Domaine Gruss

On our first visit to this beautiful region we thought we had stepped into a picture postcard. Serried ranks of vines advancing towards the forests of the Vosges; ruins of once proud medieval castles; quaint walled villages with flower-decked streets, and hospitable inns - and all this before we had tasted the wine. And what wine - brilliantly appetising, clean-cut and aromatic.

When we mentioned Alsace to another 3D supplier, Fernand Chevrot from Burgundy, he said "Go and see Bernard Gruss, I was at wine college with him, his wine is excellent." As we all know, word of mouth is the best recommendation, so on our next visit we looked him up - and were very impressed. Fernand had already told him about 3D Wines and Bernard and his wife gave us a warm welcome. We were then introduced to their charming son André who enthusiastically showed us around.

The domaine is in the centre of the picturesque village of Eguisheim, has big, impressive wrought iron gates, an immaculate courtyard, full of flowers - and delicious wine. Several visits later we were able to confirm that André (now in charge of the winemaking) would make two unique wines exclusively for 3D Wines' Partners. Both wines are made and labelled exclusively for Partners, and neither is available to anyone other than the Partners in this vineyard.