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 ...

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 ...

Wine tourism is a tradition that has long existed in Alsace, and many villages along the region's famous wine route celebrate the end of the grape harvest with wine festivals throughout October – ...

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 ...

Strasbourg and Colmar, two of the region’s most interesting cities, can be reached by public transportation. You can fly or take the train from Paris to Strasbourg, and there is bus and train service ...

Sandwiched between the Vosges mountains and the Rhine in north-eastern France is a region of great beauty - all rolling hills, ruined castles and unspoilt medieval villages. The climate is highly ...