Riquewihr is certainly the object of an enchantment which lasts for centuries. Its layout and structure have not changed since the Middle Age.
Look at these old houses built in the XVI ème and XVIIéme siècles, their courtyards, their galleries, the old wells, the fountains.
Every piece of architecture is miraculously preserved. If today's Riquewihr resembles so much the Middle Age town it is because the people have not changed much either. For they have the same lifestyle and their existence revolves around the industry of wine making.
It is the aroma of this particular wine that you smell in every "Winstub" of the main street. Wine is everywhere and everything in Riquewihr and maybe the cause of the enchantment.
