I went to The Age of Alsace at this year’s Aspen Food & Wine Classic, where there were six great wines on the table, two of them fabulous suprises, but the whole group made it worth the trip. The Alsace Wine Board facilitated the seminar and Andrea Robinson–dynamic as ever–led the audience through six wines: [...]
An unusual Grand Cru in that the grape that is perhaps its greatest exponent is Sylvaner. There are not many vineyards devoted to Sylvaner in Alsace at all, let alone Grand Cru real estate, but the Sylvaner from Zotzenberg can be absolutely electrifying, and there are not enough of them that ever make it to [...]
The Cradle of Alsace Wine Some of the great exponents of Alsace wine operate out of this fabulous wine village, but it remains a mystery to most, even among those who have traveled in Alsace. I’m sorry that it is overlooked, because it is an explorer’s dream, and since it isn’t overrun with tourists, the [...]
There are legendary estates that get profiled in books with titles like Great Wine Estates of the World or something similarly aggrandizing, and there can be no doubt that an estate like Zind-Humbrecht would be counted among these. There are a handful of producers in Alsace that are legitimately in the same top peer group, [...]
The signature dish of Alsatian cuisine, Choucroute is a sensational vehicle for one of the most important culinary contributions the region has to offer–Charcuterie. Charcuterie is elevated to an art form in Alsace, where meat, mostly pork, is preserved in a variety of ways: as smoked parts of the pig (usually the belly); as sausages [...]
This June 15-17, if you are among the lucky few to have tickets for the Aspen Food & Wine Classic, I hope you will put “The Age of Alsace” on your schedule. There are two sessions on the schedule, one on Friday morning, and the other on Saturday morning. Andrea Robinson will be leading the [...]
I went to The Age of Alsace at this year’s Aspen Food & Wine Classic, where there were six great wines on the table, two of them fabulous suprises, but the whole group made it worth the trip. The Alsace Wine Board facilitated the seminar and Andrea Robinson–dynamic as ever–led the audience through six wines: [...]
This June 15-17, if you are among the lucky few to have tickets for the Aspen Food & Wine Classic, I hope you will put “The Age of Alsace” on your schedule. There are two sessions on the schedule, one on Friday morning, and the other on Saturday morning. Andrea Robinson will be leading the [...]
An unusual Grand Cru in that the grape that is perhaps its greatest exponent is Sylvaner. There are not many vineyards devoted to Sylvaner in Alsace at all, let alone Grand Cru real estate, but the Sylvaner from Zotzenberg can be absolutely electrifying, and there are not enough of them that ever make it to [...]
There are legendary estates that get profiled in books with titles like Great Wine Estates of the World or something similarly aggrandizing, and there can be no doubt that an estate like Zind-Humbrecht would be counted among these. There are a handful of producers in Alsace that are legitimately in the same top peer group, [...]
Pinot Gris in Alsace is not like the average Pinot Grigio from Italy. Pinot Gris doesn’t lend itself to mass production, but that doesn’t stop many Italian producers from making an ocean of Pinot Grigio, which is often tasty, but ultimately simple wine. Certainly you can find high-minded producers in Italy making Pinot Grigio that [...]
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