A cikin 1961, an buɗe kwalban Steinwein daga 1540 a London.
A cewar Hugh Johnson, sanannen marubucin giya kuma marubucin The Story of Wine, wannan kwalbar giya bayan fiye da shekaru 400 har yanzu tana cikin yanayi mai kyau, tare da dandano mai daɗi da kuzari.
Wannan ruwan inabin ya fito ne daga yankin Franken na Jamus, ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun gonakin inabi a Stein, kuma 1540 kuma itace ta almara. An ce a wannan shekarar Rhine yana da zafi sosai har mutane za su iya tafiya a kan kogin, kuma ruwan inabi ya fi ruwa rahusa. 'Ya'yan inabi a waccan shekarar suna da daɗi sosai, wataƙila wannan ita ce damar wannan kwalbar giya ta Franken fiye da shekaru 400.
Franken yana arewacin Bavaria, Jamus, wanda ke tsakiyar Jamus akan taswira. Da yake magana game da cibiyar, wanda ba zai iya taimakawa ba sai dai tunanin "Cibiyar ruwan inabi ta Faransa" - Sancerre da Pouilly a tsakiyar yankin Loire. Hakazalika, Franconia yana da yanayi na nahiyar, tare da lokacin zafi, lokacin sanyi, sanyi a lokacin bazara da farkon kaka. Babban kogin yana ci gaba da tafiya ta hanyar duk abin da aka yi tare da kyawawan ra'ayoyi. Kamar sauran Jamus, gonakin inabin Franconia galibi ana rarraba su tare da kogin, amma bambancin shine cewa nau'in flagship a nan shine Silvaner maimakon Riesling.
Bugu da kari, kasar Muschelkalk a ciki da kuma kewayen Stein Vineyard mai tarihi ta yi kama da kasar Kimmeridgian a Sancerre da Chablis, kuma 'ya'yan inabi na Silvaner da Riesling da aka dasa a kan wannan ƙasa sun fi yin kyau.
Dukansu Franconia da Sancerre suna samar da ingantattun busassun ruwan inabi, amma yawan shukar Silvaner a Franconia bai kai na Sancerre's Sauvignon Blanc ba, wanda ke lissafin shuka biyar ne kawai na yankin. Müller-Thurgau yana daya daga cikin nau'in inabin da aka fi shuka a yankin.
Giyayen Silvaner yawanci suna da haske da sauƙin sha, mai laushi kuma sun dace da haɗakar abinci, amma ruwan inabi na Franconian Silvaner sun fi haka, masu arziki da kamewa, ƙarfi da ƙarfi, tare da ɗanɗano na ƙasa da ma'adinai, da ƙarfin tsufa mai ƙarfi. Sarkin yankin Franconian da ba a yi jayayya ba. A karo na farko da na sha Franken's Silvaner a bikin baje kolin a waccan shekarar, na kamu da sonsa da farko kuma ban manta ba, amma da kyar na sake ganinsa. An ce ba a fitar da giyar Franconian da yawa kuma ana amfani da ita a cikin gida.
Koyaya, abu mafi ban sha'awa a cikin yankin Franconian shine Bocksbeutel. Asalin wannan kwalban ɗan gajeren wuyan wuyansa ba shi da tabbas. Wasu mutane sun ce wannan siffar kwalbar ta fito ne daga tulun makiyayi na yankin. Ba ya tsoron ta birgima ya bace a ƙasa. Har ila yau, akwai wata magana da ke cewa ’yan mishan ne suka ƙirƙiro kwalbar da ke cikin tukwane, waɗanda sukan yi tafiye-tafiye don sauƙaƙa tattara giya da littattafai. Duk yana da ma'ana.
Rosé Mateus na Portuguese, wanda ke siyarwa da yawa, shima yana da wannan siffa ta musamman ta kwalba. Ruwan ruwan inabi yana da kyau a cikin kwalabe mai haske, yayin da kwalban tukunyar tukunyar Franken yawanci ƙasa ce ta ƙasa, kore mai laushi ko launin ruwan kasa.
Lokacin aikawa: Afrilu-28-2023