http://www.winemonger.com/catalog/winemonger-talk Articles and insights from the Winemonger team. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:03:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en RHUBARB TART Recipe from Martin Barz, Wine Pairings from your Winemonger Rhubarb is in season! And how best to make the most of it than a rhubarb tart and a chilled glass of dessert wine? The perfect ending to your meal, and the perfect way to say goodbye to winter and hello ... http://www.winemonger.com/catalog/winemonger-talk/rhubarb-tart-recipe/2008/04/23/ ZALTO DENK’ART STEMWARE Winemonger is proud to import and introduce the incredible line of Zalto wine glasses to the US market. Feather light, and yet dishwasher safe. Hand-made and mouth-blown, and yet lead-free. One might even call the Zalto stemware line “green” - but most are calling the Zalto glasses the ... http://www.winemonger.com/catalog/winemonger-talk/zalto-wine-glasses-superior-stemware/2008/04/16/ BRAISED VEAL CHEEKS in RED WINE Recipe from Martin Barz serving suggestion INGREDIENTS: 2 lbs. veal cheeks 2 cups red wine 2 cups broth (preferably veal, but beef, chicken or vegetable will do) 1 lb carrots 1 onion 1 leek 1 celery root 1 parsnip 1 tbsp. allspice 1 twig fresh rosemary 1 twig fresh thyme 3 bay leaves flour splash of balsamico tsp.mustard bit of butter salt and pepper ... http://www.winemonger.com/catalog/winemonger-talk/braised-veal-cheeks-recipe/2008/04/16/ SEMMELKNÖDEL RECIPE Normally, Semmelknödel or bread dumpling is a round dumpling the size of a tennis ball, but you have to be very experienced to make it in the classic way. My way is easier and tastes as good as the classic dumpling. The bread dumpling is a perfect sauce carrier, ... http://www.winemonger.com/catalog/winemonger-talk/semmelknodel-or-bread-dumplings-recipe/2008/04/13/ We are excited to introduce Martin Barz, the very talented chef who will be sharing his recipes with us here on Winemonger. Martin happy Martin hails from Konstanz, a town in south-west Germany on the border of Switzerland, but is well versed in classic Austrian fair as well, for which we ... http://www.winemonger.com/catalog/winemonger-talk/the-winemonger-interview-martin-barz-chef-food-blogger/2008/04/11/ Marion Ebner of the epic Gruner Veltliner Melusine gets some press in Die Presse http://www.winemonger.com/catalog/winemonger-talk/marion-ebner-in-die-presse/2008/03/27/ Welcome to the annual Winemonger Sales Bonanza! Why do we do it? How do we choose which wines to mark down so ridiculously low? Some are here because we feel they are at their peak RIGHT NOW, and we want you to drink them while they are at their best. Others are ... http://www.winemonger.com/catalog/winemonger-talk/winemonger-wine-sales-event-2008-huge-inventory-clearance-50-off-and-more/2008/01/08/ It’s the 4th annual Menu for Hope! Here’s your chance to give money to a very worthy charity, and buy yourself the chance to win a ridiculously fabulous prize donated by food & wine bloggers from around the world. HOW WORTHY? In Pim’s (the leader of the Menu for Hope) own words:: This year ... http://www.winemonger.com/catalog/winemonger-talk/menu-for-hope-4/2007/12/14/ Give our Ice Wine Flight What fits the season better than a bottle of Ice Wine? Send Ice Wine as gifts for everyone on your list, and be sure to have some delivered to yourself for all of your holiday entertaining. Give a single bottle, or give our set of three bottles ... http://www.winemonger.com/catalog/winemonger-talk/icewine_eiswein_for_christmas/2007/11/27/ To Give or Get: Our Holiday Gift Case Holiday dinner traditions range widely from country to country and continent to continent- but one thing remains the same wherever you go: this is the time to invite friends and family over and to share great food, great wines, and great ... http://www.winemonger.com/catalog/winemonger-talk/christmas-wine-pairings/2007/11/26/