Blanck Robert Vins d’Alsace

While on a Viking Rhine cruise we had the option to go into Alsace and visit a winery. Monsieur Blanck was the consummate host. He carefully explained the history of his family winery and taught us all so much about the differences in the wines from the Alsace region. We sampled four delicious wines including one cremant which is champagne from the region.
The tour included the cellar which had the most amazing casks, one dating back 250 years which had the most incredible carving of a man on the face of it. Additionally many of the other casks had large carvings of faces, animals and castles at the spigots. I will try to upload the photos from the cellar. I have been to the champagne cellars in Reims on two occasions, Napa valley in California many times and wineries in my former home state of Missouri and have found none better than Robert Blanck.
We are planning our trip for next year to the Strasbourg to Basel wine region down Le Rue de Vignes, and will make sure we stop in again to this very special place.

Hier hatten wir eine kleine Besichtigung im beeindruckenden Weinkeller mit anschließender Verkostung des Weines. Ein sehr freundlicher Empfang in der rustikalen Weinstube liess sofort gute Stimmung aufkommen. Ich bin nicht so der Weinkenner, so daß ich zur Qualität der Weine nichts sagen kann.
Ein Besuch oder auch ein kleiner Einkauf lohnen sich aber sicher ! Daumen hoch !