The «FELSBERG» wine estate
Half of our vineyards are to be found round Bernardvillé, often in steep slopes.The other half is located round Epfig where Simone comes from.
We have to take care of about 50000 vines which, were they in one row, it would be about 50 km.long. For the manual tasks alone, we make more than 700 km on foot every year, going from one vine to the next.
The "Eichelberg" hill, also facing southwards, is covered with Riesling plants as well as Pinot Gris. The soil is made of fine volcanic ashes that became petrified.
Some of our best vineyards will be found on the "Felsberg Steinmauer" slope of the village, facing southwards, where it gets a maximum of sun. There, Sylvaner, Klevner, and Riesling grow on schist soil, the oldest sedimentary rocks to be found in Alsace. It comes from clay, which turned into stone in the earth's crust.
Near Epfig, the "Fronholtz" hill produces fine Rieslings on sandstone soil. Other places like our "Spitzheck" produce excellent Gewurztraminer as well as Pinot Gris on heavier and richer soil washed down for thousands of years from the Vosges Mountains. We produce all the different grape varieties that can be found in Alsace. Late Vintage wines an selections of Noble grapes are also grown when the weather conditions are particularly fine. Crémant d'Alsace, the Alsatian sparkling wine is produce
The "Eichelberg" hill, also facing southwards, is covered with Riesling plants as well as Pinot Gris. The soil is made of fine volcanic ashes that became petrified.