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Palm Coast Food and Wine Festival Returns, This Time With Wine, and Free Admission

August 27, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The Food and Wine Festival's glass is finally full. (© FlaglerLive)
The Food and Wine Festival’s glass is finally full. (© FlaglerLive)

Last year’s Palm Coast International Food and Wine Festival at Town Center’s Central Park had a problem: there was no wine. As if that weren’t crime enough, political candidates smarmed up the event with sweaty and extended paws, and visitors had to pay a $3 admission fee to boot.

This year, Palm Coast is redeeming itself.

The Aug. 31 day-long festival at Central Park promises this: The gate fee is gone. It’s an off year, so aside from the desperate, errant politico, the event should be candidate-free. Café Rouge, one of the vendors, will be serving escargots. The city itself, taking advantage of its new embrace of booze, will be providing wine, along with commemorative wine glasses. And to reassure festival visitors that wines will be served, the city issued a relatively sober press release listing the choices on offer.

“Wines from around the world – including Argentina, France, Italy, Germany, Australia and California – will be showcased,” the release read.

The seven wines will be available for purchase from noon to 8 p.m., along with beers foreign and domestic, and–talk about a conversion for the august City of Palm Coast–ABC Fine Wine & Spirits of Palm Coast will offer a free wine-tasting at 4 p.m. It was only a few years ago that City Manager Jim Landon was waging open warfare on ABC, deriding its coming store at Palm Coast Parkway and Old Kings Road as gaudy and unwelcome. ( He’d called it “the big white ugly structure that is the ABC liquor.”)

The wines include, according to the release’s detailed description, presumably based on an honest round of gurgling at city offices:

Woodhaven Cabernet Sauvignon (California) – This rich, full-bodied Cabernet Sauvignon has combined aromas of dried figs, black cherry and aged cedar. Deep garnet in color, the wine explodes with rich fruit flavors of plums, blackberries and cassis, accented with lightly toasted oak.

Yellow Bird Shiraz (Australia) – Rich dark red color with slight purple hues, the bouquet displays ripe plums and blackberry tones with sweet spice and integrated vanillin oak. This full-bodied palate has ripe tannins and subtle fruit characters.

Elm Tree Malbec (Argentina) – A deep ruby color leads to blackberry, plum and chocolate notes with a rich middle and spicy finish.

Marechal Côtes du Rhône  (France) – A blend of 30 percent Grenache, 30 percent Syrah, 30 percent Mourvedre and 10 percent Cinsault and Carignan, this wineexhibits bright ruby color and aromas and flavors of lavender, crushed red berries and black cherry. It is medium-bodied, with soft tannins and warm floral and cherry notes on the long finish.

Woodhaven Chardonnay (California) – Citrus, pear, apple, and pineapple appeal to the nose, as the palate is refreshed by lemon, lime, and tropical fruit flavors.

Carl Sittmann Riesling QBA (Germany) – With grapefruit, apricot and mineral flavors, this wine has an apple pie nose, medium sugar level and a long, rich finish.

Zellina Pinot Grigio (Italy) – From the Anselmi family winery in Friuli, this wine opens with a bright yellow/green color followed by aromas and flavors of pear, apple and citrus; medium weight and a refreshing finish.


Along with wines the festival will provide a calorific array of cuisine from around the world, including Café Rouge’s French and English cuisine (fish and chips, chicken and chips, shepherd’s pie, New Zealand lamb burger, beef and onion patsy and–if you have good health insurance only–fried Mars bars), La Creperie Kafe, Burrito 101 to represent the Mexican contingent, plus Filipino, Polish and Caribbean stands and a few American stand-bys: Flagler Palm Coast High School will provide hot dogs and burgers.

A Children’s Village will keep the young entertained from 2-6 p.m. with a zip line, coloring on the car, bounce house, monkey bungee jump, sand art, and the Quite a Catch juggling booth.

The Afro-American Caribbean Heritage Organization, the Italian American Social Club of Palm Coast, and the Polonia Society of Korona will all participate. The entertainment line-up is as follows:

Noon – Festival kickoff with DJ Vern

12:05p – 3nMotion Dance : Tarantella (Italian folk dance)

12:15 p.m., 1:15 p.m. & 2:15 p.m. – Dennis Fermin Spanish Guitar & Flamenco Dancer

12:45 p.m., 1:45 p.m., 5 p.m. & 6:15 p.m. – Quite a Catch Juggling

3:15 p.m., 4:45 p.m. & 6 p.m. – Ancient City Pipes & Drums

3:35 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. – Polonia Society of Korona

4 to 4:45 p.m. – Palm Coast Community Band

6:45 p.m. – Enchanted Caravan Belly Dance Troupev

7:30 p.m. – Matanzas High School Steel Band

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Comments

  1. zimmerman was never guilty! says

    August 29, 2013 at 11:18 am

    I am boycotting events held by the city……all of em

    Reply
  2. Tank says

    August 30, 2013 at 12:12 pm

    Oh boy…..Ever drunk in Flagler County will be there. And every revenue thieving cop will be there waiting to arrest the drinkers for DUI’s……When will you people learn, its all a SCAM to get your money and STEAL your FREEDOM . Don’t go !!!!!!!

    Reply
    • The Truth says

      September 1, 2013 at 10:10 am

      It is a disgrace that so many in this area are so incredibly negative about everything that happens. I can go to a festival like this and enjoy many different types of wine without getting so intoxicated that I can’t drive. I also know to have someone with me who could drive just in case. Not everyone is irresponsible so rather than continue to be negative about everything that happens in Palm Coast, try (for once) to actually be positive for the things that are happening here. Not every festival may be what you want, but that doesn’t mean others won’t enjoy it.

      The festival was very well attended (up until the big storm that came through). It was very enjoyable with many different vendors. We look forward to attending next year when we hopefully have better weather.

      Reply
  3. Ash says

    September 1, 2013 at 9:04 am

    Would it kill people to at least be a little bit happy that some people in Palm Coast might actually enjoy themselves? All these conspiracy theorists are driving me crazy. Believe what you want, but how about you let the rest of us have our fun instead of being the resident wet blanket?

    Reply
    • The Truth says

      September 1, 2013 at 10:12 am

      I couldn’t agree with you more. So many like to complain about what goes on in this community but when positive things start to happen, they complain about that too. Some are just impossible to please, no matter what.

      Reply
  4. agnese says

    September 1, 2013 at 1:19 pm

    Only two American wines, no surprise, how about local wine, I do know there wineries in FL.

    Reply
    • The Truth says

      September 1, 2013 at 7:03 pm

      It is called the “international food and wine festival” so it’s going to have a variety of wines. The festival is in it’s infancy. Make the suggestion to the people who run it and give them time to build it. These things cannot be built to a picture perfect festival in a few years. Anyone who’s ever planned an event like this understands this.

      I really don’t understand why everyone is so bitter about everything that goes on in this community.

      Reply

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