I think it's not completely utopian to see Silvaner's future as being to Germany what Grüner Veltliner is to Austria - the second great grape next to Riesling and a kind of national signature grape. But it's a long way to go still, and it would need a kind a couple of franconian Markus Molitors and Reinhard Löwensteins - visionaries and fanatics, that is - to make it happen.
Silvaner's future
I think it's not completely utopian to see Silvaner's future as being to Germany what Grüner Veltliner is to Austria - the second great grape next to Riesling and a kind of national signature grape. But it's a long way to go still, and it would need a kind a couple of franconian Markus Molitors and Reinhard Löwensteins - visionaries and fanatics, that is - to make it happen.