Selestat and ribeauville....and ....

I was intending to only go to Ribeauville today, but got stuck in Selestat for a few hours, what do you do when your stuck in a remote town in the south of alsace in france?? You go sight seeing...or whatever you can see in a small town...so I went around and saw some cool churches, there was the market, the oldest running one in france they say at 600 years old, and still running. They also have a bread museum which I thought would be cool to see but they wouldnt let me in because they were closign soon. So I said can I at least give a quick look around, maybe take some pictures? they said sure at full pricve...im like, but your not giving me a tour im walking in and out..so you guessed it I just walked out...They have a witches tower there and also ironically a shul built in 1846, not sure if its still in use, but the nazis tried and couldnt destroy it in 1940 but the french government restored it in the 60's appearently but the golden plazque above teh door adn the ten commandment are still standing proud from teh original structure..



I then finally came to Ribeauville at about 1:40 in teh afternoon, went for a lunch that was delicious, wont say what I ate though. I then walked around and since this city is on teh wine route of Alsace, I drank....lots...and really enjyoed it. I got some attitude form teh german speaking winemakers and then just walked out, sinc eI dont take crap from noone..hahaha.



I went into a winery and tasted the wine and it was ok...and there was an older couple travelling with the guys mother and the mother paid for the entire trip for both of them as well, adn was buying wine and stuff as well..I was like cool...but they were giving attitude so i left.



I went into this small little winery almost like a closet in the wall, and there was this older woman who greeted me, and we talked as she helped other customers. When teh other people left she asked what kind of wine I liked and told her I usually drink gewertrameiner since its a sweet white wine, and she says if u like that, taste this one, and pours me a glass of riesling,a version of riesling I have never tasted before, and it was delicate, simple yes complex at the same time, so difficult to explain but I dont think I was ever so happy about drinking wine in my life...I said to her, can I see your cave (where they store the wine and process it). She told me that they were currently bottling a pinot gris, last years harvest. I said its ok, and seh took me out back, I met her husband whos the wine maker and couldnt help but say thank you and comment on how amazing the wine he was making tasted. She showed me the bottling process which jessica and I only saw the machine of in bordeaux but I got to see it in motion, extreamly cool.



Unfortunately for me that was the first place I went to of the day adn therefore compared the followign wines to that small winery. No one even came close to the product that I had tasted. I bought one bottle, but was talkign to jessica later on and she said if I liked it so much I should buy one more, so I did.

Happy Shavuos everyone
Yehuda