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Alsace
Alsace is situated North East of France. It is bordered on the West by the Vosges and on the East by the Rhine which separates it from Germany.
Alsace had a chaotic history between France and Germany. It put the region at the centre of Europe. Strasbourg, the main city of Alsace, host the European parliament.
Alsace is a lovely region with green hills and medieval villages. The Alsace wine road is one of the most beautiful wine sceneries in the world!
Alsace produces excellent dry and sweet white wines. They are so typical that the grape varieties used there only grow in Alsace and nowhere else.
Wines from Alsace
More than 90% of the wines in Alsace are white. Riesling and Gewurzt are among the best white wines in France. Wine makers raise them in a style you can't find nowhere else but in a wine from Alsace.
Wines from Alsace:
Riesling - 23%
Gewurztraminer - 18%
Pinot Blanc - 20%
Tokay Pinot Gris - 13%
Sylvaner - 12%
Crémant d'Alsace - 14%
Alsace wine and food:
White wines from Alsace such as
Riesling,
Sylvaner
and
Pinot Blanc
go very well with fish and seafood meals.
Gewurztraminer
is better with foie gras, spiced dishes, strong cheeses or as a
dessert wine.
Wine making in Alsace
Alsatian vine growers have been producing wine since the Roman conquest.
Alsace production is very exclusive among French production. It is easy to understand it from the name of the grape-varieties used for the production of the wine, such as Riesling, Gewurztraminer or Sylvaner.More than 90% of the wines in Alsace are white. They are all of them excellent refreshing white wines.
Alsace Wine Classification
The wine classification in Alsace includes as in Bordeaux and Burgundy a "grand cru" grade to distinguish the best of the best. The classification of wine in Alsace is as follow:
AOC Alsace Grand Cru : followed by the name of the grape variety and by the name of the vineyard where the wine comes from.
AOC Alsace : followed usually by the name of the grape variety such as Gewurztraminer, Sylvaner, Pinot Blanc, Riesling
ALSACE CHASSELAS OU GUTEDEL
ALSACE GEWURZTRAMINER
ALSACE GRAND CRU
ALSACE MUSCAT
ALSACE PINOT NOIR
ALSACE PINOT OU KLEVNER
ALSACE RIESLING
ALSACE SYLVANER
ALSACE TOKAY-PINOT GRIS
CREMANT D'ALSACE
AOC Crémant d'Alsace : a sparkling wineOther regions: Burgundy - Bordeaux - Champagne - Loire - Provence - Cote Du Rhone - Languedoc - South West - Corsica