The Alsace Wine Route

Each bee has its own flower.

Touring along Alsace's wine route was lots of fun. The route was well marked and wound through little picturesque villages with vineyards around every turn, where you could stop, taste, and buy. (they have spittoons for the drivers!) By the time we got home, the car was full of cases of wine, and we now have more Riesling, Pinot Gris and Gewürztraminer in the cave than we'll ever be able to drink. I guess we'll have to have a party! The route was well marked, and the little towns, one after the other, were very pretty. Thanks to Pudlo, comfortable affordable inns along the way were easy to locate, and we made special stops for charcuterie, stopped for the famous fresh troute, tarte flambée, matelote, even a carp fish fry. Know that if you ever drive a Renault Clio while touring in France, that the car is designed with the gourmand in mind. The A/C is sent in a circuit around the glove compartment, turning it into a little refrigerator, keeping the meats and cheeses we picked up along the way nice and cool.