Interesting article in TRINK (author not identified):
TRINK:Franconia Wines
about the growing interest in the German region of Franconia.

They characterize it as Germany's most underrated wine...to which I would agree. They identify Silvaner as one of the great wines from Franconia...to which I would also agree.

I almost never see any wines from Franconia....but when I do I buy them. One of the problems is that many Franconia wines are bttld in the Bocksbeutel (which I like that it's named after a ram's scrotum). For those folks who bitch about fitting the Turley or SQN btls in their wine racks, wait'll you try to shelve a Bocksbeutel!!

Anyway....an interesting article & I wish we would see more Franconia wines in the USofA.
Tom