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Riquewihr Wine Tasting on a Colmar Wine Day: 8 Ways to Do It

Hours, prices and access verified by the Colmar Wine Tours team — last checked 2026-09-20.

A stone town wall topped by half-timbered houses, a cart of wine barrels on the grass beside a cobbled path

The short answer. You can taste wine in Riquewihr three ways from Colmar: on a guided day that pours the glass in the fare, on a day that stops in the village and leaves the tasting to you, or on your own at a tasting room. The guided days give Riquewihr from 40 minutes to two hours. The ICONICS half day pairs an hour there with a winery tasting for $111.

Riquewihr on each wine day, side by side

Riquewihr sits 11.1 km from Little Venice as the crow flies. What changes from day to day is how long you get, and whether the glass is paid for. Pick your row, then book the Alsace wine route tour from Colmar that gives you both.

WayTime in RiquewihrTasting in the fare?StartsLengthFrom
ICONICS half day1 hourYes, a winery tasting6 Rue Turenne, 1:45pm3 hours 45 minutes$111 per person
Ophorus villages half dayNot publishedNo, tasting fees extraCGR cinema, 9:00am or 2:00pm4 hours$87 per person
4 Wonders private day2 hoursYesYour Colmar address8 hours$790 per car, up to 8
4 Wonders small-group dayNot publishedNo, paid at the caveYour Colmar address8 hours$158 per person
The Emblematic70 minutes, with the Dolder TowerYes, at a cellar6 Rue Turenne, 9:00am8 hours$193 per person
CTravel private car40 minutesNone namedYour address3 hours$409 per car, up to 4
The day from Basel1 hourYes, family wineriesBasel, Colmar or Breisach6 hours$341 per person
On your ownAs long as you likeYou pay the cellarRiquewihr——

See the ICONICS half day

Eight ways to taste wine in Riquewihr from Colmar

1. An afternoon with the tasting in the fare (ICONICS half day)

The ICONICS half day leaves 6 Rue Turenne at 1:45pm, so your morning stays free. You spend 30 minutes in Hunawihr, then an hour inside the walls of Riquewihr, then an hour at a winery where the tasting is in the fare. Eight seats at most, one person can book alone, and it is rated 5.0 from 174 reviews.

2. A morning or afternoon walk, tasting at the counter (Ophorus villages half day)

The lowest guided fare into Riquewihr, at $87 a head: four hours from the CGR cinema at 9:00am or 2:00pm, with Kaysersberg first and children from four welcome. Tasting fees are extra, so any glass is bought at the counter. It is one of the half-day wine tours, short enough to leave you an evening in town; the kerb is on the three Colmar kerbs map.

3. Two hours in the village, tasting in the fare (4 Wonders private day)

No day gives Riquewihr longer. The car collects you at your Colmar address for an hour in Eguisheim, an hour in Kaysersberg, 45 minutes in Ribeauvillé and two hours in Riquewihr, where lunch falls. Wine tasting is in the fare, which is $790 for the whole car, up to eight people. The whole day is laid out as a full day on the route, hour by hour.

4. Four villages from your door, the cave at your own expense (4 Wonders small-group day)

The 4 Wonders small-group day collects you in Colmar and visits Eguisheim, Kaysersberg, Ribeauvillé and Riquewihr in eight hours, seven guests at most, two per booking. Tasting is not in the fare: you stop at a cave on your free walk and pay there, which suits you if you would rather pick your own cellar. Each village is described on the wine villages around Colmar.

5. The Dolder Tower, a cellar and maybe the castle (the Emblematic)

The Emblematic leaves 6 Rue Turenne at 9:00am for eight hours: 45 minutes in Hunawihr, 70 minutes at Riquewihr and its Dolder Tower, 70 in Ribeauvillé, and 70 minutes at a wine cellar with the tasting in the fare. Haut-Kœnigsbourg is added only if the castle's visitor numbers permit that day. Whether the castle is worth a slice of your wine time is weighed in wine day or castle day.

Two hours in Riquewihr, tasting in the fare

The longest stop in Riquewihr, for your party alone. $790 per car, up to eight.

Check availabilitySee the private days

6. A private car for up to four, 40 minutes (CTravel, the route can be changed)

Three hours from the address you give, with 40 minutes each in Eguisheim, Kaysersberg and Riquewihr, for $409 a car of up to four. No tasting is named, but the route can be changed with the driver, so ask for a longer stop and a cellar of your choosing. It sits with the other private wine tours.

7. From Basel, with family-winery tastings

This six-hour day picks up in Basel, Colmar or Breisach, with an hour each in Eguisheim, Riquewihr, Ribeauvillé and Kientzheim, with tastings at family wineries between them, admission and tasting in the fare. It costs $341 per person, for two or more; poor weather can move it to a new date or a full refund.

8. On your own, at a tasting room that opens daily (Dopff au Moulin)

Riquewihr needs no tour to pour a glass. Dopff au Moulin's town-centre tasting room at 3 rue du Général de Gaulle opens every day from 11am to 7pm, and its estate at 5 Avenue Jacques Preiss every day of the year from 10am to 7pm. Cellar visits at the estate are by appointment. Getting there and back is covered in the wine route without a tour.

What Riquewihr pours: Schoenenbourg and Sporen

Two grands crus rise above Riquewihr, and a tasting in the village is your chance to compare them:

  • Schoenenbourg. Riquewihr and Zellenberg, from 265 to 380 m, 53.40 ha, facing south and south-east. Pinot Gris, Riesling and Muscat.
  • Sporen. Riquewihr, at 275 m, 23.70 ha, facing south-east. Pinot Gris and Gewurztraminer, in a natural clay-marl bowl.

The Pays de Ribeauvillé-Riquewihr holds 13 of Alsace's 51 grands crus, and grand cru wine is 4% of what Alsace makes. For the grapes themselves, see the grapes Alsace pours, and for the order a cellar pours in, read what a cellar pours, glass by glass.

Did you know? Dopff au Moulin has lived by wine since 1574. Julien Dopff saw the méthode champenoise demonstrated at the 1900 Paris Universal Exhibition, and in 1976, driven by Pierre Dopff, the Crémant d'Alsace appellation came into being.

What else fits into an hour in Riquewihr

  • The Dolder museum. At 57 rue du Général de Gaulle, the same street as Dopff's tasting room: four floors on how Riquewihr defended itself, ending on a view of the roofs. €3, or €7 with the Thieves' Tower.
  • The Thieves' Tower. Open every day of the season, €5. Accompanied children under 15 go free at both.
  • The grand cru trail. It starts from rue de la piscine, to the left of the Auberge du Schoenenbourg. In summer a winegrower sometimes walks it with you, with free tastings.
  • The Christmas market. 27 November to 20 December 2026.
Useful tip. The 2026 season runs to 31 October, 10:30am to 1:00pm and 2:00pm to 6:00pm. Outside 4 July to 30 August the Dolder museum opens on weekends and public holidays only, so on an October weekday plan on the Thieves' Tower and a tasting.

Which way should you book?

  • The most time in Riquewihr: the 4 Wonders private day.
  • The glass in the fare on a short day: the ICONICS half day.
  • The lowest fare: the Ophorus villages half day.
  • The castle as well: the Emblematic.
  • Your own choice of cellar: the private car, or a tasting room.

Every guided day refunds in full up to 24 hours before the start, and none includes lunch, so eat before the glass. What each fare leaves out is set out in every fare and what it covers.

Riquewihr wine tasting questions

Is the wine tasting included on a Riquewihr tour from Colmar?
On some days, not all. It is in the fare on the ICONICS half day, the Emblematic, the 4 Wonders private day and the day from Basel, and paid on the day on the others.
How long do you need in Riquewihr?
An hour is enough for the lanes and one tasting. The guided days give it from 40 minutes on the private three-hour car to two hours on the 4 Wonders private day.
Can you taste wine in Riquewihr without a booking?
Yes. Dopff au Moulin's tasting room at 3 rue du Général de Gaulle opens every day from 11am to 7pm, and its estate on Avenue Jacques Preiss every day from 10am to 7pm. Cellar visits at the estate are by appointment.
What wine is Riquewihr known for?
Its two grands crus. Schoenenbourg grows Pinot Gris, Riesling and Muscat; Sporen grows Pinot Gris and Gewurztraminer.
How far is Riquewihr from Colmar?
11.1 km from the 6 Rue Turenne kerb in Little Venice, as the crow flies. Most guided days leave from a kerb in the old town or collect you at your Colmar address.
Is the Dolder museum open when I visit?
In 2026 it opens from 3 April to 31 October, on weekends and public holidays, and every day from 4 July to 30 August. Entry is €3, or €7 with the Thieves' Tower.

Riquewihr, glass in hand

Next: See the rest of the route in the Colmar wine day visitor guide. Every fare sits side by side on Colmar Wine Tours.