Domaine Pierre Adam B&B, Alsace Alsace's iconic wine and tourist itinerary, the Alsace Wine Route stretches over more than 170 km, from Marlenheim to Thann. Winding along the gentle Alsatian…
Alsace has to be one of the prettiest regions of France, full of charming wine villages and beautiful landscapes between the Vosges Mountains and the Rhine. Here, Eguisheim (68 Haut-Rhin,…
The Alsace wine village of Bergheim (69 Haut-Rhin, Grand Est) holds an annual wine fair 20-21 July 2024 to celebrate a very Alsatian wine - the perfumed, spicy Gewurztraminer. It…
The pretty Alsace town of Colmar (68 Haut-Rhin, Grand Est) is regarded as the Wine Capital of Alsace. In mid-summer 26 July - 4 August 2024 the town hosts a…
Alsace is a very pretty region with picturesque villages and vine-clad hillsides and this has to be one of the best along the Alsace Wine Route (Route des Vins d’Alsace).
New Wine Festival (Fete du Vin Nouveau) 28 - 29 September 2024 and 5 - 6 October 2024 There is a good annual Christmas Market Marché de Noel Authentique 25…
Across France much of the landscape and many small villages have stirred into frenetic activity with the start of the annual grape harvest - some areas have been busy for…
Alsace hosts many Christmas markets - building on its links and traditions with neighbouring Germany. Strasbourg hosts what is probably the biggest and best known However, given free choice I…
Latest dates for Christmas Markets in France - see www.frenchduck.com Colmar (68 Haut-Rhin, Alsace) is one of the prettiest Alsatian towns in the heart of the vineyards, half-timbered buildings also…
Latest dates for Christmas Markets in France - see www.frenchduck.com Being on the border with Germany, Strasbourg (67 Bas-Rhin, Alsace) has a long tradition of Christmas markets running from 1570.…
Latest Christmas Market dates on www.frenchduck.com A Christmas Market with a difference in Mulhouse (68 Haut-Rhin, Grand Est) with the venue being the the Museum of Printed Textiles (Musée de…
For such a long-established and very traditional and renowned wine producer, Hugel et Fils in Alsace have adopted modern technology with some va va voom! by offering online interactive maps…
Alsace wine Having been in the wine trade, we still get our share of Christmas Greetings from France - often these are fairly formal affairs - often a glorified business…
Throughout France the grape harvest is getting underway, accompanied by various celebrations and festivals ostensibly to celebrate the new "vendange". However, it always perplexes me that these diversions occur around…
Although predominantly associated with fine white wines such as Riesling and Gewurztraminer, Alsace also produces red wine from the Pinot Noir, the Burgundy grape. Alsace Pinot Noir is a light,…