Scherwiller estate built around a distinctive straw-bale wine cellar, certified organic and Demeter biodynamic with a focus on indigenous yeast fermentations and minimal sulphur.
Signature wines: riesling-granite, pinot-noir-rouge, edelzwicker-achillee
Address: 50 Rue de Dambach, 67750 Scherwiller, France, Alsace
Family domaine in Chatenois at the foot of the Hahnenberg, certified organic, working granite slopes between Selestat and the Vosges with a long Riesling vocation.
Tasting: Cellar visits at the Chatenois winery.
Signature wines: riesling-vieilles-vignes, pinot-gris-granit, gewurztraminer-chatenois
Sixteen-generation Dambach-la-Ville domaine traceable to 1510, organic since 2011 and biodynamic, working the pink-granite Frankstein Grand Cru above the medieval village.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings by appointment in central Dambach-la-Ville.
Signature wines: frankstein-riesling, bungertal-riesling, dambach-rouge
Soultzmatt family domaine under Terra Vitis and HVE sustainable farming, anchor address for the dry Zinnkoepfle Grand Cru above the Vallee Noble.
Tasting: Cellar visits by appointment at the Soultzmatt winery.
Signature wines: zinnkoepfle-riesling, zinnkoepfle-gewurztraminer, sylvaner-bollenberg
Mittelbergheim family domaine, certified organic and a touchstone of the Alsace natural-wine current with skin-contact and zero-sulphur cuvees alongside Zotzenberg Sylvaner.
Tasting: Cellar visits by appointment at the Mittelbergheim winery; natural-wine focus.
Signature wines: zotzenberg-sylvaner, riesling-stein, macere-pinot-gris
Katzenthal family domaine since 1732, run by Felix Meyer with fifteen hectares of granite-and-limestone Grands Crus including the Wineck-Schlossberg behind the village.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings at the Katzenthal winery; appointments preferred.
Signature wines: wineck-schlossberg-riesling, kaefferkopf-gewurztraminer, furstentum-vieilles-vignes
Family domaine in Chatenois at the foot of the Hahnenberg, certified organic, working granite slopes between Selestat and the Vosges with a long Riesling vocation.
Tasting: Cellar visits at the Chatenois winery.
Signature wines: riesling-vieilles-vignes, pinot-gris-granit, gewurztraminer-chatenois
Dahlenheim domaine run by eighth-generation Melanie Pfister, certified organic since 2021 with biodynamic preparations and access to the Engelberg Grand Cru.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings at the Dahlenheim winery; appointments preferred.
Signature wines: engelberg-riesling, pinot-gris-dahlenheim, gewurztraminer-silberberg
Sixteen-generation Dambach-la-Ville domaine traceable to 1510, organic since 2011 and biodynamic, working the pink-granite Frankstein Grand Cru above the medieval village.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings by appointment in central Dambach-la-Ville.
Signature wines: frankstein-riesling, bungertal-riesling, dambach-rouge
