Although quite interesting, the tour does not take you through the beer production area. It is an…read moreinformative walk through a museum with a two-beer tasting included in the price of the "Sammler Ticket" for Euro 12,30 at the end of the experience; however, if you want to see hear, see and smell the actual beer production, you will be sadly disappointed. In addition, the tour guide, Daniela was very cold and stand offish. She appears to have brought her personal baggage from home to the workplace and is very generous with jabs and digs. Her lack of professionalism can easily be construed as rude, insulting and beyond hurtful. Her last petty attempt to enrage was, "Wir haben Euch das Land genommen." Translation: "We took your country from you."

A++++ There is a…read morechurch in a very small town in the Black Forest of Germany. The monks at the church make delicious beer. They sell their beer to the only restaurant in town. That restaurant makes unbelievably good tasting food. But go for the beers. Have lots of them. The Black Forest is awe-inspiring. Unfortunately I couldn't locate the ham or cake. Which seems odd.

We came to Vins d'Alsace Robert Blanck as part of a Viking Rhein River Cruise excursion…read more Our bus trip from the boat took about 25 mins and our coach was upscale and very modern. We found it be a nice opportunity to see the countryside. The tour was given by the adult daughter of the winery's owner. She was very knowledgeable and warm, while taking time to answering all of our questions. We started off in the wine cellar and ended upstairs tasting several of their wines. Unlike American tours, we sat in small comfortable tables, with both water and pretzels to cleanse our palates. Very cliché and relaxing We came away very impressed, along with a few bottles and some pâté for our trip.

Lovely 16th generation family owned vineyard. This estate makes only white wine and brut blanc…read more (you can't call it "champagne " unless it's from that region of France). We were given a tour of the cellar where we got to see all the old wine barrels and learned about how long the wine takes to make, how the barrels are cleaned and how the vines grew. Also learned how the bubbles are added to make the brut blanc (they use the champagne process) and how the yeast is removed. Very nice tour. The host who gave us the presentation was one of the daughters of the family estate.