INAO (Institut National de l’Origine et de la Qualité), the authority that controls all the French appellations, has recently approved two additional geographical add-ons for AOC Alsace. The two lucky ones are AOC Alsace Bergheim
You probably had at least one sweet wine during the Christmas festivities. Here are some more suggestions for sweet wines even if the end-of-the-year party is over. Maybe with a cheese, the Christmas pudding or
This is a small restaurant in the restaurant de quartier-style (neighbourhood restaurant) that can be so sympathique. Rickety wooden chairs, a big zinc bar counter, friendly service – there you go. For lunch they have
On sweet and semi-sweet wines from Alsace During Christmas and New Year there are often many opportunities to drink a sweet or semi-sweet wine. They go, for instance, extraordinarily well with foie gras and blue
Louis Sipp, Ribeauvillé, Alsace Louis Sipp makes dry and elegant Alsace wines from grapes grown organically since a few years back. He got his organic certification in 2008. The balance in the most important thing
A group of around 60 vandals broke during the night of august 15 into an experimental plantation created by the French agricultural research institute (INRA) in Alsace. The tore up and destroyed 70 vines that
Mélanie Pfister started to work with her father at the family domaine in Dahlenheim in northern Alsace in 2006. She is an oenologist with diplomas from the wine universities in Bordeaux and Dijon. She has
– 51 ’lieu dits’ (place names) are included in the Grand Cru denomination, covering 1,750 hectares – 914 ha of GC is in production (compared to a total of 11,459 ha for Alsace and 3,162
L’histoire du Crémant d’Alsace ou la genèse des bulles By: Nicole Laugel Publisher: Jérôme Do Bentzinger Editeur The story about the creation of the Crémant d’Alsace appellation is an entertaining success story. AOC Crémant d’Alsace
Domaine Pierre Frick was one of the first biodynamic producers that we got to know. Their wines are full-bodied and full of flavour. Some are made entirely without sulphur (which is very unusual). It is
One part of the new EU wine reform is that from the first of August it will be possible to put the grape variety (e.g. riesling) on the label for wines “without geographic denomination”. Typically,
Laetitia Bléger won the title Miss France in 2004. She’s the daughter of a winemaker in Alsace and after her Miss modelling career she has returned to the source and has started to make her
When we recently were in Alsace the big French television channel France 2 took the occasion to make a program for its News at One (Journal de 13h). It features our visit to the famous
Marc Kreydenweiss is one of our big favourites in Alsace. He’s an outstanding winemaker and with biodynamic agriculture and low yields (in a region where producers often harvest 80 hl/ha) he produces excellent, complex wines
The Swedish wine enthusiast Per Warfvinge fell in love with Alsace wines and created a very interesting site on Alsatian wines, unfortunately only available in Swedish. After no doubt substantial work he has now translated
INAO, the French control authority for the appellation system, has approved Kaefferkopf as a new Grand Cru area in Alsace. Permitted grape varieties in the wine are Gewurztraminer, Riesling and Pinot Gris (previously Tokay d’Alsace).
Some statistics from CIVA (www.vinsalsace.com): Most popular grape varieties: 22% Riesling 21% Pinot blanc 18% Gewurztraminer 14% (Tokay) Pinot Gris 11% Sylvaner 9% Pinot Noir Appellations: 3.6% AOC Grand Cru 79.4% AOC Alsace 17% AOC
INAO (Institut National de l’Origine et de la Qualité), the authority that controls all the French appellations, has recently approved two additional geographical add-ons for
You probably had at least one sweet wine during the Christmas festivities. Here are some more suggestions for sweet wines even if the end-of-the-year party
This is a small restaurant in the restaurant de quartier-style (neighbourhood restaurant) that can be so sympathique. Rickety wooden chairs, a big zinc bar counter,
On sweet and semi-sweet wines from Alsace During Christmas and New Year there are often many opportunities to drink a sweet or semi-sweet wine. They
Louis Sipp, Ribeauvillé, Alsace Louis Sipp makes dry and elegant Alsace wines from grapes grown organically since a few years back. He got his organic
A group of around 60 vandals broke during the night of august 15 into an experimental plantation created by the French agricultural research institute (INRA)
Mélanie Pfister started to work with her father at the family domaine in Dahlenheim in northern Alsace in 2006. She is an oenologist with diplomas
– 51 ’lieu dits’ (place names) are included in the Grand Cru denomination, covering 1,750 hectares – 914 ha of GC is in production (compared
L’histoire du Crémant d’Alsace ou la genèse des bulles By: Nicole Laugel Publisher: Jérôme Do Bentzinger Editeur The story about the creation of the Crémant
Domaine Pierre Frick was one of the first biodynamic producers that we got to know. Their wines are full-bodied and full of flavour. Some are
One part of the new EU wine reform is that from the first of August it will be possible to put the grape variety (e.g.
Laetitia Bléger won the title Miss France in 2004. She’s the daughter of a winemaker in Alsace and after her Miss modelling career she has
When we recently were in Alsace the big French television channel France 2 took the occasion to make a program for its News at One
Marc Kreydenweiss is one of our big favourites in Alsace. He’s an outstanding winemaker and with biodynamic agriculture and low yields (in a region where
The Swedish wine enthusiast Per Warfvinge fell in love with Alsace wines and created a very interesting site on Alsatian wines, unfortunately only available in
INAO, the French control authority for the appellation system, has approved Kaefferkopf as a new Grand Cru area in Alsace. Permitted grape varieties in the
Some statistics from CIVA (www.vinsalsace.com): Most popular grape varieties: 22% Riesling 21% Pinot blanc 18% Gewurztraminer 14% (Tokay) Pinot Gris 11% Sylvaner 9% Pinot Noir
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