Last weekend Katie Van Geem, Katie Hageman, and I flew to Geneva, Switzerland. From there we rented a car and drove north along the French/German/Swiss border to Strasbourg, France. After touring the city, the three of us decided that we wanted go to a winery since the Alsace region of France is pretty well known as a wine hub. Unfortunately, the first two wineries we tried were closed. However, our Dutch TomTom with a British voice and apparently equivalent sense of humor suggested a third and final location that appeared to be more wine distribution center rather than tourist trap.
Hesitantly, we walked into a courtyard and building that resembled someone's home rather than a place of business. We asked one of the gentlemen who seemed to be puttering about the court yard if we could buy wine, he responded "Oui". We were ushered into a basement and presented a wine list and bin of pretzels. We asked for two wines, tasted them, and then none of us really understood what to do next. Both of the Katies had been to wineries before but i think the combination of the environment and language barrier threw the three of us for a loop. Our hostess, a middle aged French woman sort of just hovered over us waiting for us to make our selection of bottles to buy but we didnt quite understand what was going on since the room we were in resembled a dining room...Were we supposed to sit their and enjoy our wine, take it with us? When do we pay?
After all the confusion was over we bought two bottles and left. It was great wine though, and the people at the winery were very gracious considering our awkward behavior. I'll definitely be coming back someday!
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