BESTHEIM
Adress :
3 rue du Général De Gaulle, 68630 Bennwihr
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Opening hours :
From 02/01 to 31/03: Monday to Saturday, 9am-12pm and 2pm-6pm. Closed on Sundays. 01/04 to 31/12: Monday to Saturday 9am-12pm and 2pm-6.30pm. Sundays and public holidays 10am-12pm and 2.30pm-6pm.
Description
Type of grower / producer label
Cooperative cellar
Charte CIVA
Vigneron engagé
Labels of products for sale
Transitioning to organic farming
Label HVE (Haute Valeur Environnementale)
Description of the winery
Modern barrels
Modern cellar
Old wine press
Art des Weins
Alsace AOC
Alsace Grands Crus AOC
Crémant d'Alsace AOC
Selection of Grains Nobles
Late Harvest
Formulas of visits
Free tasting for private customers
Tasting for a fee for groups
Initiations or tasting courses
Vineyard tours for groups by appointment only
Vineyard tours for individuals by appointment only
Teaching room
Size of group
Maxi | 30 |
Practical services
Group reception
Pets accepted
No
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Descriptif
BESTHEIM is a winemaking cooperative and the foremost producer of Alsace wines and crémants. It groups together nearly 450 families of dedicated winegrowers who between them cultivate 1,350 hectares of vines from the north to the south of Alsace.
Founded in 1946, and originally named the Cave de Bennwihr, it became BESTHEIM after merging with the Cave de Westhalten in 1997. It was later joined by the Cave d’Obernai in 2012, and the Cave de Kientzheim-Kaysersberg in 2015, thereby enabling BESTHEIM to acquire further very fine terroirs and excellent Grands Crus.
BESTHEIM represents the collective history of the famous « Moon Chasers » or « Mondfangers » in Alsatian, courageous winegrowers who have passed on their know-how from generation to generation, in a legacy that has spanned the centuries to give us the elegant and refined cuvées that we know and love today.
United by a common ethos of boldness and freedom, BESTHEIM’s winegrowers are now established in 71 villages. They have boundless confidence in their winery, which offers shared facilities and to which they bring the entirety of their harvests. Together they pursue a quality policy, tending their vines with meticulous care in order to obtain grapes of optimal maturity, ready to produce wines of extraordinary character and charm.
Christophe Adam and Sylvain Kamm, respectively the winery’s cellar master and oenologist, apply this exacting approach to quality at every stage of crafting a wine, producing remarkable cuvées that are a perfect expression of the terroir. This investment has been rewarded by distinguished accolades, including the 2016 World’s Best Sparkling Wine award for Grand Prestige Rosé 2014.
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