In Alsace, the grape name is often the first thing you see on the label. Riesling, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer, Muscat, Sylvaner and Pinot Noir provide a useful starting point, but the slope, village and soil matter just as much.
The region runs between the Vosges and the Rhine, where a dry, sunny growing season meets limestone, granite, sandstone, marl and volcanic rock. Those differences show up in wines ranging from dry Riesling and rich Pinot Gris to fragrant Gewurztraminer, late-harvest sweet wines and Pinot Noir. Its 51 named grand cru sites give more reason to look beyond the grape variety.
Inside the region
3 named areas
Each guide keeps its place within Alsace clear, with a direct route back to the map.
- 01Central Alsace36 producersFrom Ribeauvillé to Turckheim, Central Alsace brings closely spaced grand cru sites together on limestone, granite and marl. Here, the same grape can take a different direction from one hill to the next.
- 02Northern Alsace4 producersNorthern Alsace runs from Marlenheim through Barr and Andlau. Sylvaner and Pinot Blanc have a larger role here, alongside much of the region's Crémant d'Alsace, with fresher, lighter white wines than farther south.
- 03Southern Alsace5 producersSouthern Alsace stretches from Rouffach and Guebwiller to Thann, where volcanic geology becomes more prominent. Rangen, the steep basalt hill above Thann, produces Riesling and Pinot Gris.
A considered starting point
Producer profiles
6 producers offer different ways into Alsace. Open the full directory when you want every producer currently placed in the region.
- TrimbachFounded in 1626, Trimbach centers its Alsace range on Riesling, with certified-organic vineyards and old-vine bottlings.
- HugelRiquewihr family producer with reliably dry Alsace wines, Gentil, and Gewurztraminer Vendanges Tardives.
- Domaine Zind-HumbrechtAlsace domaine with biodynamic farming, Riesling, Pinot Gris and Gewürztraminer from sites including Heimbourg and Roche Calcaire.
- Domaine WeinbachKaysersberg domaine at the foot of Schlossberg, with biodynamic vineyards and still wines from Riesling, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer and Pinot Noir.
- Domaine Marcel DeissBergheim domaine using biodynamic farming and Alsace complantation for field blend wines such as Engelgarten and Blanc Alsace.
- Léon BeyerAlsace house with Eguisheim roots, dry Riesling and Pinot Gris, plus Pinot Noir.
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- Arthur MetzÉpfig family house managing Alsatian vineyards under sustainable viticulture, with Crémant d'Alsace and Grand Crus from different terroirs.
- BestheimAlsace cooperative with still wines in Bennwihr and sparkling wines in Westhalten.
- Cave de RibeauvilleAlsace cooperative around Ribeauvillé, making Riesling from grapes harvested by hand across granite, limestone, clay and sandstone.
- Cave de TurckheimAlsace cooperative making white wines from member growers, including organic Riesling, Pinot Gris Réserve and organic Pinot Blanc.
- Dirler-CadéBergholtz family estate with organic and biodynamic farming, Crémant d'Alsace, and Riesling Grand Cru wines.
- Domaine Bott FrèresDomaine Bott Frères is a seventh-generation family estate in Ribeauvillé, Alsace, founded in 1835 by Philippe Louis Bott, a brewer's son.
- Domaine Christian BinnerAmmerschwihr Alsace domaine farming 15 hectares biodynamically with no fining, filtration or added sulfur.
- Domaine Etienne SimonisAmmerschwihr domaine with biodynamic farming, hand harvests, parcel vinification and Alsatian whites from Gewurztraminer to Sylvaner.
- Domaine Fernand EngelAlsace domaine in Rorschwihr, farming 64 hectares across 150 parcels with biodynamic practices and Grand Cru Gewürztraminer from Altenberg.
- Domaine Gustave LorentzBergheim house with Grand Cru holdings, organic farming and long lived Riesling.
- Domaine LindenlaubDorlisheim domaine making organic, unfined and unfiltered Alsace wines with a saline finish.
- Domaine Paul BlanckAlsace domaine with five Grand Cru parcels, 90 percent organic farming, and varietal wines from Riesling to Pinot Noir.
- Domaine PfisterDahlenheim domaine with skin contact Pinot Gris, Grand Cru Riesling and 43 parcels across 10 hectares.
- Domaine Saint-RemyWettolsheim Ehrhart domaine with Demeter farming, native yeast fermentations, Jade Riesling and traditional method Crémant.
- Domaine Stentz-BuecherWettolsheim domaine with Grand Cru Riesling and Gewürztraminer plus textured Pinot Noir bottlings.
- Dopff au MoulinDopff au Moulin is a Riquewihr family winery known for bottle fermented Crémant d'Alsace and Riesling from Schoenenbourg Grand Cru.
- Jean Biecher & FilsJean Biecher & Fils is an organic wine producer from Saint-Hippolyte, in Alsace’s Vosges foothills beneath Haut-Koenigsbourg Castle.
- Kuentz-BasAlsace domaine with Husseren-les-Châteaux vineyards, an Ammerschwihr cellar, and La 4ème Tour Riesling and Gewürztraminer.
- La Cave des Vignerons de PfaffenheimAlsace wine cooperative founded in 1957, with more than 300 hectares and Pfaff Black Tie, a Pinot Gris and Riesling blend.
- Maison LissnerAn 1848-founded family estate in Wolxheim, Alsace, led by Bruno and Théo Schloegel, with biodynamic and organic farming, unploughed rows, dry Riesling Wolxheim and Pinot Noir.
- Rolly GassmannA Rorschwihr domaine making parcel-led Alsace wines, from floral Gewürztraminer to named-site Riesling, with long fermentations and lees ageing.
- SAS MAISON CHARLES FREYA Dambach-la-Ville family estate whose 20 hectares and nearly 100 parcels feed Alsace wines and a perfumed, dry orange wine.
- Vignoble du RêveurAn Alsace project from inherited, co-planted vineyards, where Mathieu Deiss and Emmanuelle Milan make whites and skin-macerated wines with native yeasts and no added sulfur dioxide.
- Vignoble Luc FallerAn 8.5-hectare family domaine in Itterswiller, Alsace, where Luc Faller has farmed organically and biodynamically since taking over in 1989.