La Route des Vins

This 8 ha estate is certified AB bio since 2013 and Demeter (biodynamic) since the 2020 vintage. It has vines on the famous Grand Cru Goldert terroir which produces famous gewurztraminers and muscats. We particularly appreciate the welcome of the Humbrech family. Sylvie, Claude and Maxime describe with passion their wines during a tasting in the cellar. We particularly like the Gewurztraminer Côté Terre 2018 (1 star in the Guide Hachette des Vins 2022). Oenology courses are available for a fee and last 3.5 hours upon reservation.

Set in a beautiful setting of vineyards, this family business is located in Mittelwihr. For 4 generations, the Horcher family has been advising lovers of fine wines. By appointment, you will be able to taste a Gewurztraminer Grand Cru Mandelberg which received an exceptional score of 97/100 in Decanter magazine, as well as a Crémant d'Alsace Rosé (100% pinot noir) selected by the Bettane & Desseauve Guide. Looking for accommodation? 2 charming apartments (5 and 7 persons) and a house with a hot tub (8-10 persons) are waiting for you.

This cooperative winery does not lack audacity! The ICE range, sparkling wines based on muscatel to be drunk in summer on ice, the Hopla range which leaves aside the grape varieties to focus on an original experience and tasting or the Moon Hunters range, highlighting the Alsatian grape varieties whose name is inspired by the men who built the cellar in the 1940s. Bestheim also offers crazy wine tourism experiences such as the moon hunters' treasure hunt or a 360° immersion (virtual reality) with the family.

Descended from a long line of master coopers, wine brokers and then winegrowers, the Dopff family has a 13-generation tradition of expertise. Today, Étienne-Arnaud and his wife manage the estate, supported by their team of 50 enthusiasts. A visit (by appointment) to the Dopff museum, wine library and cellars will take you right to the heart of the legend of Alsace wines. Our favorite is the Riesling Grand Cru Schoenenbourg 2017, with its floral, fruity nose, 2 stars and a Coup de Coeur in the Guide Hachette des Vins. Cheers!

Domaine Laurence et Philippe Greiner is a family-run winery offering organic wines. The winemakers, who work in an artisanal way, make it a point of honor to respect the environment and the vine's ecosystem. The domaine offers a wide range of wines, from traditional to grand cru and crémant. For wine lovers, it is possible to taste the wines on site, but only by appointment. For those wishing to purchase the estate's wines, it is possible to visit the winery directly or place an order via the online boutique. Deliveries are made throughout France, as well as to Belgium and Luxembourg.

The Belvedere of the Maison Joseph Cattin is absolutely sublime! On the first floor, the tuns and barrels of the cellar can be seen through impressive glass walls. On the first floor, a superb wine bar is surrounded by an immense vegetated terrace that offers a 360° view of the vineyard, the Alsace plain and the Black Forest. Here, wine tourism is very popular: cellar visits, tasting of good wines accompanied by local products, "food and wine pairing" workshops, vineyard tours on foot, by bike or in an all-terrain electric gyropod!

The cellar of Beblenheim, managed by 170 families of cooperators and 46 employees, is immediately welcoming with its yellow half-timbered houses and its authentic inner courtyard full of greenery. Inside, one is transported by the history between the old exposed wooden press and the impressive wooden tuns. You can then enjoy (by appointment) a tasting of several of the estate's wines such as the pinot noir cuvée Passion or the crémant d'Alsace brut cuvée Prestige, which won a gold medal at the world's best sparkling wine competition in 2022.

This cooperative cellar was founded in 1902 and now has more than 450 winegrowers. Grands crus, late harvest, organic range, Alsace appellation wines, noble grains but also brandies and liqueurs are waiting for you in the Eguisheim cellar. A variety of wines, whose viticulture is in phase with nature, to be tasted alone or in a commented tasting on the spot, in the historical cellar whose still present tuns date from 1902. A special mention for the Muscat Signature 2021 which won 2 gold medals at the Vinalies France 2022 competition.

Founded in 1895, it is France's leading winegrowing cooperative, and one of Alsace's finest! It groups together 40 winegrowers: 8 lieux-dits, 8 Grands Crus and 235 ha certified HVE3. The Cave de Ribeauvillé offers 80 wines, including the Riesling Grand Cru Kirchberg de Ribeauvillé 2018 (93/100 Wine Enthusiast). Tasting cellar, exhibition room, barrel room (over a hundred years old!), vineyard museum, oenotheque - everything here is designed to ensure a complete and enriching visit. Children will enjoy the indoor play area.

Right in the heart of the Riquewihr vineyards, the Bra'V microbrewery has been nestled since 1998. Here, classic beers such as Pale Ale, Amber Ale and Weizen blend with more daring and atypical offerings such as whisky- or wine-barrel-aged beers, smoked beers, crémant beers and the Black Page with its coffee and dark chocolate aromas. You can drop by the boutique, book a tour of the brewery or enjoy a convivial moment in the biergarten on summer evenings.

HVE and Terra Vitis certifications, agroecology... Huber and Bléger cultivate 30 hectares of sandy-granitic soil with a deep respect for the vines and the soil. Fresh and floral wines on the Geissberg and the Burgreben, exceptional Riesling on the Schlossreben. Manual harvesting and stainless steel vats in order to best serve the aromas of each grape variety. The only exception: the Saint-Hippolyte Rouge, aged 12 months in oak barrels (test the 2021 vintage). Nice award in April 2019: the 2016 Riesling Grande Réserve elected "best dry white wine in the world" (Vinofed award).

Since 1775, this 15 hectare estate has been producing expressive and easy-drinking wines with passion. The estate has been run for thirty years by Jean-Christophe (and his wife Valérie) whose desire to respect the terroirs led him to convert to organic and biodynamic farming over twenty years ago. We take advantage of the ancestral cellar to taste his wines. We love the Kronenbourg Riesling, 93/100 by Wine Enthusiast, a mineral wine with notes of citrus and honey, or the Crémant d'Alsace Extra-Brut grande cuvée with an elegant nose and fine bubbles.

Since 1835, the superb cellar of the Bott domain shelters oak barrels. The exploitation certified AB practises the enherbement and the manual grape harvests. 4 Grand Crus feed this qualitative work: the Kirchberg of Ribeauvillé, the Geisberg, the Osterberg and the Gloeckelberg. The Riesling Grand Cru Kirchberg, the Gewurztraminer Grand Cru Gloeckelberg, the Pinot Gris Vendanges Tardives and the Crémant d'Alsace Rosé are among the most successful wines of the house. Visits of the cellars from March to December at 2:30 pm every day.

In Greek, agape means "divine and unconditional love". Vincent Sipp has chosen to name his estate after this word because, he says, "wine is a link with the past and we are transmitters of emotions". The excellent work of this sympathetic winegrower has not escaped the eye of the critics: his wines are often cited in the leading wine magazines. His Riesling Expression is a little marvel of minerality. As for his Crémant d'Alsace Rosé Brut, its delicious aromas of raspberry currant can be enjoyed as an aperitif as well as with dessert!

Founded in 1742, this 12.2 ha estate benefits from a southern exposure on the Grand Cru Brand. Pierre and Thomas have converted it to biodynamic viticulture with manual harvesting. After 12 hours of pneumatic pressing, the wines are vinified in wooden tuns. The whites are aged for 8 months, the reds for 24. Among the good vintages, let us quote the Pinot Noir Sang du Dragon 2021 (strawberry, cherry and cinnamon), the Riesling Clos de la Treille Grand Cru Brandt 2021, as well as an excellent Crémant d'Alsace Brut with aromas of brioche pear. 2 beautiful gîtes for 6.

Matthieu Kuehn runs with passion this 8-hectare family estate, which collects awards: 3 gold medals at the National Cremant Competition, 17 at the Best Paris Wines Competition, 4 at the Mâcon Competition... A success that can be appreciated in a cellar where the welcome is equal to the wines tasted. Some vintages prove to be exceptional, notably the Riesling Grand Cru Eichberg with intense citrus notes. As for the Crémant d'Alsace Brut 100% Riesling, the Revue du Vin de France awarded it the superb score of 17/20!

Proud representative of a lineage of winegrowers established in Éguisheim since 1850, Christian Beyer trained at the prestigious Schloss Johannisberg in the Rheingau, known for its beautiful Rieslings. He brilliantly manages his 17-hectare farm, which has been certified Bio Ecocert since 2014. Christian Beyer produces fine vintages that are regularly acclaimed internationally. Among the good vintages of Domaine Émile Beyer, we can mention the Riesling Grand Cru Pfersigberg and the Pinot Gris Hohrain, two "Coups de coeur" of the Revue du Vin de France.