History of Wines from Alsace

Related posts:

1. Wines and Sub Regions of Alsace Alsace is bro­ken down into two divi­sions the Haut-Rhin to the south and Bas Rhine to the north. Both areas pro­duce high qual­ity wine in the lower slopes, which face east towards Ger­many. The grape vari­eties for this region include: Ries­ling is from Noble Vari­etal. Ries­ling is a good steely,...
2. Food Pairings for Wines of Alsace Food Pair­ings for Wines The wines from the Alsace region are great com­pan­ions in the din­ner table. These wines are gen­er­ally full enough to accom­pany white meats but not too aggres­sive to accom­pany a del­i­cate fish. Ries­ling for exam­ple is a great wine which can be paired well with fish, espe­cially...
3. History of the Loire Valley and Wine His­tory of the Loire Val­ley and Wine There is much his­tory to be spo­ken of when men­tion­ing the Loire Val­ley; Joan of Arc for exam­ple had saved this region from cap­ture of the Eng­lish in the Hun­dred Year War. The Loire Val­ley is known as the Gar­den of France for its...
4. Icewine 1: The History Of Ice Wine Recently I have had a lot of peo­ple ask­ing me about ice wine(s.) How it is made, where it comes from, and what, if any, rules or reg­u­la­tions apply to this exquis­ite winter-time wine. So, in response I thought I would explore the won­der­ful and  frozen world of ice wines...
5. The History of Wine: British Columbia Over the next few blogs, I am going to take you on a jour­ney to one of my favourite wine pro­duc­ing regions: British Colum­bia, Canada. I will kick off my trib­ute to BC wines by dis­cussing its history. British Colum­bia was pro­duc­ing wine as early as the late 1850’s, when...