Culinary treats Archive - Hotel Berghof in Ramsau am Dachstein

Culinary treats at Hotel Berghof

Breakfast buffet

Did you sleep well and wake up restored? Wonderful! Take a deep breath of fresh mountain air and you’ll catch the aroma of our alpine buffet breakfast and the gorgeous scent of the freshly baked bread and rolls from our Ramsau master baker tempting you down to the Hotel Berghof Altholzstube.

With a cup of coffee or tea, and with refreshing fruit juices, some of them freshly squeezed, you will certainly be ready for the day. Enjoy freshly baked bread with sweet treats from the jam bar, or cut meats, sausages, cheese. We can serve your eggs however you want them, and, of course, there is also a corner with muesli and fruit, with yoghurts, curds and milk to with go it, all from our own organic farm. Feast to your heart’s content from 8 am to 10.30 am in the Gaststube or in the wintergarden. In summer, you can also enjoy your breakfast on the sun terrace.

If you wish to head out early to the mountain peaks in the morning, we’ll have a mountaineer-breakfast ready for you in the Berghofstub’n.

Berghof Snacks

Mountain air makes you hungry, this is common knowledge! So we offer the Berghof Jaus’n from 1 pm to 3.30 pm. A bowl of warm soup is good for body and soul, especially if it’s served with a plate of salads loaded with vitamins. Help yourself!

Well-being in the spa

At the Berghof Sauna and Spa, your well-being is our first priority. Enjoy fresh fruit, a selection of teas, and revitalised spring water by Johann Grander.

Dinner in the evening

As the crowning glory of the day, we will pamper you with our five-course gourmet dinner. Choose from our set meat, vegetarian or fish menus. The fusion of local and international dishes is carefully prepared by chef Michal and his team. Select from a large buffet of starters and salads with dressings, oils, and special vinegars. Also, there is a fine assortment of cheeses.

Please let us know of any allergies, intolerances or dietary requirement so we can make your meal perfect for you.

Accompanying wines

As a qualified sommelier, your host would be delighted to introduce you to the world of wines, recommending the best ones from our wine cellar. During a wine tasting, Mathias Wieser takes you on a journey across the Austrian wine regions. “The small Styrian wine areas offer an astonishing variety, and it is our aim to discover and collect the most precious ones for our friends and guests. We keep close friendly contact with the best wine growers.”

In this spirit: In vino salvatio (in wine, salvation – may wine relieve life’s burdens)

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Rupbauer Organic Farm

Rupbauer Organic Farm is home to dairy cattle, calves, horses, chicken, and Magalica pigs. All organic produce served at Hotel Berghof is from Rupbauer Farm: fresh milk, butter, yoghurt, meat, and eggs.

Rupbauer farmhouse is available to rent as a self-catering holiday home. It has five double rooms and a large, modern fully equipped kitchen.

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Precious schnaps

History of schnaps

Austria has a long tradition of distilling schnaps. Austrian farms have, for centuries, distilled Obstler, typically apples, pears, plums, as well as delicious wild-growing blueberries, raspberries, and in Ramsau even rowan.

Professional schnaps distilleries grew out of the farmhouse distilleries, refining the quality of the Obstler, which was once just distilled for personal use. From the farmhouse and down the centuries, a truly high-quality schnaps culture has developed.

How to drink schnaps?

The origin of the word schnaps comes from the Low-German word for ‘to snap’ (Germ. schnappen). A high-quality schnaps should, however, never be ‘snapped’, but enjoyed.

To experience the perfect schaps, serve it at 16° to 17° in a belly-shaped glass with a ‘chimney.’ Firstly, take in the schnaps’ scent by moving the glass past your nose with your eyes closed. Now the first sip. Take as much air as possible with the drink to have a large surface in your mouth – just like a bubble – to free your olfactory and taste receptors. And now gently swallow the schnaps, taking in the smell and taste of the fresh fruit. At Hotel Berghof, we have many high-quality schnaps from Styria and Austria, and we are happy to share our expertise.

The Hotel Berghof schnaps booklet

Apricot schnaps 38%vol.
Mooskirchner Feindestillerie Hochstrasser Mooskirchen / Styria

Pear schnaps 38% vol.
Mooskirchner Feindestillerie Hochstrasser Mooskirchen / Styria

Farmer’s Obstler 38% vol.
Mooskirchner Feindestillerie Hochstrasser Mooskirchen / Styria

Hazelnut 33% vol.
Mooskirchner Feindestillerie Hochstrasser Mooskirchen / Styria

Plum 38% vol.
Mooskirchner Feindestillerie Hochstrasser Mooskirchen / Styria

Zirbenschnaps (made from pine cones) 38% vol.
Mooskirchner Feindestillerie Hochstrasser Mooskirchen / Styria

Maschansker apple schnaps 43% vol.
Alois Gölles Riegersburg / Styria

Maschansker apple schnaps 38% vol.
Herbert Skoff Gamlitz / Styria

Oaked apple schnaps 44% vol.
Hans Reisetbauer Kirchberg-Thening / Upper Austria

Apple schnaps 40.3% vol.
Maria Steinbauer Stainz / Styria

Heart cherry 43%vol.
Alois Gölles Riegersburg / Styria

Oaked black cherry cigar schnaps
Maria Steinbauer Stainz / Styria

Elderberry schnaps 45% vol.
Alois Gölles Riegersburg / Styria

Elderberry schnaps 40% vol.
Willi Eberl Eben im Pongau / Salzburg

Elderberry schnaps 40% vol.
Mooskirchner Feindestillerie Hochstrasser Mooskirchen / Styria

Elderberry schnaps 41.5% vol.
Hans Reisetbauer Kirchberg-Thening / Upper Austria

Elderberry schnaps 38% vol.
Aschbeehaisl – Karl Pilz Ramsau am Dachstein

Ramsau Meisterwurz 40% vol.
Aschbeehaisl – Karl Pilz Ramsau am Dachstein

Gentian schnaps 39.5% vol.
Aschbeehaisl – Karl Pilz Ramsau am Dachstein

Gentian schnaps 41% vol.
Aschbeehaisl – Karl Pilz Ramsau am Dachstein

Raspberry schnaps 38% vol.
Aschbeehaisl – Karl Pilz Ramsau am Dachstein

Raspberry schnaps 40% vol.
Willi Eberl Eben im Pongau / Salzburg

Raspberry schnaps 40.5% vol.
Dachstein Destillerie – Bernhard Warter Radstadt / Salzburg

Raspberry schnaps 43%vol.
Alois Gölles Riegersburg / Styria

Wild raspberry schnaps 40% vol.
Mooskirchner Feindestillerie Hochstrasser Mooskirchen / Styria

Blackberry 45% vol.
Alois Gölles Riegersburg / Styria

Williams pear schnaps 40% vol.
Mooskirchner Feindestillerie Hochstrasser Mooskirchen / Styria

Williams pear schnaps 41.5% vol.
Hans Reisetbauer Kirchberg-Thening / Upper Austria

Ramsau pear schnaps 38% vol.
Aschbeehaisl – Karl Pilz Ramsau am Dachstein

Gute Luise pear schnaps 41.5% vol.
Hans Reisetbauer Kirchberg-Thening / Upper Austria

Apricot schnaps 42% vol.
Hans Reisetbauer Kirchberg-Thening / Upper Austria

Peach schnaps 45% vol.
Alois Gölles Riegersburg / Styria

Hazelnut schnaps 40% vol.
Dachstein Destillerie – Bernhard Warter Radstadt / Salzburg

Quince schnaps 41.5% vol.
Hans Reisetbauer Kirchberg-Thening / Upper Austria

Lime 40% vol.
Dachstein Destillerie – Bernhard Warter Radstadt / Salzburg

Old plum 40% vol.
Alois Gölles Riegersburg / Styria

Damson plum 45% vol.
Alois Gölles Riegersburg / Styria

Blueberry schnaps 40% vol.
Mooskirchner Feindestillerie Hochstrasser Mooskirchen / Styria

Blueberry schnaps 40% vol.
Willi Eberl Eben im Pongau / Salzburg

Barrel-aged Schilcher pomace brandy 40% vol.
Mooskirchner Feindestillerie Hochstrasser Mooskirchen / Styria

Morello cherry schnaps 40% vol.
Dachstein Destillerie – Bernhard Warter Radstadt / Salzburg

Morello cherry schnaps 40% vol.
Maria Steinbauer Stainz / Styria

Organic hay schnaps 40% vol.
Dachstein Destillerie – Bernhard Warter Radstadt / Salzburg

Rose muscatel high-quality schnaps 40% vol.
Maria Steinbauer Stainz / Styria

Rowan berry schnaps

Hirschegger Mountain rowan berry schnaps 40% vol.
Mooskirchner Feindestillerie Hochstrasser Mooskirchen / Styria

Rowan berry schnaps 40.5% vol.
Dachstein Destillerie – Bernhard Warter Radstadt / Salzburg

Rowan berry schnaps 40% vol.
Willi Eberl Eben im Pongau / Salzburg

Rowan berry schnaps 40% vol.
Aschbeehaisl – Karl Pilz, Ramsau am Dachstein

One of the best distillers, da Aschbeehaisla, is in Ramsau am Dachstein.

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In vino salvatio

In vino salvatio – In wine, salvation

The small Styrian vineyards offer an astonishing variety. Our aim is to discover and collect the most precious of these rare wines for our friends and guests. We keep close friendly contact with the best winegrowers, so, time and again, we can load our cellar with their finest, rarest wines.

Good wine is like a friendship, those ripened the longest are the most harmonious. In co-operation with Christian Jauk (a local vintner), we produce a series of wines called Die Freundschaft – friendship – which we enjoy at Hotel Berghof.

Wine winter 2017/2018

Our wine growers

Winery Familie Autrieth http://www.weingut-autrieth.at/
Winery Böheim http://gut-boeheim.at/
Winery Braunstein http://www.braunstein.at/
Winery Casale Del Giglio http://www.casaledelgiglio.it/
Winery Domäne Wachau http://www.domaene-wachau.at/
Winery Ehn http://www.ehnwein.at/cms/index.php
Winery Elisabetta Foradori http://www.elisabettaforadori.com/
Cooperative cellae Erzherzog Johann http://www.erzherzog.com/
Winery Gartner http://www.weinbaugartner.at/weine.php
Winery Gager http://www.weingut-gager.at/
Winery Haus Marienberg – MAD http://www.weingut-mad.at/
Winery Heinrich http://www.weingut-heinrich.at/
Winery Igler https://www.weingut-igler.at/
Winery Jauk http://www.jauk-wein.at/
Winery Kerschbaum http://www.kerschbaum.at/
Winery Kirnbauer http://www.phantom.at/
Winery Maitz http://www.maitz.co.at/
Winery Morandell http://www.morandell.com/
Winery Netzl http://www.netzl.net/
Winery Pfneisl http://www.wine-pentagon.com/
Winery Polz https://www.polz.co.at/
Winery Reeh http://www.hannesreeh.at/
Winery Reischer http://www.hubertuskeller.at/
Winery Scheiblhofer http://www.scheiblhofer.at/
Winery Scheucher http://www.weingut-scheucher.at/
Organic Winery Schuster weinbau.f.schuster@utanet.at
Winery Skoff http://skofforiginal.com/
Winery Stiegelmar http://www.stiegelmar.com/
Winery Strehn http://www.strehn.at/
Winery Szemes http://www.szemes.at/
Sparkling wine cellars Szigeti http://www.szigeti.at/de/start
Winery Taferner http://www.tafi.at/
Winery Tement http://www.tement.at/
Winery Thaller http://www.weingut-thaller.at/
Winery Truksitz http://www.sternenweine.at/
Organic Winery Weber http://www.biowein-weber.at/
Winery Weber http://www.weingut-fam-weber.at/
Winery Weninger http://www.weninger.com/
Winery Weinrieder http://www.weinrieder.at/
Winery Winkler – Hermaden http://www.winkler-hermaden.at/

Wine brotherhood and sisterhood

Hoch vom Dachstein an, wo der Aar noch haust bis ins Rebenland (from the Dachstein, where the eagle lives, to the vine land) is the first line of the Styrian anthem.

The Styrian anthem serves as name and motto for the Hoch Dachstein wine brother- and sisterhood, founded in February 2002. In our association with Hotel Berghof we

Cultivate and promote wine culture
Increase the knowledge of wine
Advocate for wine honesty
Stay in touch with other wine brotherhoods

Joining the wine brotherhood and sisterhood. An application for admission, supported by a warrantor, is considered by the brother or sister council. At the acceptance ceremony, the new member vows to support wine culture to their best ability and introduce the art of enjoying wine; he or she takes a symbolic sip from our cup, signs the brother or sisterhood book, then gets a brotherhood or sisterhood pin.

IN VINO SALVATIO

History of schnaps

How to drink schnaps?

The Hotel Berghof schnaps booklet

Wine brotherhood and sisterhood

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