Turns out Garmisch is quite the wine connoisseur. And he certainly got his fill of wine tasting in the Alsace. He started off on Friday trying out a few different wines at a cafe in Riquewihr. Here he is seeking out a cafe on the main street of Riquewihr:
He had a few hours to kill before dinner so he started with a glass of Gewurztraminer which he found way too sweet. Then he tried a Pinot Blanc which was way too tart after the sweet Gewurztraminer:
The glass above is a typical Alsatian wine glass. They are tall and thin and have light green, dark green, or clear stems. And, well, they don't hold a trough of wine like most of us are used to, but they do the trick. When you're drinking cold white wines it makes sense to pour less into the glass at a time so you can drink it before it warms up too much. At least, that's how I see it.
Garmisch got serious the following day and did some real wine tasting. There are oodles of wine tasting opportunities in Riquewihr so he settled on going to whichever ones he walked by on a random route through town.
He and Frankie had a great time:
He and Larry had a great time too:
We went to three different wine tastings with Garmisch on Saturday and we ended up going home with 2 bottles of wine from each place! 3 Muscats, 2 Pinot Gris, and 1 Cremant (a sparkling white wine). Can't wait to enjoy them. The wine tastings are all free and the wines are very reasonable, about 7 Euros per bottle. And we've even found some Alsace wines at our grocery stores in Zürich so we will try those as well at some point.
Glad Garmisch got his wine tastin' on. Seems like he had a great time.
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