In addition, Silvaner has been produced as an Alsace Grand Cru wine since 2006, although only one vineyard – Zotzenberg – is entitled to do so. The grape, thought to originate from the Austrian Empire ...

In Franken, the winelands east of Frankfurt hugging the course of the Main River, producers have been coaxing dry, minerally excellence from the Silvaner grape for more than 350 years.

Silvaner (or Sylvaner as it's known in France and parts of Italy) is a white grape originally grown in Austria, where little of it is planted these days.

It's one of the few places in the world where “fairy-tale backdrop” and “picture-book beauty” aren’t metaphors but realities. And it’s the center of a thousand-year-old, untapped wine ...

Germany is best known for its rieslings from the Rheingau and the Mosel valley. For the adventurous, there is the eastern wine region of Franken, also known as Franconia, in the state of Bavaria ...