The Salvatore wine
Archduke Salvator had an immense interest in winegrowing and production. He dedicated a whole chapter of his 1897
work "The Balearic Islands" to agriculture. In this chapter, he extensively covers the subject, describing in
detail the geographical conditions of Majorca and the process of growing and producing wine. Wine culture,
according to the archduke, was the most important and widespread agricultural branch on Majorca. He was
particularly fascinated by the grape harvest, which always takes place at the end of September or the beginning
of October. He compared this event to the Bacchus festivities at the Aventine hill in Ancient Rome. During the
time of the Grape harvest, one eats and drinks abundantly, girls and women accompany the grape transports with
popular dances in traditional Majorcan costumes. After the grapes have been brought into the valley, `vigorous`
men crush the grapes by trampling them barefoot, the juice remaining in the wooden tubs for twenty days to ferment.
However, the juice of the Malvasia-grapes is filled into barrels right away, because these grapes are viewed as being
very precious - especially around Banyalbufar. The archduke Ludwig Salvatore himself had grown these grapes, who can
be either red or white, on his land.