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Finding new ways to improve on old recipes / dish is always exciting. Meatballs are a standard dish and everyone has a good-to recipe for this good-old-faithful meal. Here is interesting spicy meatball dish which will not fail to delight your guests.

Recommended wine: Welmoed Heyden’s Courage – Red. This is a very elegant, well balanced, medium to full bodied wine with an excellent finish.

The Recipe

Ingredients

• 500g lean ground beef
• 500g ground pork
• 1 medium onion, minced
• 2 slices soft bread, crusts removed and torn into pieces
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups freshly grated Parmesan
• 3 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
• 1 1/2 cups ricotta

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 200° C. In a large bowl, combine the first 10 ingredients, 1 cup of the Parmesan, and 2 teaspoons of the pepper. Mix just to combine. Shape the mixture into 16 to 18 large meatballs (each should consist of about 3/4 cup of meat). Place on a baking pan and set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, combine the ricotta with the remaining Parmesan and the remaining pepper; set aside.
3. Bake the meatballs for 20 minutes in upper third of oven. Remove from oven and turn on broiler. Spoon 1 tablespoon of the ricotta mixture onto each meatball. Broil 3 to 5 minutes or until the ricotta just starts to brown.

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One of our loyal supporters, George Britz recently shared his Welmoed memorable moment.

He wrote:

“This moment was as in a time-capsule of eternally tranquillity, love and peace – to be able to enjoy Gods creation with my wonderful wife, Elsie.  Just, as it is important to have a balanced blend of ingredients and time for a good Red Wine in making – this moment added to our near 34 years of marriage (December 2011).”

Thank you  George for sharing your moment and for your loyal support of our brand. As a token of our appreciation we will sent you a few bottles of Welmoed Viognier and Welmoed Pinotage.

Welmoed range of premium wines are already known for delivering great value for just about any occasion. These wines confirmed this status of ‘over delivering  for its price point’ by having three wines in Best Value Wine Guide 2012.

These three wines will feature in this guide:

Welmoed Chardonnay 2011

Welmoed Cabernet Sauvignon 2010

Welmoed Sauvignon Blanc 2011

For more info about this guide visit winemag.co.za

Welmoed celebrates centuries of tradition whilst embracing modern times with the launch of stunning new packaging that’s as distinctive as their hand-crafted wines.

The fresh, contemporary labels not only pay tribute to Welmoed’s position on one of Stellenbosch’s most historic farms by featuring the beloved Cape-Dutch gable, they also better showcase the Welmoed range of premium wines, which are already known for delivering great value for just about any occasion – from sundowners and picnics to dinner parties and weddings.

Whether you’re looking for Chardonnay or Shiraz, the new and trendier label for Welmoed makes the varietal of the wine easier to see.

Since Welmoed continuously strives for quality, premium value and craftsmanship, each bottle now showcases the endorsement of the winemaker Bernard Claassen. “As a wine producer we are well-known for our award winning wines and we believe our success relies, in large part, on the handcrafted approach we take to our winemaking,” says Chris O’Shea, Executive Director for Sales and Marketing, at the company of wine people.

Starting in September 2011, the new look will be available on-shelf across the Welmoed’s Heritage Range of wines, which will soon be expanding to include an all-new Viognier option.

12 lucky iafrica.com readers could win a contemporary Welmoed wine hamper worth R200!

Simply enter on iafrica.com

Welmoed, the South African wine known for its centuries of handcrafted tradition with a modern twist, simply shined this weekend after scooping up three silver medals at the 21st annual Veritas Awards ceremony.

The Veritas Awards is South Africa’s biggest wine competition, and is widely regarded as its most highly esteemed indicator of quality, market-ready wines.

The three Veritas silver medals were awarded to Welmoed Heyden’s Courage White 2009, which also took silver at the prestigious 2011 Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show, Welmoed Heyden’s Courage Red 2009, and finally, Welmoed Sauvignon Blanc 2011, which will also be featured in the 2012 edition of Wine Magazine’s Best Value Wine Guide.

A tribute to one of the farm’s first owners, Jacobus van der Heyden, the Welmoed ‘Heyden’s Courage’ reserve range of wines shun convention with its unique blend of diverse varietals in both Red and White.

Welmoed Heyden’s Courage White 2009 – a blend of Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Verdelho, Chardonnay, Viognier and Gewurtztraminer – is a medium-to-full bodied wine characterised by a complex balance of fresh fruit, grassy notes and a tropical nose.

The second silver-awarded wine, the Welmoed Heyden’s Courage Red 2009, is a blend of Cabernet, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. With a deep red colour and ripe blackberry fruit, this wine offers seamless tannins and well integrated oak.

Completing the trio, the Welmoed Sauvignon Blanc 2011 is a fresh, easy-drinking wine that offers excellent value-for-money with its layers of gooseberry, lemongrass and tropical fruit flavours.

“One always wants to be recognised for the good quality of one’s wine, and I’m simply delighted that we’ve managed to win a few accolades along the way,” says proud winemaker Bernard Claassen.

Welmoed Sauvignon Blanc wines sells at approximately R34 in leading outlets, whilst the reserve Welmoed Heyden’s Courage wines are available at chosen boutique wine stores at around R44 per bottle.

Join us at the upcoming Cape Wine Europe show, taking place today at London’s  Brompton Hall in Earls Court.

Our expert team will be showcasing a selection of our top wines at our stand (#38), including Welmoed’s excellent Merlot, Chardonnay and crispy Sauvignon Blanc.

For more info on this event visit capewineeurope.com

Welmoed entered three of our better wines and were awarded three silver medals at the ‘Oscars of SA wine competitions’ – The Veritas Awards.

The three silver medallist were:

• Welmoed Heyden’s Courage White 2009
• Welmoed Heyden’s Courage Red 2009
• Welmoed Sauvignon Blanc 2011

For more information you can visit www.veritas.co.za

This weekend we will be part of the German generic ‘Südafrika Weinshow’ in Berlin.

This show is seen as one of the best-established country wine shows on the German market and Welmoed Wines are looking forward to exhibit our wide range of wines on this event.

We will present a few of our excellent red, white and rosé wines but we are most excited about presenting our recently launched our uniquely-styled Viognier wine. This is the first time it’s been available for tasting. This wine was intentionally harvested a bit earlier to retain fresh aromas on the nose, the wine shows beautiful varietal characters of peach and floral notes while the palate delivers rich flavours of nectarine, lychee and musk.

If you at this show, please join us for a glass of wine.

Gesundheit from Berlin!

For more info visit suedafrika-weinshow.de

Congratulations to Johann Deale, the winner of our SA Heritage Month competition.

He has wine a fantastic prize hamper valued at R750, including Welmoed wine and the beautiful coffee table book, “Stellenbosch: Heart of the South African Winelands”.

Thanks to everyone who entered the competition and for your ongoing support of our brand