Alsace Wines in the press

Country Life

Amelia Pinsent gives her top 30 wines for the summer and suggests as an option for grilled vegetables with Haloumi cheese, Cave de Turckheim Alsace Riesling Vieilles Vignes 2007, £8.99 Sainsbury's.

The Times

The Times includes a few Alsace wines in its 50 Best Summer Whites selection.
Asda Alsace Extra Special Gewurztraminer £7.07 Asda
Cave de Turckheim, Alsace Vieilles Vignes Riesling 2007, £8.99 Sainsbury's
Riesling Kirchberg de Ribeauvillé, Grand Cru Jean Sipp 2007, Jeroboams down to £19.95

The Scotsman (10 April 2010)

Rose Murray Brown looks at a selection of whites to suit all tastes and budgets. In the over £20 category, the Riesling Clos Windsbuhl 2006 from Zind Humbrecht, £26 Berry Bros & Rudd, is praised for fantastic complexity and promise to be an eye-open for lovers of intense off-dry Riesling

France Magazine

Sally Easton looks at the influence of wood on white wines and explains that large old wood casks have a positive effect on wine without altering the flavours. This effect is traditionally found in Alsace in wines such as Domaine Schlumberger Alsace Grand Cru Kitterlé, Pinot Gris 2006, £25.99 Wadebridge Wines.

The Daily Mail

The Daily Mail recommends wines to go with barbecue dishes.
Tesco Finest Alsace Riesling 2008, £6.79 Tesco, works a treat with chicken, fish and prawn.

The Times Weekend

The Times weekend highlights Alsace Pinot Blanc Trimbach, £9.99 Majestic, in "This week best buys"

The Field

Jonathan Ray experiments all sorts of wines with his friends with a variety of pork dishes and finds out that Cave de Beblenheim Réserve Pinot Gris is spot on with a fillet in creamy mushroom sauce.

France Magazine

Dominic Rippon thinks that Alsace can offer a large variety of wines thanks to the diversity of its terroir. He talks about his afternoon at Domaine Rolly-Gassman in the tiny village of Rorschwihr and picks Domaine Rolly-Gassman, Pinot Gris Rotleibel Vendanges Tardives 1996, £27 Blenheim Fine Wines, as his wine choice of the month.

The Norwich Evening News

The Evening News (Norwich) (24 April 2010) picks Crémant d'Alsace Riesling, £8.99 Tesco, as its Tipple of the Week. The floral and peachy flavours makes the wine a real delight Pairing suggestion: seafood, chicken breast and even goat's cheese.

Sunday Herald magazine

The Sunday Herald has a focus on Alsace and concludes that the depth, acidity and character of Alsace wines makes them some of the best food-friendly wines around.
3 wines are singled out as great value and ideal match with fish pie:
Pinot Gris Grand Cru Hatschbourg Cattin 2007, £12.99 Inverarity One to One
Riesling Bollenberg 2008, £12.99 Oddbins
Riesling Grand Cru Eichberg Philippe Zinck 2007, £12.99 Majestic

The Yorkshire Post

Christine Austin claims spring is the time of the year to enjoy Alsace wines, as the clear aromatic style can provide a range of flavours to suit the season.
M&S stocks its own label Cave de Turckheim Gewurtraminer 2008, M&S £7.99, while Waitrose has a slightly different version for £8.49.
Cave de Hunawihr Gewurtraminer Reserve 2008, £10, Halifax Wine and Domaine Pfister Gewurtztraminer Silberberg 2007, £16.99 Harrogate Fine Wine are both crisp, ripe fruity wines whose intensities reward drinkers who choose to pay a bit more. 
Cave de Beblenheim, Grafenreben Riesling 2008, £8.49 Waitrose, displays delicious flavours
Cave de Turckheim Riesling, £6.49 M&S, offers great value for money
Zinck Riesling 2008, £7.99 Majestic, is a fine introduction
Riesling Grand Cru Eichberg 2008, £12.99 or £11.99 multibuy Majestic, offers fabulous aromas and flavours of petrol, lemon, pineapple as well as great minerality
Marcel Deiss 2006 Riesling Classic, £15.65 Field and Fawcett, can offer you a real taste of what Alsace Riesling should be.

The Daily Telegraph

Recommends the "scrumptious" Domaine Zinck Pinot Blanc Portrait . £7.49 Majestic.