Alsace Vineyards Napa Valley Wine Academy

Alsace, the Fairytale

  Creating a map of soils in Alsace is like leaving crumbs to find your way to the grapes planted there. Granite and schist lead to Riesling; deep marl to Gewurztraminer; clay and volcanic hold Pinot gris; sandy, calcareous soils have Muscat; sandy with chalk leads to Sylvaner and sandy, calcareous is Pinot Noir. There …

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