Alsace-Lorraine
cuisine
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Wines of Alsace
Unlike the wines produced in the other major wine producing regions of France, Alsace's best wines are officially classified by grape type rather than by geographic location.
Of Alsace's many wines. The top two:
Riesling
The
spicy Gewurztraminer
However, some other varieties such as Traminer, Sylvaner and Tokay d'Alsace make acceptable everyday drinking wines.
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are relatively similar.
German similarity
Alsatians and Lorrainers (especially the former) share a fondness with neighboring Germany for sauerkraut, pork, goose, sausages, and beer, among other hearty products. Even the Alsatian wines are close cousins to the Rhines and Mosels of Germany.
Cooking fat
difference
The Alsatians tend to use pork and goose fat as cooking oil more so than do the Lorrainers. The reverse is true when it comes to butter.
Best city
for gourmets
Strasbourg is the top all around food city in the Alsace-Lorraine region.
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