Franken — Germany’s Most Underrated Region

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Valerie Kathawala

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Metal statue looking onto Germany's Franken vineyards surrounded by forest.
View from Oberschwarzach, Photo Credit: Paula Redes Sidore

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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Writer, Editor, Publisher

Valerie Kathawala specializes in the wines of Germany, Austria, South Tyrol, and Switzerland, as well as those closer to her home in New York City. Her work appears in the pages of Noble Rot, Full Pour, SevenFifty Daily, Meininger’s Wine Business International, Pipette, Glug, Pellicle, and a number of other tolerant publications.

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