80% of the wine is produced by 175 producers, including many winemaking cooperatives. Even the largest winemaking companies/négociants in Alsace tend to be family-owned. In 2001, approximately 45% of Alsace wine was made by cooperatives. Producers Some of the best known producers include Maison Trimbach, Domaine Zind-Humbrecht, Hugel & Fils, Léon Beyer, Weinbach, Josmeyer and Marcel Deiss. Many of the larger houses, such as Hugel, sell both wines from their own vineyards and market wines they have produced from purchased grapes, i.e., operate as négociant. Producers calling themselves "Domaine", such as Zind-Humbrecht, are supposed to only use grapes from their own vineyards. There are also several winemaking cooperatives, some of which have a rather good reputation. Route des Vins d'Alsace The Route des Vins d'Alsace (Wine route of Alsace) is an approximately road, crossing the main wine producing areas of the region. From north to south, the following 67 communes crossed by the Route are: Marlenheim Wangen Westhoffen Traenheim Bergbieten Dangolsheim Soultz-les-Bains Avolsheim Molsheim Rosheim Boersch Ottrott Obernai Bernardswiller Heiligenstein Barr Mittelbergheim Andlau Itterswiller Nothalten Blienschwiller Dambach-la-Ville Scherwiller Châtenois Kintzheim Orschwiller Saint-Hippolyte Rodern Rorschwihr Bergheim Ribeauvillé Hunawihr Zellenberg Riquewihr Beblenheim Mittelwihr Bennwihr Sigolsheim Kientzheim Kaysersberg Ammerschwihr Ingersheim Niedermorschwihr Turckheim Colmar Wintzenheim Wettolsheim Eguisheim Husseren-les-Châteaux Voegtlinshoffen Obermorschwihr Hattstatt Gueberschwihr Pfaffenheim Rouffach Westhalten Soultzmatt Orschwihr Bergholtz Guebwiller Soultz Wuenheim Cernay Vieux-Thann Thann References External links The Official Alsace wines home page (CIVA) The wines of Alsace—The official website of France (in English) Wines, villages and terroirs of Alsace