On the Wine Trail

We've spent two days tasting mostly the white wines that this region is famous for. Tuesday we went to the cooperative in Breisach which is a HUGE operation that collects 10% of the wines from each of the wineries in the Baden area to bottle and ship. 90% of their wines are consumed in Germany. Wednesday we were on to France. After visiting the unbelievably darling medieval town of Riquewihr, we toured a wonderful castle built in the 11th C, but restored by Wilhelm II in the early 1900's. We then  followed the wine trail South..  Unfortunately the castle tour went past 2:00 which seems to be the bewitching hour for serving lunch in France. So we tasted on empty stomachs! We finally reached the larger city of Colmar and settled for pizza since dinner doesn't really start until 7:30 pm! But we were able to do a little walking tour of Colmar and crossed that off our list of must-see places.