The mellow bellow of the Bocksbeutel…

So follow the leader and we’ll find that fine fat fellow from Franconia, where, as Decanter just pointed out, there is lovely Silvaner to be had.

In fact, this variety is so closely connected to the region – Franken, in the native tongue – that onceuponatime Silvaner was known as ‘Franken Riesling’ in the Golden State.