My wife and I, we have an affinity for the beef. So as the seventh day of our trip drew to a close, we sought out the Dolphin Resort wherein lies Shula’s.
We arrived at dusk, a bit early for our reservation, which gave us the time for a sunset walk around the lagoon.
As night fell, it was time to head back to the hotel. Our table awaited.
Theme Park means park food. Disney World is just for kids. And Disney sommelier? Well, that’s just an oxymoron, right? You wouldn’t be alone if you thought so, but you’d better think again.
Last October my wife and I attended Walt Disney World’s 12th Annual International Food & Wine Festival at the Epcot World Showcase. By day we visited attractions and attended the festival. By night we feasted in as many of the Signature Dining establishments as we could get reservations in. We had an absolutely amazing time, and I’ve been blogging about it ever since.
Please join me now for a series already in progress that began here.
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I’d done North America from Canada to Mexico. I’d been through South America by way of Chile, Argentina and Peru. My tour of the southern hemisphere was rounded out by visits to Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. On Day #7 of our trip, I woke up with dreams of the Far East.
A while back a friend of mine asked me what I thought would make the ultimate $100 cellar. Fancy wine’s not cheap and there’s so much good stuff to chose from. I thought about variety and balance. You’d need some reds, of course, but also some whites. You’d want to be able to pair with different kinds of food.
After much deliberation, I came up with the following list:
That got me up to $98. Say what you will, but there’s really no other choice for that last $2: the infamous Two-Buck Chuck itself…
Okay, new vintages have been released since I originally priced this list and some have gone up. But still, it was a perfect $100. I’m a genius, right?
Then I thought about it some more…
I’d been hosting my photos on the tiny corner of cyberspace that Earthlink affords me as part of a basic account. Apparently, in addition to a megabyte limit for storage space, there is a monthly gigabyte limit for traffic to that space. It had never come up before.
Well, it took one very kind introduction here, a seemingly harmless link, and about one day before Earthlink sends me a nasty email (okay it was polite, but still). It seems I’m bumping up against this month’s viewing limit with a week and a half yet to go. The dreaded “Page Not Currently Available” looms. So instead of writing something new I spent the weekend creating a Flickr account, uploading everything there, and meticulously hand-editing all my old posts to update the image links.
Our generous host doesn’t know her own strength!
In part because of this predicament, I’m flattered to be here. In gratitude I swear an oath: I will eat and drink for you! Oh, and subsequently I’ll do my best to post something interesting about it afterwards. Yah. That, too.
Under every foil cap, an oenological adventure awaits…
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Inspector Vino