Dinner with József Bock

DNB is the restaurant of Marriott, and the three letters stand for the river Danube, since the eatery is right by the bank of the blue river, offering stunning view. At St. Martin’s weekend several wine dinners await guests all over Hungary, this one is undoubtedly one of the most exciting ones. Not only because of the mouth-watering plates (e.g.: roasted goose with braised red cabbage and apple jus), the appealing wine list (including the new vintage, legendary “PortaGéza” and the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles gold winner Essencia), but mostly because József Bock, the always jolly story teller will be your host personally.

“Celebrate St. Martin’s Day with a goose feast and the finest new wines of the year presented by the Bock Winery. Indulge in a sumptuous buffet dinner offering traditional Hungarian meals from locally grown ingredients.”

Date and time: 8 November 2024, 19.00–22.00
Venue: DNB Budapest, Hotel Marriott, 4 Apáczai Csere János street, Budapest, Hungary
Host of the event: József Bock, multi-award-winning Hungarian vintner
Price: 27 900 HUF (approximately 70 EUR)
The price includes unlimited soft drinks, local waters, coffee and tea. The price is in Hungarian Forint, include taxes and per person. A discretionary 14% service charge will be added to the bill.
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Wines to be served

• Bock Marcell Brut Nature 2021
• Bock Blanc 2023
• Bock Primőr Rosé Cuvée 2024
• Bock Szent Márton PortaGéza 2024
• Bock Cuvée 2017
• Bock Essencia 2018
  

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St. Martin’s Day is celebrated all over Hungary with new vintage wines and goose dishes (see the reason for goose dishes below). Babarczi Winery celebrates at Izsóp restaurant in the picturesque town of Pannonhalma. The main course – the star of our cover photo – is rosé goose breast with Benedictine sour cherry liquor flavoured sauce and French potato, paired with the stunning Babarczi Merlot 2021. The new vintage wine is certainly a crispy, juicy Irsai Olivér.

Date and time: 18.00–22.00, 8 November 2024
Venue: Izsóp Restaurant and Bistro,Szabadság square, Pannonhalma, Hungary
How to get to Pannonhalma: By car it takes 1.5 hours via M1 motorway. By public transport take a train to the city of Győr, then change to local train or bus to Pannonhalma.
Price of the course paired with wines: 14 500 HUF / 36 EUR
Tickets are available at the restaurant, contact them here.
The menu:
– Starter: Smoked goose breast tartare, porcini, aioli + Irsai Olivér 2024 (new vintage wine)
– Soup: Goose ramen soup with refreshing vegetables + Chardonnay 2023
– Main course: Rosé goose breast with Benedictine sour cherry liquor flavoured sauce and French potato + Merlot 2021
– Dessert: ‘Lúdláb’ cake + Marianum 2021

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Why do we eat goose on St. Martin’s Day?

Saint Martin has a special importance for Hungarians, since the famous bishop was born in the province of Savaria in 316 in the Roman Empire, in the territory of Hungary. Savaria is now called Szombathely, a city of about 90 000 inhabitants, and the church stands at his presumable birth place to commemorate him.

As a teenager, he became Christian to his father’s dislike. His father was a soldier of the Roman Empire and made his son join the army as well. According to the legend once Martin cut his coat with his sword and gave half of it to a beggar in the street, who had been robbed of his clothes. At the age of 22, Martin baptized, and devoted all his life to God. He founded the first monastery in Europe. He was so modest, that – as the legend says – he hid among the geese to a avoid being made a bishop. As a memory to his modest character, people eat dishes made of goose on his name day on 11 November.

St. Martin’s Day is the time to celebrate the new vintage as well, since most of the wines have already been fermented by this time. As a consequence, several wineries prepare with special goose dinners paired with wines from the new vintage.

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The patron of geese and new vintage wines is celebrated all over Hungary on 9 November. St Martin Wine Festival in Budapest is a good opportunity to taste all new wine from all over the country, but it is also worth travelling to the wine regions, because at this weekend most cellar doors will be open without previous appointment. In Pannonhalma wine region a bus service is provided (for about 8 euros) to take participants from one cellar to the other. The first bus leaves from Hotel Famulus at 10.00, the last leaves at 18.00. Seven wineries are included in the program including Babarczi Family Winery, where visitors can taste 5 Babarczi wines with some delicious bread & goose liver paté, bread with lard and bread with pork cracklings spread. Babarczi family will surely make visitors feel at home in their home, and you will fall in love with the juicy Irsai Olivér, the elegant Chardonnay, the dignified Olaszrizling, the fruity rosé or their new venture, the Kékfrankos.

For more information and to ensure your place contact the winery:
info@babarczipince.hu, phone: +36-70-314-6318