Now, it is being reborn. In the last decade, 600 hectares of vineyards have been created in Poland, located mainly in such regions as Ma\u0142opolska, G\u00f3rny and Dolny \u015al\u0105sk, in the Lublin and Gorz\u00f3w Wielkopolski areas, and even more to the north, in the Warsaw and Olsztyn areas.<\/p>\n
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Zielona G\u00f3ra<\/strong>, a\u00a0town in western Poland (Lubuskie voivodeship), offers a\u00a0special tourist trail for wine lovers. The trail begins at the Museum of Lubuskie Land in the gallery of the Wine Museum. The exhibition on display there contains approximately one and a\u00a0half thousand beverage production exhibits and is the only one of its kind in Poland.\u00a0 The trail takes us to Winne Wzg\u00f3rza<\/strong> (Wine Hills), to a\u00a0wine merchant\u2019s vintage home that was built in 1818, on the orders of August Grempler \u2013 the winery\u2019s owner. The next stop is the Ochla open-air museum,\u00a0with an interesting winery architecture exhibit. At the end of the trail, tourists will be able to spend time at the modern winery.<\/p>\n At the event, which usually lasts 7-9 days, one can try various types of wine at the Jarmark Winobraniowy<\/strong> (\u201cgrape harvest market\u201d) as well as admire the colourful procession led by the grape harvest king \u2013 the Roman God of Wine, Bacchus. There is also a\u00a0half-marathon, for those with higher energy reserves, and several outdoor concerts.<\/p>\n Another interesting thing is ice wine<\/strong>!\u00a0Freezing winter is the best time to harvest grapes for ice wine. The first such wine in Poland was produced near Krakow. Common in these areas since the 18th century, Poland\u2019s wine tradition is now being reborn.<\/p>\n The production of ice wine is what distinguishes the\u00a0Nad Dworskim Potokiem<\/strong>\u00a0(\u201cAt the courtly stream\u201d) winery, property of the Jagiellonian University, from other Polish wineries. First, the harvested grapes (that froze on the vine) are pressed. Then, the concentrated juice is extracted, which gives the beverage its sweet taste. Special conditions are needed for the process, because the grape harvest has to take place at a\u00a0temperature not higher than -8 Celsius. The wine experts near Krakow managed to do this in 2012. Their success yielded Poland\u2019s first ice wine. In the early morning of New Years\u2019 Eve workers of the Krak\u00f3w winery harvested frozen grapes. The temperature outside was minus 17 degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n