Alsace

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• Location:North East of France, between the Vosges and the Rhine river
• Vineyards:6,000 wine growers in Alsace Soil:Very diverse, from sand and granite to clay and marl. Volcanic soil on Rangen and Kastelberg grands crus
• Weather:Semi-continental with hot summers and cold winters with frequent snowfall
• Grapes in Alsace:Riesling (23% of Alsace wines), Pinot Blanc (20%), Gewurztraminer (18%), Tokay Pinot Gris (13%), Sylvaner (12%) Other grapes in Alsace: Pinot Noir (10%), Muscat (2.5%)
• Production:165 million bottles +90% of Alsace wines are white Alsace makes about 20% of the total white wine production in France
• Type of Wine: Riesling: elegant dry white wine, Gewurztraminer: aromatic white wine, Pinot Blanc, Tokay Pinot Gris, Sylvaner: Other wines: Vendanges Tardives, Edelzwicker, Muscat, Pinot Noir, etc

Alsace produces excellent dry and sweet white wines. They are so typical that the grape varieties used there only grow in Alsace and nowhere else.
Alsatian vinegrowers have been producing wine since the Roman conquest.

Alsace production is very exclusive among French production. It is easy to understand it from the name of the grape-varieties used for the production of the wine, such as Riesling, Gewurztraminer or Sylvaner.
More than 90% of the wines in Alsace are white. They are all of them excellent refreshing white wines.