Do you know Ma\u0142opolska wines? If not, it is time to catch up and become a purebred enotourist. It is best to start this exciting and beautiful adventure in Krak\u00f3w itself, which not only lies in the immediate vicinity of many well-functioning vineyards, but also boasts good vine cultivation.<\/p>\r\n
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It is in Krak\u00f3w that the Srebrna G\u00f3ra Vineyard, the largest in Ma\u0142opolska and one of the largest in the country, is located. From the hill filled with grapevines spreads a view of the city and the entire surrounding area, and its top houses the famous Monastery of the Camaldolese monks. It is worth making a little trip into the past there, to the times when Polish winemaking was born, whose history dates back to the mid-10th century. As the journalist and wine critic Wojciech Bosak writes in the \u201cGuide to Ma\u0142opolska Vineyards\u201d published by the Gorce Tourist Organization, \u201cIn the past, Krak\u00f3w has never been a wine power such as Zielona G\u00f3ra or even Sandomierz, but this is where the history of winemaking in Poland begins. Al-Idrisi, an Arab-Sicilian geographer, who in the mid-12th century compiled the first preserved description of Krak\u00f3w, mentions numerous vineyards among the splendour of the city. Archaeologists have provided us with evidence of an even older record of the local winemaking: thanks to their research, we know that the grapevine grew on the southwestern slopes of Wawel as soon as in the middle of the 10th century<\/em>.\u201d Today we have the 21st century, and the Wawel vineyard is symbolically memorialized by grapevines planted at the entrance to the reconstructed garden of Queen Bona Sforza. It is worth taking this journey back in time to whet your appetite for wine and set off on wine routes in Ma\u0142opolska.<\/p>\r\n