Alsace Wine Decoded: 51 Grand Crus, 8 Grapes & a Classification Still Being Written

🗺️ The France Wine Map: https://www.winemakersshow.com/shop/carte-vins-france🎓 Learn wine, join the academy: https://academy.winemakersshow.comAlsace is the strangest, most distinctive wine region in France. It's been French, then German, then French, then German, then French again. Its grapes are German. Its bottles are German. Its villages have German names. And yet the wines are unmistakably, deliberately French. In this video I break down everything you need to read an Alsace label: the four "noble" grapes, the AOC system, the 51 Grand Crus (added one by one between 1975 and 2007), the late-harvest sweet wines, Crémant d'Alsace, and the brand-new Premier Cru tier that's being voted on right now. This is your ultimate guide to Alsace wine. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 📚CHAPTERS 📚 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬00:00 Introduction 00:54 History of Alsace wine 02:21 Geography of Alsace vineyards 04:10 The 8 grapes of Alsace wines06:47 The classifications of Alsace wines11:45 Allowing Pinot noir in Alsace Grand Cru13:27 Sweet wines from Alsace 14:41 The new step in the Alsace wine classification16:13 How to read a label of an Alsace wine17:33 Conclusion about Alsace wine ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ⭐️ ABOUT ⭐️ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬My name is Antoine, and I’ve been passionate about wine for several years. I knew nothing at first, so I went out to meet the biggest figures in the industry and turned those encounters into a podcast that’s now listened to by over 100,000 people. I now share with you what I’ve learned, and I hope we embark together on a beautiful wine journey to discover the finest experiences.Follow us on our platforms: Website: https://winemakersshow.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/winemakersshow/Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1J50w14nMbVRCnKSsQ4hEPYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@winemakersshow?sub_confirmation=1Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.