The Alsace Wine Route is famous all over the world for the exceptional natural beauty and its scenery, for how easy it is to follow and for the way it makes the visitor feel close to the Region and its Wine Growers.
Sheltered from oceanic influence by the Vosges mountains, the Alsace wine region enjoys practically the lowest rainfall in France, and is blessed with a semi continental climate, sunny, hot and dry.
Situated on the Sub-Vosgean Foothills, at an altitude of 200-400 metres, the vineyards take maximum advantage of their exposure to the sun, particularly as the wines are trained along high wires. These specific advantages of the Alsace vineyards favourise the slow extending ripening of the grapes, giving wines with very elegant, complex aromas.
The Geology of Alsace is a real mosaic of soils, made up of granite, limestone, gneiss, schist, and many more. Such a wide variety of soils, covering about 15.500 hectars, helps bring out the finest characteristics of each grape variety.
The Alsace Wine Route winds its way from North to South for more than 170 kilometres, along the eastern foothills of the Vosges. The delightful itinerary runs across a succession of hills, through pretty villages with narrow streets of flower decked, half timbered houses, clustered around their church steeple.
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