Day Five: On to Germany
I try hard to like Germany, after all my son is growing up here, but something about it just always fails to grab me. As if on cue when I crossed the ambiguous border driving up from Colmar, the clouds rolled in and it began to rain. It always
Day Four Alsace: Food?
Ironically I haven't had a lot of time to focus on food. I have been spending long days visiting wineries and out and about. I get home around 7 or 8, I'm tired, and I don't feel like hunting around for a lavish dinner. But today, my last day here,
Day Four Alsace: Domaine Josmeyer, Wintzenheim
This morning I visited Josmeyer, a highly respected producer in the town of Wintzenheim, ten minutes outside of Colmar. Many of the most renowned winemakers do live in this southern part of Alsace, the Haut-Rein, nestled up against the Vosges Mountains immediately west, and with the flat plains and
Day Three Alsace: Zind Humbrecht, Turckheim
Today in the afternoon I visited Zind Humbrecht outside of Turckheim. I know it sounds ridiculous, but again I drove in circles endlessly trying to find this place. The roads are extremely confusing and my vague little maps don't help. There are two roads called D11, parallel to each other
Day Three Alsace: Domaine Weinbach, Kientzheim
I just had a truly amazing day visiting these two producers. Very different from each other, as Weinbach was a more intimate welcoming and a smaller family operation, while Zind was a bigger, more business-like and official atmosphere: cement and glass building with less personality. Still very welcoming of course.
Day Two: Alsace: Meyer-Fonne, Katzenthal
I will perhaps find time to elaborate on my visit to Meyer Fonne, but I must prepare for Day Three tomorrow, a big day at two producers, and then meeting a social connection for some evening company. But for now, I will point out how different my experience was today