Posts Tagged "alsace riesling"


2009 Zind-Humbrecht Riesling Brand

Among Alsace’s very best producers.

Zind-Humbrecht is, in our opinion, (shared by many others among the wine cognoscenti) one of the top wineries in Alsace. And due to its powerful style and the endless energy of its current winemaker, Olivier Humbrecht, it’s also probably the most iconic Alsace winery.

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Domaine Weinbach: Highest Praise

Domaine Weinbach: Highest Praise


Posted on Mar 22, 2023

Alsace wine route winery

Domaine Weinbach

At the base of the imposing Schlossberg (Castle) Hill within the golden heart of Alsace, Domaine Weinbach is a winery named after a small river running through its property that has built a reputation as vast as the ocean for consistently producing some of the very best wines in the region.

Originally a monastery, Domaine Weinbach was built more than 400 years ago by  Capuchin monks who made wine there for a couple of hundred years before being evicted during the French Revolution.

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Alsace France

The charming village of Niedermorschwihr.

Approximately 8km from the town of Colmar along the 170km Vins d’Alsace (Alsace Wine Route) lies the town of Niedermorschwihr, a charming village that is home to a small number of wineries surrounded by a stunning tapestry of steep vineyards. There, along the main cobblestone street is where we were introduced to Domaine Justin Boxler, a family winery making wine since 1672 that was the most surprising revelation during our first visit to Alsace.

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