Food and Wine Festival 2026 | Disney California Adventure

 

The Mickey-shaped Macaron with Snickers bar pieces from the Uncork California booth at the Food and Wine Festival! This was our favorite thing we tried. 

Every spring, DCA holds a Food and Wine Festival featuring California cuisine, drinks, entertainment, and more. There are different booths located around the park where you can pick up your items. This year the event ran from March 6th-April 27th. The festival is over for the year, but you can get some idea of how the event is and how our experience was if you plan to go someday. 

This was our first ever Food and Wine festival at a Disney park, and we were pretty confused on how to order food. There were no signs are instructions; I just had to keep asking the cast members. There was a long line where you can order all of your items. Then you take that receipt to each of the booths to pick up your items. They have a Sip and Savor pass to purchase. One has four items and the other has eight items. We got the pass with four for $35. With the Sip and Savor pass, you also receive a fun and colorful souvenir plate, with the Mickey ears as the cup holders! 

The problem was, even though we ordered and paid for four items, the last item was only available to pick up on the other side of the park in Avenger's Campus, and they said we needed to purchase that separately. It didn't make sense and we didn't end up getting the last item, the Bulgogi Bowl, even though we did pay for four food items. 

The banners for the event were adorable! There were a few different ones around DCA.

Our cute plate and Sip and Savor pass.

The first item we tried and all shared was the Sirloin Gruyere Mac and Cheese. This was our favorite savory item. The servings at Food and Wine are small, so we each just got a few bites. Food and Wine is great for an afternoon snack, but I probably wouldn't make it a meal. The sirloin was really tender, the mac and cheese was soft and extra cheesy from the Gruyère, and we all loved the added texture of the breadcrumbs and the yummy flavor of the Chimichurri sauce! If you see this one of next year's menu, order it! 

The first cocktail we tried was the Bourbon Peach Tea Lemonade. I really enjoyed this one. It was refreshing and paired well with the Sirloin Gruyère Mac and Cheese. It was topped with a Peach Ring gummy candy. I think my husband ate it, because I don't see that pictured. Lol! 

The other cocktail we tried at Food and Wine was a Tiki Spritz. My husband liked this one better, so he drank most of it while I finished the other one. 

The other savory dish we tried was the Musubi Fried Rice. This was also really good. The little pieces of Spam hit the spot, and the flavor of the bowl was really satisfying. 

The Tiki Spritz cocktail from the Food and Wine Festival. 

For dessert we all shared a Mickey-shaped Macaron with Snickers bar pieces. They have this treat every year and it's very popular. This was our favorite item from Food and Wine! It tasted as good as it looks! If you're a chocolate person and a macaron person, you'll love this Mickey-shaped dessert. 

One of the food booths at the festival. This is where the Mickey-shaped Macaron was! 

Our family had fun at the Food and Wine Festival. It was a little stressful trying to find all of our items at the different booths. We were able to find a shaded table though, so my family waited there while I slowly went around and got our items. The cocktails helped cool us down and really hit the spot! The three food items we tried were all delicious! I wish we could have tried the fourth item we bought, but you live and you learn! 

Have you ever checked out this Disney festival, or any others? Leave a comment below!