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Wine
Vine intervention
We follow the famed French wine route and meet the food-focused entrepreneurs who are shaking up the area’s traditions.
Food & Drink
Roll out the barrels
Don’t drink light wine with heavy food. Burgundy pairs perfectly with roast lamb. Ensure dessert wine is sweeter than your pudding or your mouth will pucker. Above all, experiment and explore.
Recipe
Flammekueche
Its origins may be ambiguous but ‘flammekueche’ is a certain crowd-pleaser. The happy accident can be salty or sweet and is perfect for sharing with a bottle of Alsace wine.
Residences
Hunt for a home
Built as a hunting lodge in the 1930s and seized by the SS during the war, Villa St Martin in Alsace has a colourful history. It is now an idyllic family home.
