Despite being well off the main French tourism trail, Alsace can lay claim to being the country’s leading area for good food and wine as the region boasts more Michelin starred restaurants than ...
Alsace is so perfect that you sometimes wonder if it’s for real. Well, yes it is. This is not Disneyland although the fairy tale villages along the Alsatian route de vin, the wine road, almost make ...
Every once in a while, I stumble across something that shakes up my preconceived notions about the taste, style and potential of a wine. That, after all, is what fuels a wine lover — the possibility ...
She had been to Alsace before. She’d gotten to know Marco Baumann, the proprietor of the Hotel des Berges, a country inn, and its restaurant, Auberge de L’ Ill (with three Michelin stars) in ...
As a follow-up to the last column on the wines of Alsace, France, this week’s “Wine to Try” has been a favorite of mine since I was introduced to the region’s specialties years ago. Quick recap: The ...
A taste of decadent food and delicious wine in a historic region. I distinctly remember a zebra-print couch. Everything was a little kitsch, just the right amount of dingy and gauche. We were on the ...
Alsace, in France's northeastern corner, is achingly picturesque — and linguistically and culinarily confusing. Because the region, between the Vosges Mountains and the Rhine River, has bounced back ...
These are some of the Lucien Albrecht wines from Alsace, handled locally by Glazer's. Prices are approximate retail: — named for winemaker Jean Albrecht's youngest daughter, it's rich, slightly ...