The Winery Emile Seltz of Alsace

Winery Emile Seltz - Alsace Grand Cru 'Zotzenberg' Gewürztraminer
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 8480 of the estates of Alsace.
It is located in Alsace

The Winery Emile Seltz is one of the best wineries to follow in Alsace.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Alsace to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Emile Seltz wines

Looking for the best Winery Emile Seltz wines in Alsace among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Emile Seltz wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Emile Seltz wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Emile Seltz

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Emile Seltz

How Winery Emile Seltz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of pork cheeks confit in cider, sardines moroccan style or monkfish with curry.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Emile Seltz.

  • Gewürztraminer
  • Sylvaner

Discovering the wine region of Alsace

Alsace, located in the extreme north-east of France, is Distinguished from other French wine regions by its strong Franco-Germanic influences. These influences are the result of a back-and-forth between the German and French sovereignties over the last few centuries. They can be seen not only in the architecture and culture of Alsace, but also in the wines. Alsace wines are produced under three main appellations: Alsace and Alsace Grand Cru for still white wines (Sweet and Dry), and Crémant d'Alsace for Sparkling wines.

Almost all the wines produced in this region fall under one of these three appellations. Alsace Grand Cru wines are produced from one of the 51 privileged vineyards spread along the Length of the region. Alsace is the only French wine region to produce significant quantities of Riesling and Gewurztraminer. These two grape varieties are more commonly associated with German wines and are reminiscent of Alsace's history.

The top red wines of Winery Emile Seltz

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Emile Seltz

How Winery Emile Seltz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast veal with black olives, basque piperade or duck breast with honey.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Emile Seltz.

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Gewurztraminer

Gewurztraminer rosé is a grape variety that originated in France. It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of vine is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Gewurztraminer rosé can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Jura, Champagne, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Emile Seltz

Planning a wine route in the of Alsace? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Emile Seltz.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

News about Winery Emile Seltz and wines from the region

Billecart-Salmon’s Le Clos Saint-Hilaire: a vertical tasting

St Hilaire is the patron saint of Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, the pretty Champagne village which is famous for scoring 99 on the Echelle des Crus. (This classification of Champagne vineyards was developed in the mid-20th century as a means of setting the price of grapes grown through the villages of the Champagne wine region.) Prime territory That the village missed out on grand cru status by one point is generally agreed to be an injustice – all the more so as it is home not only to the superlative Clos de ...

Alsace’s Domaine Zind-Humbrecht: 2019 releases tasted

It is always reassuring to find flourishing examples of family continuity in French wine estates. At the famous Domaine Zind-Humbrecht in Alsace, Pierre-Emile Humbrecht is the latest to join the family business. In preparation, he studied at the Changins School of Viticulture and Enology in Switzerland and then completed internships at wine estates, beginning with Thérèse Chappaz in that same country for 18 months, followed by a six-month period at Domaine Tissot in the Jura and then nearly eigh ...

Alsace wine leader André Hugel has passed away

André Hugel was an 11th generation member of Famille Hugel, one of the region’s most influential and highly-regarded wine families. The Hugel family settled in the town of Riquewihr, located in the heart of Alsace, all the way back in 1639. André ran Famille Hugel along with his brothers, Jean and Georges, as it developed into one of the world’s top producers. It owns 30 hectares (ha) of prime plots in the Haut-Rhin area, half of which are classified as Grand Cru, and it buys grapes from a furth ...

The word of the wine: Press (wine)

In red winemaking, wine made from the marcs by pressing after devatting. See goutte (wine of).

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