Bernard Haas & Fils has farmed 13 hectares around Kaysersberg across seven generations dating to 1776, including parcels on the Schlossberg, the hillside classified as Alsace's first Grand Cru in 1975. Their Riesling Grand Cru Schlossberg 2019 was named Best Riesling of Alsace in 2021.
Gilbert Miclo, the son of a wine merchant, began distilling fruit brandies on two alembics in his family home in Lapoutroie in 1962; his children took the helm in 1995 and a third generation joined in 2010. The house's eaux-de-vie, liqueurs and fruit creams are sold from the Lapoutroie distillery and a boutique in the Kaysersberg valley.
Domaine Fritsch farms organically certified vines from Sigolsheim, within the Kaysersberg Vignoble commune, across three Grands Crus: Mambourg, Schlossberg and Fürstentum. The independent grower's range runs from dry whites and reds to a skin-macerated orange wine.
Domaine Kirrenbourg took over the vineyards of the former Domaine Martin Schaetzel on the Kaysersberg hillsides, farming its Schlossberg and Brand Grand Cru parcels biodynamically under Demeter certification since 2018 and 2019 respectively. The estate belongs to Alsace Crus et Terroirs, a group of nineteen quality-focused growers.
Best for Biodynamic Grand Cru Schlossberg and Brand
Patrick Loewert opened La Table Alsacienne in the center of Kaysersberg in 1985, and his son Christophe joined the bakery in 2012 to keep making bredele, coconut macarons and prize-winning jams. Loewert, a double world vice-champion jam maker whose 2022 silver is listed by the Confituriades organizers, later opened a second shop, La Tour Gourmande, in Riquewihr.
Best for Bredele biscuits and award-winning fruit jams
Verrerie d'Art de Kaysersberg has hand-blown glass in its vineyard-side workshop since 2002, shaping tableware, lighting and decorative pieces over an open flame. Visitors can watch the glassblowers work molten glass at the bench, in what the studio calls its air-and-fire demonstrations.
Dietrich Jean et Fils has farmed vines from its cellar on the route de Lapoutroie in Kaysersberg since 1954, hand-harvesting and sorting grapes across all seven Alsace varieties under HVE environmental certification. The independent domaine bottles two Grands Crus, Riesling Schlossberg and Gewurztraminer Kaefferkopf.
Meyer-Krumb farms six family-owned hectares from Sigolsheim, part of the Kaysersberg Vignoble commune, growing all seven Alsace grape varieties across the Mambourg and Schoenenbourg Grand Cru sites under HVE certification. Visitors taste on a vine-side terrace, the Weingarten, over local charcuterie and cheese boards.
Best for Grand Cru Mambourg and Schoenenbourg tastings