Villa René Lalique

René Lalique was the most prominent jeweller of the turn of the 20C and the Art nouveau movement. His legacy lives on in Wingen-sur-Moder with a museum, a luxury hotel... and the hundred-year-old Villa René Lalique. At the helm of the latter is Paul Stradner, a chef influenced by stints in Austria and Germany. Emulsion of potatoes and truffles (one of the establishment’s signature dishes); goose liver terrine, lemon crème and button mushrooms; seabass, cabernet sauce, shellfish and celery: the epitome of delicate, intelligent, creative food, down to the desserts by Nicolas Multon. This pastry chef, who wanted to study fine art, now conjures up sweet-toothed masterpieces. The wine cellar is quite simply out of this world…