Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) is the main airport in Alsace region, however there are nearby airports where you can arrive to start your journey to experience wine tasting and tours in Alsace:
– Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (BSL)
– Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)
– Stuttgart Airport (STR)
– Frankfurt International Airport (FRA)

There are daily direct flights to SXB from major airports in the UK, and other European cities throughout the year to explore wine tasting and tours in Alsace.

You can reach Strasbourg by various highways:

– from the Paris and Benelux, take the A4 highway (E25). About 4 hours from Paris and 2 hour 15 minutes from Luxembourg.
– from the Switzerland and Lyon, take the A35 highway (E25). About 5 hours from Lyon
– from the north and east likely Germany, take the A5 highway (E35).

Driving into heart of Strasbourg relatively easy although there are a few streets off limits to cars. There are many large garages surrounding the old city if your hotel does not have its own parking facility. Some carparks are more expensive than other, especially for longer stays.

Explore the old worn of Strasbourg and continue your trip to Alsatian villages to experience wine tastings and tours in Alsace.

Due to the excellent train network to and from Paris, best way to reach Alsace is to fly into any major French city and take the TGV from there. Air France and some of its partners also offer combined tickets in an air rail alliance. Strasbourg is well served by regional, national and international train services, predominantly by SNCF (French Railways), but also by Deutsche Bahn (German Railways).

It takes an average of 1 hour and 50 minutes to travel from Paris to Strasbourg , with multiple direct trains per day.

It takes an average of 1 hour and 45 minutes to travel from Frankfurt to Strasbourg , with multiple direct trains per day.

Reach heart of Strasbourg and start discovering wine tasting and tours in Alsace.

Experience wine tasting and tour in Alsace sitting amongst the rich natural beauty – Vosges Mountains, Rhine River and mesmerizing view of valley.

Every wineries and cellar houses are equipped with tasting room where you can enjoy a glass of their fine wine. Many wineries offer the guided tour to the cellar room. Grasp first hand insight about the ecological and sustainable organic winemaking techniques. Wine tastings and tours in Alsace will let you fully experience the beauty of the region, winemaking traditions as well as their local cuisine.

For each wine tasting and tour experience for Alsace presented on our website, you will see a bullet point list of what you can expect to experience.

Some tips on what to try during wine tastings and tours in Alsace: 

Most of the wines produced in Alsace are white, made from single grape varieties and they are famous for its elegance, finesse and aromatic characteristics. They are floral and spicy and well-expressing varietal character.
– Muscat d’Alsace opens up with a lively and refined aromatic profile. Crunchy notes of citrus and fresh lime with rosewater, jasmine and orange blossom chased by juicy nectarine notes. Besides, don’t forget to taste rich and well-balanced Pinot Gris d’Alsace and very aromatic and powerful  Gewurztraminer wines. 
– Don’t miss to taste very special bubbles of Crémant d’Alsace, which is lively, fruity and light-bodied wine that leaves little creamier palate because of the well-ripen grapes in this sunny part of France.

The best season to experience wine tastings and tours in Alsace is between May and August, given the pleasant temperature. You should get here on December if you like festive ambience.

The month of September is the month of the grape harvest, with many interesting activities and events organized by wineries and communes. October experiences the onset of autumn, when the weather is still pleasant and beautiful and you can stroll around city and enjoy wine tastings in Alsace without much of the tourist crowd.

Apart from astonishing wine tasting and tours in Alsace, you can visit lovely medieval towns and villages of Alsace with unique architecture of half-timbered houses. you can have some cultural experiences by visiting Strasbourg, Colmar and Kaysersberg, where you will also be able to taste local Alsatian gastronomy.

Some words to remember before you visit wineries in Alsace:

• “Vignoble” – Winery
• “Vin” – Wine
• “Vignoble” – Vineyard
• “Vigne” – Vine
• “Dégustaction de vins” – Wine tasting
• “Cave à vins” – Wine cellar
• “Vin rouge” – Red wine
• “Vin blanc – White wine
• “Vin rosé” – Rosé wine

If you want to say cheers in France, you definitely need to take some language classes.

Depending on the context, you can say “À ta santé!“ or “À la tienne!” if you are cheering with only one person. In case you are with a group of people, you can say  “A votre santé!” or if you would like to offer a toast, start your sentence with “À la santé de…!” Or you can simply say “Chin!”

Alsace has been part of France and Germany over the centuries, which not only had an influence on local gastronomy and wines produced but also on local language. Alsatian dialect is still the most popular spoken language in Alsace. That’s why, we suggest that you say “G’sundheit!” [Cheers!] when tasting Alsatian wines with locals.