Enjoy a Taste of Alsace With Riesling or Gewurztraminer
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French Wines to Try: Let the Label Be Your Friend
Although label laws have been relaxed in recent years, trying to figure out what’s inside many bottles of French wine can still be a daunting task. That’s because most bottles are labeled by region (known as an appellation in France)…
Tagged with: Alsace, Beaujolais, Bordeaux, Burgundy, champagne, French wine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Loire Valley, Provence, Rhone Valley
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Getting to Know the Wine Styles of Alsace
Alsace is one of France’s most unusual and exciting wine regions. Although it is not as well known and traveled as Bordeaux, Burgundy or Champagne, it is equally capable of producing majestic wines. Culturally, Alsace is as much German as…
Tagged with: Alsace, Cremant d’Alsace, France, French wine, Germany, Grand Crus, travel, Vorges Mountains
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Easier to Sneeze Than Pronounce
Imagine if you were able to create a wine in a test tube. What characteristics would it have? Hmm… Let’s start with an aroma that’s engagingly floral, perhaps with a hint of sweet spice and a note that would differentiate…
Tagged with: Alsace, asian cuisine, California, Central Coast, Columbia Valley, food and wine pairings, France, Gewurztraminer, Sonoma County, Tex-Mex, Washington, white wine
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