The Alsatians have a great thing going when it comes to food and drink. The merging of French and…read moreGerman eats and beverages make for some great product. Weinbach's Cuvee St Catherine Schlossberg is a grand cru riesling you'll find on the menus of Mini Bar or Benu and for good reason. It's a beautifully floral, light and crisp wine. Think acidic enough to balance the salinity but lightness of oysters, monkfish liver and squid. Also, great for toning down the heat of the touch of serrano chile but not so sweet as to overpower those flavors. For around $50US it's not the cheap sleeper but it's definitely an excellent price performance value regardless.

My wife and I went here for a wine tasting and it was incredible! The wines and the service were…read moreboth fantastic. If you make a reservation a day ahead of time, they will have a platter of cheese to pair with the wines and it's definitely worth it. Their English is great if that is a concern. Check it out while you're in Colmar and you won't regret it!

Great location for wine tasting! Very good quality of wine, very friendly people and nice location!read more

It's a beautiful day in Pfaffenheim!…read more Made even better by the wines of Domaine Paul Humbrecht. Stopped by the winery since unlike most houses it was open. The place is actually a nice tasting room that features the barrels and feels inviting and warm. We have actually met the wife of the current owner of the winery who have told us about the wine and the vineyard and the methods they use, which is still mostly non-mechanical to care for the grapes and let us taste their wines. The tasting is free but buying their wines is totally worth it. The winery isn't present in the United States but I think it should be because their wines are unique and since 1620 the experience passed from father to son shows in the quality. We've tried most of their selection, which is pretty standard for the area, Silvaner, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Riesling, Gewurtztraminer, and Pinot Noir. To be hones we really liked their Gewurtz selections so we got a case there. The Riesling for our taste was too minerally but than again for others it may be just right but I guess we are too spoiled by the Finger Lakes to like something different. They have a selection of Noble Wines (which is wines made from grapes touched by Noble Rot) and those that have been stored for quite some time like 1989 Gewurztraminer vintage. Stop by you won't be disappointed.

From the owner: Mit den Rebbergen in unserer Heimatgemeinde Biel-Benken bewirtschaften wir zusammen 4.8 ha, wovon…read moreca. 60% der Anbaufläche mit Blauburgunder bepflanzt sind; auf der restlichen Fläche gedeiht der liebliche Riesling x Sylvaner, Gutedel, Bacchus, Ortega und Nobling. Vor ein paar Jahren wurden die ersten Reben umgepflanzt. Nebst den Rotweinsorten Regent, Zweigelt und neuen Blauburgunder Klonen wurde auch die Weißweinsorte Solaris angepflanzt. Die daraus entstandenen Spezialitäten - Weine dürfen wir Ihnen jetzt vorstellen. In unseren Rebbergen gedeihen elf verschiedene Weine, die nach den umweltschonenden Richtlinien von Vinatura angebaut werden.

I would give this place minus 5 stars. The lady was very unpolite. We asked her to taste some wine…read moreand she brought us the bottles to force us to pay them first. We asked her again to taste first. After tasting the wine was not really special and next to her pushy and unfriendly behavior we decided not to buy. We thanked her and said we are not going to buy. She was very angry and was shouting that if we don't buy we pay for the tasting. We had no problem with paying for the tasting but her aggressive reaction telling us 'if you don't buy you should pay for the tasting and leave, you own my the tasting and I don't own you anything'. Pretty much there is really something wrong with this lady. I have never been shouted at and treated like this anywhere else before. Just avoid this place and spare your self the humiliation and the frustration. There are plenty of good places in the town.

Eguisheim is a very pretty wine village towards the southern end of the Routes des vins in Alsace;…read morewith timbered buildings, squares, a water fountain and a circular walk around the village centre, the word idyllic is not out of place here. It is also a great place to stock up on the local wines and whilst on a driving holiday here a while ago, I got some excellent Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris and Riesling from Paul Schneider for very little money indeed.

When we visited the village of St Hippolyte and had lunch at the restaurant there they served us a…read morelovely Rose wine and I immensely enjoyed it. Upon inquiring where we could buy this lovely wine in our broken French the hostess at the restaurant pointed us across the street and as it turns out the restaurant and winery are owned by the same family. The winery has existed since 1562 according to the sign out the front so I assume that is correct. They make a couple of whites, a rose and a red Pinot noir. I tasted all of the wines they made and most were pretty decent and what was extremely surprising was the prices. At €5 for a Rose and €6 for the Pinot Noir I thought it was a bargain and ended up buying some wine there to bring back. So for €60 we walked away with 12 bottles of wine and it was better than wines I have paid a lot more for in the past. We finally opened the Rose this evening and it reminded me of not only how good this wine was but also that I had not written about this place yet :-)) The really interesting part of this whole experience was the fact that whilst our French was a bit weak we were able to converse with him in German and the whole wine tasting was done in German in a French winery...lol I would happily buy wine from here again and I hope to come back for more Rose in the future. If they have indeed been producing wine for 400 some odd years they must be doing something right :-))

Great hospitality! I was pleasantly surprised with the wine. The lady serving was very generous! We…read morebought Reisling, Gewurtztraminer and Pinot Noir. Makes me proud of my Alsatian ancestry. I hope to come back again.