{"id":4850,"date":"2023-02-15T17:00:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T01:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/?p=4850"},"modified":"2023-01-24T15:41:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T23:41:15","slug":"alsace-frances-sleeping-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/alsace-frances-sleeping-beauty\/","title":{"rendered":"Alsace: France\u2019s Sleeping Beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"alsace<\/a>Alsace is quite possibly the most picturesque wine region in all France.\u00a0 This fairy tale land of beautifully restored half-timbered houses, flower bedecked balconies and window boxes, and of course vineyards has served as the setting for many a movie, including Sleepy Beauty.\u00a0 On account of its flavorful position bounded by the Vosges Mountains to the west, which block out the dreary maritime weather that plagues so much of the rest of northern France, and the Rhine River and Germany to the east, Alsace also ranks as the sunniest province in northern France. \u00a0This extra sunshine makes Alsace an ideal spot for the cultivation of the vine and the production of premium wines.\u00a0 Alsace is also a leader in organic viticulture with the highest percentage of organic grape growers of any wine region in France.<\/p>\n

In Alsace, white wine reigns supreme.\u00a0 This is a matter of local preference and tradition, in spite of the province\u2019s growing production of very noteworthy Pinot Noir wines and the contemporary clamor for red wine.\u00a0 Pinot Blanc is the staple of Alsace, where it makes a dry, fresh, flavorful wine of considerable merit.\u00a0 Nonetheless, Alsace\u2019s reputation lies more typically in the crafting of some of the world\u2019s finest Riesling, Gew\u00fcrztraminer, and Pinot Gris \u2013 the vast majority of which are made dry rather than sweet.\u00a0 The relative dryness of most Alsatian wines may come as a surprise to many, especially those for whom German sounding names and tall thin green bottles are synonymous with sweetness.\u00a0 However, Alsatian wines are unique unto themselves and rarely do they resemble their German counterparts in style, flavor, or level of residual sugar.\u00a0 Robert Parker Jr. has called the wines of Alsace \u201csome of the greatest white wines produced on the planet,\u201d and some of the most pleasurable and hedonistic, so isn\u2019t it time the world discovered this sleeping beauty and its treasure trove of undiscovered wines?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alsace is quite possibly the most picturesque wine region in all France.\u00a0 This fairy tale land of beautifully restored half-timbered houses, flower bedecked balconies and window boxes, and of course vineyards has served as the setting for many a movie, including Sleepy Beauty.\u00a0 On account of its flavorful position bounded by the Vosges Mountains to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[7,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nAlsace: France\u2019s Sleeping Beauty | Wine Blog from The International Wine of the Month Club<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Alsace is quite possibly the most picturesque wine region in all 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