After the castle, we drove to a very small village that I don't even remember the name. We were looking for a specific winery that Thomas had recommended, but we found another one instead. Patrick thought I had stopped the car, because there was a stork sitting on top of a house next door, but I was basically on a mission to get Riesling. With it being almost 6PM, we were running out of time, so we walk down this driveway of a house, and in the back is a winery that the owners had converted from their basement.The wine was of course very good – we tried Muscat, Pinot Gris, Riesling, Gewurtz, and a Cremant. He also took us around and talked about his fermentation operation (which had recently started a week ago).
Patrick found a Pinot Gris that he really liked (a rare occurrence for someone who doesn’t really like wine), and I picked up a Magnum (2X the normal size) of Cremant (think Champagne without being actually made in Champagne, which is another story). I also picked up a couple bottles of Riesling and Gewurtz, because we go through them pretty quickly at home for dinner.Oh, and in case I didn’t mention this before – it’s cheap. The magnum was 15 euros, and the most expensive bottle of wine we bought was less than 9 euros.
After grabbing a place in Colmar to eat from the Pudlo (also very homey and nice), we headed home – in bed by midnight.
