reyes Margarita (new)
• White Passion Fruit Sangria (new)

France

• Beignet aux Trois Fromages (new)
• Croissant aux Escargots
• Coq au Vin, Pommes Dauphine
• Crème Brûlée au Grand Mariner (contains alcohol)
• Evian Sparkling Cucumber and Mint Water with Magnesium and Zinc 
• Strawberry Rose Mimosa
• Rosé Sparkling Wine
• Chardonnay
• Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot Blend
• La Passion Martini Slushy

China

• Chicken Dumplings
• ZiRan Beef Bao Bun (new)
• Crispy-fried Pepper Shrimp with Sichuan Noodles
• Mango Bubble Milk Tea
• ByeJoe Punch (contains alcohol)
• Dragonfly (contains alcohol)
• Kung Fu Master (contains alcohol)
• Jasmine Draft Beer

Funnel Cake

• Mini Candied Bacon S’mores

Italy

• Mezzelune Croccanti
• Ravioli
• Bomboloni
• Pinot Grigio
• Chianti
• Prosecco
• Rosa Regale
• Moscato
• White or Red Sangria
• Italian Margarita
• Peroni Pilsner

Japan

• Teriyaki Chicken Bun
• Tempura Shrimp Sando (new)
• Spicy Hako Sushi (new)
• Kochi Lemon Drop: Vodka, Yuzu, and Lemon Juice garnished with a Lemon Jelly (new)
• Ozeki Platinum Sake (new)
• Ivanhoe Park Brewing Company Urayasu Rice Lager (new)

Joffrey’s

• Cinnamon Chai (non-alcoholic)
• Iced Chai with Espresso (non-alcoholic)
• Iced Tea and Frozen Lemon with Coconut Syrup (non-alcoholic)
• Cocoa Cold Brew (non-alcoholic)

In addition to the food booths, Emile’s Fromage Montage is perfect for cheese-lovers (like me!) To participate, simply check your Festival Passport for the five select marketplaces to purchase cheese dishes, collect their stamps, then head over to Shimmering Sips for a special prize! The whole family can also participate in Remy’s Ratatouille Hide & Squeak, a scavenger hunt looking for Remy statuettes hidden all over the festival.

​To book a stay during the Food & Wine festival, contact me!