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Ribeauvillé
Wine-route village whose fountain runs free wine each autumn, honoring a medieval minstrels guild.
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About this audio guide
Ribeauville's Pfifferdaj guide traces a promise struck between the Ribeaupierre lords and a guild of wandering musicians in medieval Alsace, and the yearly reward the town still pays them: free wine from the town hall fountain every first Sunday of September. Along the way it touches the village's three Grand Cru slopes and the Riesling that made this valley worth protecting in the first place. Listen for it standing at the fountain in the town hall square, where the story still plays out once a year.
This audio guide was created using AI.