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Franken casks made from limestone in the silvaner wine cellar of Meintzinger
Germany · Franken

Franken Casks the First Stone

ByMatthias Neske December 9, 2024December 5, 2024

Silvaner aged in shell limestone casks: quintessential expression of terroir, steinwein 2.0, or a flight of foolishness?

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A decorate metal door grill features a bronze grape cluster with black metal rays emenating from it.
Germany · Franken

Wine Counterculture Is Alive and Well in Franken

ByRainer Schäfer September 18, 2024October 7, 2024

Franken was slower to wake up the wine counter culture revolution in Germany, but young growers are now more than making up for lost time.

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Metal statue looking onto Germany's Franken vineyards surrounded by forest.
Germany · Franken · Learn

Franken — Germany’s Most Underrated Region

ByValerie Kathawala May 11, 2022February 11, 2024

We’ll come right out and say it: Franken (Franconia) is Germany’s most underrated region. If you still think of it as the source of wan…...

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Returning Historic Varieties to Germany’s Vineyards
Mosel · Franken · Rheinhessen · Tasting Article

Returning Historic Varieties to Germany’s Vineyards

ByMatthias Neske May 11, 2022October 17, 2023

This is a story for the wine romantics among us who dream of bygone varieties, who hunker down to listen to the old stone terraces…...

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Eat + TRINK | Where Silvaner Meets the Sea
Germany · Eat+TRINK · Franken

Eat + TRINK | Where Silvaner Meets the Sea

ByJérôme Hainz June 23, 2021March 21, 2024

Confession time: Which wine and food pairings make your eyes roll faster than a teenager’s? Champagne and strawberries? Pizza and Lambrusco? Muscadet and oysters?  In…...

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Drink More Scheu!
Germany · Franken · Pfalz · Rheinhessen

Drink More Scheu!

ByChristoph Raffelt April 7, 2021September 10, 2024

If there is an underdog in Germany’s largest winegrowing region, Rheinhessen, it is Scheurebe. Vinified sweet for many years, Scheurebe — pronounced SHOY-ray-beh — largely…...

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Silvaner’s Moment is Now
Germany · Franken · Rheinhessen · Tasting Article

Silvaner’s Moment is Now

ByChristoph Raffelt October 27, 2020May 9, 2024

Silvaner. It’s complicated. Ask about its nature or character, and like as not you’ll get one answer: asparagus. With delicate vegetal aromas and moderate acidity, Silvaner is…...

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A plate of eel appetizers from Nobelhart & Schmutzig
Franken · Eat+TRINK · Germany

Franken Ale and Friesian Eel

ByJérôme Hainz October 26, 2020November 17, 2023

Northern Germany's answer to lobster, and a true hybrid Riesling surprise.

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