Two favorite wineries here: Domaine Hugel & Fils, right downtown, and Domaine Paul Blanck & Fils, a bit farther out in Kientzheim, on the Kaysersberg road. The Hugel family is known for having won official recognition for the Vendange ...
My favorites are: the Rieslings from J.B. Adam, Henri Ehrhart, and Sick-Dreyer; and the Gewürztraminers of Marcel Freyburger and the cooperative of Kientzheim-Kaysersberg. The blends which made Kaefferkopf famous are by far the most ...
August 9 & 10: Kientzheim, a very small town in Alsace. It's nicely situated for viewing medieval castles. Our hotel is on the ground of an 11th century Abbey. There is a macaque monkey habit nearby. It might be wierd to go to France to ...