An expanding list of wines matches the creativity coming from the kitchen at Walt Disney World Resort. To create the core wine list of 180 brands, more than 120 people participated in tastings, sampling about 1,300 wines.

Some highlights:

A consistent winner of awards for its outstanding wine list, Victoria & Albert's at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa offers some of the rarest vintages from around the world. The focus is on wine pairings, to match extraordinary wines with exceptional cuisine, says John Blazon, who oversees the Grand Floridian's wine program.

It's strictly California at California Grill at Disney's Contemporary Resort, where manager George Miliotes has gone out of his way to find the best of the best. He looked for wines in varying price ranges and asked the vintners to bottle in magnums, to offer several brands of house wine. The hugely popular house chardonnay, MacRostie, is ranked by Wine Spectator as one of the best chardonnays at any price. The house sparkling wine is Roederer Estate, ranked the best "price-value relationship" of any sparkling wine in California by Wine Spectator. Every wine on the restaurant's list -- nearly 100 choices -- is served by the glass.

The Hollywood Brown Derby at Disney-MGM Studios specializes in organic wines from California -- produced without fungicides, pesticides or chemical fertilizers.

Artist Point at Disney's Wilderness Lodge offers one of the most extensive collections of Washington state and Oregon wines in Florida.

Spoodles at Disney's BoardWalk is strictly Mediterranean -- wines from France, Spain, Greece and Italy.

Flying Fish at Disney's BoardWalk specializes in champagne, with 10 varieties and champagne-based cocktails.

Mizner's Lounge at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa stocks an impressive selection of rare single malts, armagnacs, cognacs and ports.

 

Beers Around the World:

From microbrewery creations at Disney's BoardWalk to Guinness Stout served in a British pub at Epcot, there are more than 80 varieties of beer served at Walt Disney World Resort.

Many beers are themed to the resort where they're offered: Blackened Voodoo Lager at Disney's Port Orleans Resort; Elk Mountain at Disney's Wilderness Lodge Resort; Monorail ale at Disney's Contemporary Resort.

Newest watering holes include Big River Grille & Brewing Works and the ESPN Club at Disney's BoardWalk. Big River offers five different micro-brewed beers: Wowzers Wheat, Tilt, Pale Rocket Red Ale and two seasonal beers (they change quarterly) like Indian Pale Ale and a brown ale with chocolate.

ESPN Club has 10 brews on the menu: Bud Light, Samuel Adams, Leinenkugel Red, Miller on tap, Amstel Light, Bass Ale, Beck's, Corona, Foster's Lager and Heineken.

For a quick, comprehensive world tour, Epcot World Showcase restaurants have beers from each country. Try Dos Equis and Bohemian Tecate in Mexico. Italy's Peroni beer. Kirin in Japan, Tsingtao in China. Beck's in Germany. United Kingdom offers Guinness Stout, Tenant's Lager, Harp Lager and Bass Ale. There's Ringnes beer in Norway and Fischer beer in France.

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