Tasel is on day 5 for the Walt Disney World’s 2017 Food & Wine Festival. Today we take a look around the Festival Central.  Along with sampling from the booths at Ghirardelli’s , Germany, Brewer’s Collection, Chocolate Studio, Wine & Dine Studio, and the Cheese Studio.

For more information about the Disney Food & Wine Festival visit the Disney Food Blog.

All ratings are out of 5: 1 BAD / 3 Average / 5 Amazing

Other 2017 Food & Wine coverage:

• EPCOT 2017 Food & Wine Festival – Day 1
• EPCOT 2017 Food & Wine Festival – Day 2
• EPCOT 2017 Food & Wine Festival – Day 3
• EPCOT 2017 Food & Wine Festival – Day 4
• Morocco Food and Wine Pairing 2017

The Festival Center

The Festival Center is home of many showcases, culinary demos, beverage seminars, and of course… merchandising.  It is hosted in the old Wonder’s of Life pavilion.  Most of the demos and seminars in here are very low cost (usually under $20 a person) and range from wine flights, to cocktails, to dishes, to pairings.  Be sure to hit up one of these on your trip to get even more out of the festival. Merchandise ranges from glasses and wine, to expensive hand bags and Annual Pass holder exclusives.

The Chocolate Experience: From Bean to the Bar

• Ghirardelli Drinking Chocolate
  • $3.00
  • Tasel Rating: 4
  • Mrs Tasel Rating: 4

Germany

• Apple Strudel with Vanilla Sauce
  • $4.00
  • Tasel Rating: 3
  • Mrs Tasel Rating: 3
• Dr. Heyden Oppenheimer Sacträger Riesling Spätlese, Rheinhessen
  • $5.00
  • Tasel Rating: 3.25
  • Mrs Tasel Rating: 4

Brewer’s Collection

• Beer Flight
  • $9.00
• Radeberger Zwickel Pilsner (Unfiltered)
  • $4.00
  • Tasel Rating: 2
  • Mrs Tasel Rating: 2.5
• Hacker-Pschorr Hefe Weisse Naturtrüb
  • $4.00
  • Tasel Rating: 2
  • Mrs Tasel Rating: 3.5
• Schöfferhofer Hefeweizen Pomegranate Beer
  • $4.00
  • Tasel Rating: 3.5
  • Mrs Tasel Rating: 4.5

Wine & Dine Studio

• Pulled Duck Confit with Cannellini Bean Ragoût and Zinfandel Reduction
  • $5.50
  • Tasel Rating: 3.75
  • Mrs Tasel Rating: 3
• Artist Palette of Cheese and Wine
  • $11.25
  • Fromager Affirois de Excellence served with toasted Baguette with Round Pond Estate Sauvignon Blanc, Rutherford
    • Tasel Ratings: Cheese – 4, Wine – 2, Pairing – 4
    • Mrs Tasel Rating: Cheese – 4.5, Wine – 4
  • Point Reyes Original Blue served with Apricot Jam with St. Francis Chardonnay
    • Tasel Rating: Cheese – 3, Wine – 3, Pairing – 3.5
    • Mrs Tasel Rating: Cheese – 3, Wine – 3
  • Point Reyes Toma served with Honey with a Recuerdo Malbec
    • Tasel Rating: Cheese – 3, Wine – 3, Pairing – 3.5
    • Mrs Tasel Rating: Cheese – 4.5, Wine – 3, Pairing – 4

Cheese Studio

• Savory Caramelized Onion Boursin Garlic and Fine Herbs Cheese Tart with Cold Arugula Salad and Aged Balsamic
  • $4.50
  • Tasel Rating: 4
  • Mrs Tasel Rating: 3.5
• Cheese Trio:
  • $5.50
  • Tasel Rating: 2.5 (as a cheese trio)
  • Mrs Tasel Rating: 3 (as a cheese trio)
  • Profiterole topped with Boursin Garlic and Fine Herbs Cheese and Orange Apricot Jam
    • Tasel Rating: 4
    • Mrs Tasel Rating: 5
  • Smoked Salmon Pinwheel with Boursin Shallot and Chive Cheese and Everything Seasoning
    • Tasel Rating: 1.5
    • Mrs Tasel Rating: 1
  • Strawberry Macaroon with Boursin Pepper Cheese
    • Tasel Rating: 1.5
    • Mrs Tasel Rating: 2.5
• Leth Steinagrund Gruner Veltliner, Austria
  • $5.00
  • Tasel Rating: 3
  • Mrs Tasel Rating: 3.5
• Liberated Pinot Noir, California
  • $6.50
  • Tasel Rating: 2.5
  • Mrs Tasel Rating: 2.5

Chocolate Studio

• Liquid Nitro Chocolate-Almond Truffle with Warm Whiskey-Caramel
  • $4.75
  • Tasel Rating: 4.25
  • Mrs Tasel Rating: 4
• Sweet Dark Chocolate Raspberry Torte with Whipped Cream and Raspberry Dust
  • $4.25
  • Tasel Rating: 3.5
  • Mrs Tasel Rating: 4.5
• Justin Cabernet Sauvignon, Paso Robles
  • $7.00
  • Tasel Rating: 2
  • Mrs Tasel Rating: 1.5
• Banfi Rosa Regale, Piedmont
  • $9.00
  • Tasel Rating: 4.25
  • Mrs Tasel Rating: 4