Ecole des Vins d'Alsace ★ 4.7
Official Alsace wine school operated by CIVA at the Maison des Vins. Workshops on grape varieties, terroir and Grand Cru study, plus multi-day certified courses for trade and consumers.
One of the few WSET-approved providers in France, AIVA in Landersheim near Strasbourg runs WSET Levels 1, 2 and 3 in wine and spirits with Diego Bonnel as the lead instructor.
Address: 4 Route de Saessolsheim, 67700 Landersheim, France, Alsace
Official Alsace wine school operated by CIVA at the Maison des Vins. Workshops on grape varieties, terroir and Grand Cru study, plus multi-day certified courses for trade and consumers.
Cathedral-square wine museum with audio-guided tasting workshops in seven languages plus dedicated initiation classes on Riesling, Gewurztraminer and Pinot Noir from the Domaine Viticole de Colmar.
Sommelier-led tasting workshops in Le Cercle des Aromes wine bar with themed Grand Cru, Cremant and biodynamic-Alsace classes, plus food-and-wine pairing evenings.
Cooperative cellar in 15th-century buildings with hundred-year oak barrels, running guided tastings of single-cru Rieslings and the gold-medal Cuvee Prestige Cremant d'Alsace.
Saturday wine-and-cheese pairing class at Domaines Schlumberger's Guebwiller cellar, pairing the four Guebwiller Grand Crus with Alsace and Vosges artisanal cheeses.
Pre-booked tasting workshops at Famille Hugel's Riquewihr cellars, walking through 12 generations of dry Riesling and a vendanges tardives masterclass.