Are Alsace wines always sweet?

Most Alsace wines are dry, although some styles like Vendanges Tardives and Sélection de Grains Nobles can be sweet.

Why are Alsace wines labeled by grape variety?

The region follows the Germanic tradition of emphasizing the grape variety on the label to highlight its specific aromatic profile, unlike most other French regions which label by terroir.

What are the main grape varieties grown in Alsace?

Alsace is known for four noble varieties: Riesling, Gewürztraminer, Pinot Gris, and Muscat. Pinot Blanc and Sylvaner are also widely grown, and Pinot Noir produces the region's only red wine.

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Located along the Rhine in northeastern France bordering Germany, Alsace is known for aromatic white varieties: Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris, and Muscat.

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Choucroute garnie, Munster cheese, spicy Asian cuisine, roasted poultry, and sushi.

Producers

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Alsace Willm
Founded in 1896 by Adolphe Willm in the town of Barr, northern Alsace, Maison Willm is one of the region's historic houses, later gaining international attention when Emile Willm made it the first Alsatian estate to export to the United States after Prohibition was lifted in the early 1930s. The estate's flagship site is the Clos Gaensbroennel, a small marl-limestone plot within the Grand Cru Kirchberg de Barr that has been one of Willm's signature cuvees since the 1930s and is especially prized for Gewurztraminer (the plot is shared with neighboring Domaine Hering, not an exclusive monopole). The vineyards, spanning granite and clay-limestone soils on the south-southeast-facing Barr hillsides at 200-400m altitude, also supply four Grand Crus, Cremant d'Alsace, and late-harvest sweet wines. Since 2016 Willm has also vinified grapes from the historic Chateau d'Ittenwiller estate on behalf of the Counts of Andlau.
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Arthur Metz
Founded in 1904 in Epfig and headquartered in Marlenheim at the northern gateway to the Alsace Wine Route, Arthur Metz is one of the largest négociant houses in Alsace and a leading producer of Crémant d'Alsace. The company owns only around 10 hectares of vineyards outright but works closely with roughly 460 partner growers across some 1,050 hectares throughout the Alsace vineyard, including 15 Grand Cru sites. In 1997 Arthur Metz merged with the Laugel family estate, also based in Marlenheim, further strengthening its position as a major Alsace producer-merchant. The house combines traditional Alsace winemaking with sustainable viticulture practices and produces a full range of varietal wines (Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir) alongside its flagship Crémant d'Alsace cuvées.
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Bestheim
Bestheim is one of Alsace's largest wine cooperatives, formed through a series of mergers between five village cellars: Bennwihr, Westhalten, Obernai, Sigolsheim, and Kientzheim-Kaysersberg. Its roots trace back to 1946, when winegrowers in Bennwihr — a village devastated in the Second World War — banded together to build a cooperative cellar before even rebuilding their own homes. In 1997 the Bennwihr cooperative merged with the Cave de Westhalten to form Bestheim, later joined by the Obernai (2012) and Kientzheim-Kaysersberg (2015) cellars. Today the cooperative brings together some 400-450 grower families farming roughly 1,350-1,450 hectares of vines across more than 70 villages, from Barr in the north to Wuenheim in the south. Bennwihr serves as headquarters and the site for still wine production, while Westhalten is dedicated to Crémant d'Alsace. Bestheim's Crémants and still wines have been recognized at competitions including the Concours Général Agricole, the Decanter World Wine Awards, and the Confrontation Internationale des Meilleurs Effervescents du Monde.
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www.bestheim.com/en/
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Cave Vinicole d'Ingersheim - Jean Geiler
Founded in 1926 by 36 winegrowers in the village of Ingersheim near Colmar, this cooperative winery adopted the commercial name Jean Geiler in the 1980s, after a celebrated 15th-century Alsatian preacher associated with optimism and creativity. Through mergers with the cooperatives of Kintzheim-Orschwiller (2022) and Hunawihr (2024), it grew into the Union de Talents d'Alsace group, today one of the largest cooperative players in the Alsace wine trade, uniting several hundred grower-members who farm vineyards spread across numerous villages, including plots in over a dozen Alsace Grand Cru terroirs such as Florimont, Sommerberg, Wineck-Schlossberg, Kaefferkopf, Hengst, Pfersigberg, Eichberg and Brand. The estate produces the full range of Alsace varietals — Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Muscat, Sylvaner and Pinot Noir — as well as Crémant d'Alsace, and holds Haute Valeur Environnementale (HVE) level 3 certification, with a growing range of certified organic (bio) cuvées.
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www.geiler.fr/en/
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Cave de Beblenheim
Founded in 1952 when 65 winegrowing families from Beblenheim and neighboring villages banded together after a catastrophic hailstorm vintage, Cave de Beblenheim has grown into one of Alsace's leading cooperative wineries. Today more than 160 grower-members cultivate over 370 hectares of vines around the Haut-Rhin village of Beblenheim, including plots on four Grand Cru sites — Sonnenglanz, Mandelberg, Froehn, and Schoenenbourg. The cooperative produces around six million bottles a year, roughly a quarter of them Crémant d'Alsace, a specialty it has cultivated since first experimenting with the traditional method in 1980. Alongside its sparkling wines, Cave de Beblenheim bottles the full range of Alsatian varietals — Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, and Pinot Noir — grown under HVE3-certified sustainable practices.
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www.cave-beblenheim.com/
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Cave de Cleebourg
Founded on May 26, 1946 by four local growers seeking to replant vineyards devastated by World War II, Cave de Cleebourg is the northernmost wine cooperative on the Alsace Wine Route, located within the Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord, just a few kilometers from the German border. What began with 435 cooperators sharing 70 hectares has grown into a cooperative of around 195 winegrowers cultivating roughly 200 hectares across the villages of Cleebourg, Oberhoffen-lès-Wissembourg, Riedseltz, Rott, Steinseltz and Wissembourg. The vineyard's ten distinct 'lieux-dits' terroirs, shaped by sandstone and clay-limestone soils and a cool northern microclimate, yield Sylvaner, Pinot Blanc, Muscat, Riesling, Pinot Gris, Gewürztraminer, Pinot Noir, Auxerrois and Crémant d'Alsace of notable freshness and minerality. About 60% of the harvest is picked by hand, and the cooperative has repeatedly been recognized at the Concours du Sigille des Vins d'Alsace and other regional competitions.
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Smaller wine areas within Alsace.

Alsace Grand Cru

Frequently Asked Questions

Are Alsace wines always sweet?: Most Alsace wines are dry, although some styles like Vendanges Tardives and Sélection de Grains Nobles can be sweet.
Why are Alsace wines labeled by grape variety?: The region follows the Germanic tradition of emphasizing the grape variety on the label to highlight its specific aromatic profile, unlike most other French regions which label by terroir.
What are the main grape varieties grown in Alsace?: Alsace is known for four noble varieties: Riesling, Gewürztraminer, Pinot Gris, and Muscat. Pinot Blanc and Sylvaner are also widely grown, and Pinot Noir produces the region's only red wine.

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About Alsace

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Alsace Willm

Arthur Metz

Bestheim

Cave Vinicole d'Ingersheim - Jean Geiler

Cave de Beblenheim

Cave de Cleebourg

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