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Alsace Wine Route in Pictures

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Walled villages, two towns with canals, a slope of vines and the inside of a working cellar. Weighing up an Alsace Wine tour? These are the places a day on the route takes you.

The villages come first, because that is what most people come for. A lane at sunset with an old wine press under a gable. Kaysersberg's fortified bridge over the Weiss, below a ruined castle. A painted gate tower closing a street, and house fronts hung with geraniums. Two frames pull back far enough to show what the villages sit in: vines, right up to the last garden wall.

Then the two towns. Colmar's Petite Venise runs between half-timbered houses and still water. Strasbourg gives its watchtowers, a house in Petite France seen from the river, and the cathedral front over the lit chalets of the Christmas market. One frame is a street after dark in December. That is a different season, and worth seeing before you book one.

The vineyard comes next. Bare rows in winter with the Vosges behind, a gravel track running up between the vines, and the same rows in full leaf on their wires. The set ends underground and at the table: carved cask heads, a cellar corridor lit at the far end, five glasses poured along a counter, a row of Alsace bottles. The last two frames are what Alsace puts in front of you while you drink them.

A cobbled village lane at sunset between half-timbered fronts, an old wine press under the gable in the middle of it
A cobbled village lane at sunset between half-timbered fronts, an old wine press under the gable in the middle of it
Kaysersberg's fortified bridge and chapel above the Weiss, the castle ruin on the wooded hill behind
Kaysersberg's fortified bridge and chapel above the Weiss, the castle ruin on the wooded hill behind
A painted half-timbered gate tower closing the end of a village street
A painted half-timbered gate tower closing the end of a village street
Blue and yellow house fronts hung with geraniums, a decorated fir at the corner
Blue and yellow house fronts hung with geraniums, a decorated fir at the corner
A stone fountain in a village square below painted house fronts and a wrought-iron shop sign
A stone fountain in a village square below painted house fronts and a wrought-iron shop sign
A long stone town wall under a tiled roof, a rearing bronze horse at its foot
A long stone town wall under a tiled roof, a rearing bronze horse at its foot
A tall half-timbered front, every window hung with flower boxes in bloom
A tall half-timbered front, every window hung with flower boxes in bloom
A village of red roofs packed below the hills, its vineyard turning gold at dusk
A village of red roofs packed below the hills, its vineyard turning gold at dusk
Colmar's Petite Venise: the canal between half-timbered houses, the banks planted with geraniums
Colmar's Petite Venise: the canal between half-timbered houses, the banks planted with geraniums
Still water on a Colmar canal, the houses along it doubled in the reflection
Still water on a Colmar canal, the houses along it doubled in the reflection
The square watchtowers of Strasbourg's Ponts Couverts across the river
The square watchtowers of Strasbourg's Ponts Couverts across the river
A tall half-timbered house in Strasbourg's Petite France seen from the water
A tall half-timbered house in Strasbourg's Petite France seen from the water
Strasbourg's cathedral front rising over the lit chalets of the Christmas market
Strasbourg's cathedral front rising over the lit chalets of the Christmas market
The Christmas tree and the skating rink on a Strasbourg square, the cathedral spire beyond
The Christmas tree and the skating rink on a Strasbourg square, the cathedral spire beyond
A half-timbered street under Christmas lights after dark
A half-timbered street under Christmas lights after dark
Bare vine rows on the slope in winter, the wooded Vosges behind them
Bare vine rows on the slope in winter, the wooded Vosges behind them
A gravel track running between vines towards the ridge
A gravel track running between vines towards the ridge
Rows of vines in full leaf, trained along their wires
Rows of vines in full leaf, trained along their wires
The carved and painted heads of two old casks in a cellar
The carved and painted heads of two old casks in a cellar
A corridor of upright casks in a cellar, lit from the far end
A corridor of upright casks in a cellar, lit from the far end
Five glasses of white poured along a counter for a tasting
Five glasses of white poured along a counter for a tasting
Six Alsace bottles lined up on a counter, the whites through to a red
Six Alsace bottles lined up on a counter, the whites through to a red
Kouglofs, the ridged Alsatian cake, cooling on a tray
Kouglofs, the ridged Alsatian cake, cooling on a tray
A tarte flambée on its board: cream, onion and bacon on thin dough
A tarte flambée on its board: cream, onion and bacon on thin dough

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