It might surprise you that perhaps the best suited wines for your very American holiday meal are the wines of Austria. And I’m not just saying that because that’s what Winemonger is all about. Continue reading 
Frozen Vines at Gsellmann & GsellmannWhat’s with all the spellings?
Ice wine has German roots, which is why you will commonly see the German spellings for ice, “Eis” and Wine, “Wein” combined as Eiswein. You will also come across a host of incorrect mixes of the two languages creating spellings such as Eiswine and icewein. You may also find it called Vin de Glacier and Ledove Vino. But all of them refer to one thing: Wine, made from grapes which have frozen… Continue reading
Ruster Ausbruch is a sweet dessert wine. But before we plunge into the whys and hows of the wine, let’s take a look at the name itself: “Ruster”, pronounced “Rooster”, simply means that it comes from the town of Rust (again, pronounced “Roost”) in the Burgenland region of Austria. “Ausbruch,” (pronounced “AHS-brook”) comes from the German word “Ausbrechen” which means to “break out.” In this context it refers to the method for selecting the grapes during harvest. Continue reading