Silver claret jug Silver claret jug A silver Claret jug is a wine jug made of glass and silver for the so-called Claret, which is the British name for a French red Bordeaux wine. From the introduction of claret to Britain in 1663 specific vessels soon began to be designed to contain the wine and let it "breathe" before consumption. Early examples of claret jugs are usually in green glass (as were the wine bottles themselves) with a pewter lid, usually raised by a simple finger pad. From around 1740 to 1820 the fashion was to serve claret in either a fully glass
Saxony (wine region) Wachau wine region. The Müller-Thurgau grape is the leading planting of the area at and 18.4% (2008 figures) followed by Riesling at 14.5% and Weissburgunder (Pinot blanc) at 11.9%. The majority of the wine production, around 90%, is in dry wine. The most cultivated grape varieties, by area in 2008, were: Saxony (wine region) Saxony ("Sachsen") is a region for quality wine in Germany located in the German federal state of Saxony. The region is sometimes referred to colloquially as "the Elbtal" (Elbe valley). The wine region covers , which makes it Germany's third smallest region, just ahead of Mittelrhein