Colmar is famous for its wonderfully preserved old town, with half-timbered medieval and early Renaissance buildings, uneven ...

It isn’t that France’s Alsace region lacks for tourism, even wine tourism. In the latter realm, it ranks right behind ...

Until European travel becomes fully open to Americans, here's a reminder of the fun that awaits us in Europe. Biking down a newly paved but skinny one-lane service road through lush vineyards, I ...

France's easternmost region, Alsace, is also one of its most enchanting — thanks largely to its location. Pressed up against the German border, along the Rhine, the region flip-flopped between Germany ...

Alsace is a picturesque region in eastern France, nestled between the Vosges Mountains and the Rhine River. The area has changed hands between France and Germany multiple times in the past 600 years, ...

During my nearly 20-year career in wine, I have developed a profound admiration for history, both the cultivation of wine and the impact world leaders have had in shaping our current landscape.

Picture this: you’re under the sun in Alsace, France, sipping on an exuberant glass of sparkling wine, relaxing al fresco in one of the region’s charming villages, with the one you love. Sounds ...

And the food becomes heartier. Chicken slow roasted in an oven for hours. Chili simmering on a stove all afternoon. Beef stews or meat pies to keep us warm on cold, fall nights. Who wouldn’t want a ...

The Alsace Summer School of Architecture & Crafts (ASSAC) 2026 takes place in Westhoffen, Alsace, France, during July and early August 2026. Participants will explore traditional architecture, drawing ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Cathrine Todd is a New York City-based writer who focuses on wine. In a little village within the wine region of Alsace in ...

I WAS only two years old when I left the town in Lorraine where I was born in 1852 and was taken to live in Alsace, remaining there until 1877. My earliest days, then, were spent in the province while ...