Wine tasting
You will love travelling along the
wine road with its many vineyards and wine tasting opportunities.
Some wine producers are now making a
range of organic wines. Amberg in Epfig is one of them – the organic range has a ladybird on
the label - they make nice sparkling wine (called Cremant d'Alsace). You can
mix it with Crème de Cassis (blackcurrant liquor) to make a kir – very good for an
aperitive (pre-dinner drink).
Mittelbergheim
The
wine road is only a few minutes drive away from the house and lends itself to
great wine tasting stops at the wine cellars along to way to sample some of the
excellent local wines. Try the “vendanges
tardives” version of the different variety of grapes (grapes collected later on
in the season).
Riquewihr
Wine festivals
26th April 2015 - Market Place, Laube, Foyer culturel, maison Winter
Place du
Marché
67650 Dambach
la Ville
Schnapps tasting at local distilleries
La distillerie Nussbaumer a Steige –
23 Grand'Rue, 67220 Steige, FRANCE
Tel : 03 88 57 16 53
The
Val de Villé, where
the Gite des Cerisiers is located, is famous for its fruit brandies, such as
kirsch, whose production remains a significant activity in the area.
La distillerie Meyer – 18 rue
St Gilles, 67220 Hohwarth.
The distillerie Meyer have started to produce their very own
whisky a few years ago. They also
produce a great range of Schnapps.
From Villé to
Marckolsheim, the valley follows the old Salt Road, which went from Lorraine
into Germany. The way out of the Val de Villé, opens onto the vineyards of Alsace. Many
pretty wine growing villages are interesting stopping places. The route
continues towards Sélestat,
the city of the humanists. The town has some remarkable sites the Humanist
Library, but also the Sainte-Foy church, the Saint-Jean commander's residence,
the witches' Tower and the Ebersmunster residence.
