Food for Wine Tasting - Saturday night

[Surfer]

I hope Lutz does come up with some Eisbein as the last time we had it was at a German beer festival at the German club outside Durba in South Africa. For the equivakent of

 

[cris_408518]

Eiswein is something special, no doubt Lutz will explain.

But it is made when the grapes get frozen _ ICE WINE, due to the cold factor it is only made in limited ammounts if the weather is favourable!

 

[LMH]

Just to clarify - bring whatever food you would like to eat -whether it's bbq or cheese etc.

There should be a supermarket open on the Saturday if people want to stock up. Not sure if they are open on Good Friday.

Lisa.

 

[Surfer]

Eisbein is something like roast hock and is not drinkable, but goes down well with a few pints of beer. You may be thinking of Gluwein. Another favourite of mine was Black Forest cake. Maybe Lutz will treat us to some German sausage!

 

[Lutz]

Don't confuse Eisbein (pig's trotters) with Eiswein (as Chris rightly says, made from frozen grapes). I think I'd have problems bringing Eisbein over and Eiswein is rather expensive because there is so little of it. However, the selection that I'm bringing includes a bottle of the next best thing, Beerenauslese.

 

[cris_408518]

I see Lutz has missed out the Trockenbeerenauslese made from hand picked grapes left on the vine until they are raisins and only made in good vintage years

Tut tut Lutz ;-), but then again I guess we all tend to keep the best to ourselves ;-)

The easter meet group would probably expect it Pint glasses any way ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

Enjoy!

 

[Lutz]

A real connoisseur of wines, so I see, Cris.

 

[cris_408518]

It was my business for some time years ago! I even have a UK Wine Trade Qualification somewhere at home.

Part of the reason why I rarely drink Alcoholic drinks ;-)