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Alsace Wine Information

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.

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The most basic information on the wine in Alsace are:

Location: North East of France, between the Vosges and the Rhine river
Alsace region information
Size: 190km long and 50km wide (120 x 30 miles)
smallest region in France
Size of the vineyards: 15,000 hectares (37,000 acres)
Grapes in Alsace: Riesling (23% of Alsace wines)
Pinot Blanc (20%)
Gewurztraminer (18%)
Tokay Pinot Gris (13%)
Sylvaner (12%)
Production: 165 million bottles
+90% of Alsace wines are white
Alsace wine making
Type of Wine: Refreshing dry and sweet white wine
Alsace Wine and Food: Sauerkraut
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Wines from Alsace: riesling - gewurztraminer - pinot blanc - tokay pinot gris - sylvaner - crémant d'alsace - wines from Alsace

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