A famous wine area that stretches from Strasbourg to Mulhouse, with a particularly favourable climate. The city of Strasbourg also deserves a visit, as well as its extraordinary cathedral of the 13th century.
A land of contrasts, Alsace enjoys a great diversity of terroirs and landscapes. Gifted for its vine culture, it is endowed with a dry and temperate climate, complex geology, favorable soils and an ideal exposure for its vineyards.
Winegrowing in Alsace reached its peak in the 16th century. This period of prosperity was brutally interrupted by the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648), which devastated the region.
The re-birth of viticulture in Alsace came three centuries later, after the First World War, when winegrowers adopted a policy of “quality first” and decided to produce wines only from the regional, high-quality grape varieties
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Over the past 50 years, the Alsace Wine Route has contributed to the success of Alsace wines. It has become famous the world over for its exceptional natural beauty, its simple course and for the instant connection its visitors feel with the region and its growers. The Alsace Wine Route winds its way from north to south, for more than 170 kilometres (106 miles) along the eastern foothills of the Vosges. This delightful itinerary leads visitors across rows of undulating, vine-covered hills, and through quaint villages with narrow streets and charming flower-decked houses clustered around the local church steeple.
