
Karen MacNeil has a beautiful description of Alsace in her book, The Wine Bible (which coincidentally just released its second edition, highly recommended): “...a wine region so charming it may as well have emerged straight out of a fairy tale. The vineyards are sun dappled, the half-timbered houses are cheerfully adorned with flower boxes, the 118 villages--centuries old--are immaculate. All are set against the grand backdrop of the Vosges Mountains.” And her thoughts on Alsace riesling: “mostly dry, broad wines with palate-coating, full-throttle flavors that lean toward gunflint, steel, and minerals” and my favorite part, “all drizzled with peaches, green plums, and a limey sort of citrus.”