Showing posts with label moravian wine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moravian wine. Show all posts

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Hard to stay sober in Moravia

Certainly beer in Czech republic is associated with western region of Bohemia. However, in this weather the whole country is full of beer halls.
Here Kendra is having a Starobrno, the "local" beer named after the city we are in. Of course like everything it is owned by a multinational Heineken.

But if you are over these weak beers, who knew Moravia (Southeastern Czech Rep.) was a major wine region.
They grow local varietals that we don't see much of in the U. S. Their major red wines are Svatovavřinecké, known in France as St. Laurent, a relative of Pino Noir and Frankovka also known as Frankish blue. Their major white is Veltlínské zelené, which is the same as Gruner Veltliner.

Here is a picture of me because Kendra hates to be the only one on the blog.

Finally, since we are in the former Czechoslovakia, I thought I would give the TYWLS girls a little treat.