Alsace Vineyard Walk

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Alsace Vineyard Walk

Alsace Vineyard Walk

5 - 11 October 2009

This walk covers the centre part of the lovely Alsace Haut-Rhin vineyards and villages. It starts with a descent from the château of Haut Koenigsbourg, then heads south with gentle walking for the next few days. Our first stop is with Rolly Gassmann for an amazing tasting. Our base for the first two nights is Bergheim.

Next day on to Ribeauvillé, then past the hamlet of Hunawihr, with its fortified church, to Riquewihr where we are based for
two nights. Here we visit Hugel, one of the great names. In
Kientzheim we have a tasting with Blanck, then the afternoon takes us via Kaysersberg to Ammerschwihr and the Kaefferkopf vineyard whose wine we taste. Next day it’s on to Turckheim via a tasting with Boxler. Lunchtime is in Colmar then the afternoon is around Eguisheim and Husseren-les-Châteaux.

Alsace with its dry climate is in the rain shadow of the Vosges where the vineyards give way to forest, pasture and scattered fruit trees, the source of the fruit for the ‘eau de vie’. We cover this fine country on our last day, seeing peaks and lakes, visiting a distillery and having a great lunch at a fèrme auberge.