Wine
making in Alsace
Alsace:
21 wines in the French Wine Guide
Riesling - Gewurzt - Tokay - all
Alsace wines
Alsatian
vinegrowers 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.
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more about Alsace with Amazon.com:
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Wines of Alsace by
Tom Stevenson
Alsace
wine making information :
| Size
of the vineyards: |
15,000
hectares |
| Vineyards: |
6,000
wine growers in Alsace |
| Soil: |
Very
diverse,
from sand and granite to clay and marl
Volcanic soil on Rangen and
Kastelberg grands crus |
| Weather: |
Semi-continental
with hot summers and cold winters with frequent snowfall |
Grapes
in Alsace: |
Riesling (23%
of Alsace wines)
Pinot
Blanc (20%)
Gewurztraminer (18%)
Tokay
Pinot Gris (13%)
Sylvaner (12%)
Other grapes in Alsace: Pinot
Noir (10%) - Muscat (2.5%) |
| Production: |
165
million bottles
+90% of Alsace wines are white
Alsace makes about 20% of the total white
wine production in France |
| Type
of Wine: |
Riesling:
elegant dry white wine
Pinot
Blanc:
Gewurztraminer:
aromatic white wine
Tokay
Pinot Gris:
Sylvaner:
Other wines: Vendanges Tardives,
Edelzwicker, Muscat, Pinot Noir, etc |
More
pages on Alsace :
Alsace
region
Wines
from Alsace :
Riesling - Gewurztraminer - Pinot
blanc - Tokay
pinot gris - Sylvaner - Crémant
d'Alsace
About
Alsace wine region :
Alsace
wine information - Alsace
region information - Alsace
map - wine
making - classification
of wine - Alsace
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Alsace wines - Alsace
main page
Interview
:
Etienne
Hugel (alsatian wine maker)
Other
french wine regions :
Bordeaux - Bourgogne
(Burgundy) - Champagne - Corsica - Côtes
du Rhône - Languedoc-Roussillon - Loire
Valley - Provence - South
West
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