Editing Bavaria (section)

===Food and drink===
{{Main|Bavarian cuisine}}
Bavarians tend to place a great value on food and drink. In addition to their renowned dishes, Bavarians also consume many items of food and drink which are unusual elsewhere in Germany; for example {{lang|de|[[Weißwurst]]}} ("white sausage") or in some instances a variety of entrails. At folk festivals and in many [[beer garden]]s, beer is traditionally served by the litre (in a {{lang|de|[[Maß]]}}). Bavarians are particularly proud<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Bavarian way of life – Bavarian Africa |url=https://africa.bayern.de/the-bavarian-way-of-life/ |access-date=1 September 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=18 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818043227/https://africa.bayern.de/the-bavarian-way-of-life/ |url-status=live }}</ref> of the traditional {{lang|de|[[Reinheitsgebot]]}}, or beer purity law, initially established by the [[Duke of Bavaria]] for the City of Munich (i.e. the court) in 1487 and the duchy in 1516. According to this law, only three ingredients were allowed in beer: water, [[barley]], and [[hops]]. In 1906 the {{lang|de|Reinheitsgebot}} made its way to all-German law, and remained a law in Germany until the EU partly struck it down in 1987 as incompatible with the European common market.<ref>{{cite web |title=30.04.2005 – EU-Recht |url=http://dokumentation.htu.tugraz.at/eu-recht/?dok=eugh0003&rub=eugh-e |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050430024608/http://dokumentation.htu.tugraz.at/eu-recht/?dok=eugh0003&rub=eugh-e |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 April 2005 |date=30 April 2005}}</ref> German breweries, however, cling to the principle, and Bavarian breweries still comply with it in order to distinguish their beer brands.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.br.de/mediathek/video/sendungen/quer/151022-quer-reinheitsgebot-100.html |title=To Bier or not to Bier? vom 22.10.2015: Das Reinheitsgebot und seine Tücken – BR Mediathek VIDEO |work=br.de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027012032/http://www.br.de/mediathek/video/sendungen/quer/151022-quer-reinheitsgebot-100.html |archive-date=27 October 2015}}</ref> Bavarians are also known as some of the world's most prolific beer drinkers, with an average annual consumption of 130–135 liters per capita, as of 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2018 |title=Beer in Bavaria – an overview of the Bavarian art of brewing |url=https://www.invest-in-bavaria.com/en/blog/post/beer-in-bavaria-an-overview-of-the-bavarian-art-of-brewing |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=invest-in-bavaria.com |publisher=Invest in Bavaria |language=en |quote=No wonder that the per capita consumption of beer in Bavaria is well above the national average of 102 litres at 130-135 litres per year}}</ref>

Bavaria is also home to the [[Franconia (wine region)|Franconia wine region]], which is situated along the river [[Main (river)|Main]] in Franconia. The region has produced wine (''Frankenwein'') for over 1,000 years and is famous for its use of the [[Bocksbeutel]] wine bottle. The production of wine forms an integral part of the regional culture, and many of its villages and cities hold their own wine festivals (Weinfeste) throughout the year.
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