Bolzano: Loacker Wine Experience with Tasting
Discover the world of Loacker wines on a guided tour in Bolzano. Explore the vineyards, visit the barrel cellar, and enjoy a tasting of 6 wines at the panoramic SKYWIN...
Italy's most German wine region, where Alpine cooperatives and family estates farm Pinot Bianco, Lagrein, Gewuerztraminer and Schiava on terraced vineyards between the Dolomites and the Adige valley floor.
Drink your way through Alto Adige
Wine festivals coming up in Alto Adige
All Alto Adige wine festivals
Sep
Kalterer Weintage (Caldaro Wine Days)
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Oct
Termeno Wine Lane (Traminer Weingassl)
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Mar 2027
Mostra Vini di Bolzano (Bozner Weinkost)
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May 2027
South Tyrol Pinot Noir Days (Blauburgundertage)
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Book wine experiences in Alto Adige
Amarone Wine Tour. Visit Verona. From Venice or Treviso
Visit Verona and the Valpolicella wine region on a full-day tour. Enjoy a guided walking tour of Verona, taste Amarone and Valpolicella wines at a family-run winery, a...
Bolzano Street Food Tour®
Discover the unique culinary tradition of Bolzano on a street food tour with a local guide. Visit food stalls and sample street food as you stroll through the historic...
Map of Alto Adige
Every vineyard, tasting room, wine bar and cellar we cover in Alto Adige, pinned. Click a pin for the page.
Signature wines of Alto Adige
The iconic bottles that define Alto Adige.
Nussbaumer Gewurztraminer
Producer: Cantina Tramin
Cantina Tramin's flagship dry Gewurztraminer from vineyards above Termeno, the grape's homeland village. Full-bodied with lychee-and-rose aromatics on a saline porphyry palate.
Price: EUR 30-45 at retail
Vorberg Pinot Bianco Riserva
Producer: Cantina Terlano
Cantina Terlano's age-worthy Pinot Bianco from high-altitude porphyry vineyards above Terlano village. Twelve months in Slavonian oak; a quarter-century cellaring window.
Price: EUR 30-45 at retail
Barthenau Vigna S. Urbano Pinot Nero
Producer: J Hofstatter
Hofstaetter's single-vineyard Pinot Nero from Vigna S. Urbano on the Mazon plateau. South-facing limestone-and-porphyry at 400 metres, aged in French barrique.
Price: EUR 80-130 at retail
Krafuss Pinot Nero
Producer: Alois Lageder
Alois Lageder's Demeter biodynamic single-vineyard Pinot Nero from Krafuss at Appiano. Limestone-and-marl at 450 metres, spontaneous ferments, large French oak.
Price: EUR 55-85 at retail
Taber Lagrein Riserva
Producer: Cantina Bolzano
Cantina Bolzano's Lagrein Riserva from Gries inside Bolzano city limits. Alluvial Talvera and Isarco terroir, eighteen months in French barriques.
Price: EUR 35-55 at retail
Gewurztraminer Vigna Kastelaz
Producer: Elena Walch
Elena Walch's single-vineyard Gewurztraminer from the steep south-facing Kastelaz hill above Termeno. Porphyry-limestone terraces, lychee-rose aromatic with saline length.
Price: EUR 35-55 at retail
Vineyards to know in Alto Adige
A handful of the estates we send friends to when they are in Alto Adige.
Cantina Tramin
Founded in 1898 in Tramin, the homeland village of Gewurztraminer. The cooperative's roughly 300 members farm 260 hectares across Tramin, Auer, Montan and Neumarkt; cellar master Willi Sturz produces the Nussbaumer and Terminum Gewurztraminer cuvées.
Signature: nussbaumer-gewurztraminer, terminum-gewurztraminer, epokale-gewurztraminer, stoan, freisinger-pinot-grigio
Cantina Terlano
Founded in 1893 by 24 growers on Terlano's quartz-porphyry slopes. Today around 143 members and 190 hectares produce 1.5 million bottles a year under winemaker Rudi Kofler, including Vorberg Pinot Bianco Riserva and the Rarita library releases that demonstrate Pinot Bianco's 20 to 40 year ageing potential.
Signature: terlaner-i-grande-cuvee, rarita-pinot-bianco, vorberg-pinot-bianco-riserva, nova-domus-riserva, quarz-sauvignon-blanc
Cantina Bolzano
Bolzano's anchor cooperative, formed in 2001 by the merger of the historic Gries (1908) and Santa Maddalena (1930) cellars. Roughly 224 members farm 350 hectares across Gries, Santa Maddalena, Renon and Settequerce; chief winemaker Stephan Filippi has overseen the Gries Lagrein programme for over three decades.
Signature: taber-lagrein-riserva, mock-lagrein, huck-am-bach-santa-maddalena, moeg-pinot-bianco, perl-pinot-noir-riserva
Cantina Andrian
Founded in 1893 in Andriano, allied with Cantina Terlano since 2008 while preserving its own vineyards. Around 50 members farm 90 hectares on calcareous-clay soils; the Andrius Pinot Bianco and Tor di Lupo Lagrein Riserva are the flagship cuvees.
Signature: andrius-pinot-bianco, floreado-sauvignon, tor-di-lupo-lagrein-riserva, anderle-cabernet-merlot
Cantina St. Michael-Eppan
Founded in 1907 in Appiano, named Cooperative Winery of the Year 2021 by Gambero Rosso. Around 320 grower families farm 390 hectares between 250 and 900 metres; production is 80 percent white.
Signature: sanct-valentin-pinot-bianco, sanct-valentin-sauvignon, sanct-valentin-pinot-nero-riserva, appius, sanct-valentin-gewurztraminer
Cantina Colterenzio
Founded in 1960 in Cornaiano under co-founder Luis Raifer, whose initials live on in the LR cuvee. The 300-member cooperative farms 300 hectares; the Lafoa line (Cabernet, Sauvignon, Pinot Nero) is the historic quality flagship, with Gran Lafoa the top tier.
Signature: lafoa-cabernet, lafoa-sauvignon, cornell-chardonnay, gran-lafoa-cabernet, lafoa-pinot-noir
Sub-appellations of Alto Adige
Valle Isarco / Eisacktal (Valle Isarco/Eisacktal/Eisacktaler/Isarco Valley)
Alpine whites at the foot of the Dolomites, where cloister winemaking at Novacella meets family Hoefe perched on terraced slopes above the Isarco river.
Vinschgau / Val Venosta (Val Venosta/Vinschgau/Venosta)
Italy's driest Alpine valley, where Riesling and Pinot Bianco from Falkenstein at 550 to 900 metres rival anything south of Germany.
Meranese / Meraner Huegel (Meranese di Collina/Meraner Huegel/Meraner)
Schiava country on porphyry hills above Merano, where light reds for Speck and apple-cake pair with the spa-town Belle Epoque mood.
Bolzano / Bozner Leiten (Bozen/Bozner Leiten/Santa Maddalena/St. Magdalener/Gries)
The Lagrein heartland of Alto Adige: sandy Gries vineyards for the dark, structured native red and the steep Schiava amphitheatres of Santa Maddalena above the porphyry-block Renaissance city.
Oltradige / Ueberetsch (Ueberetsch/Oltradige/Ueberetscher)
The cooperative powerhouse: Sanct Valentin, Cornell and Cornelius lines compete with private estates on broad south-facing limestone benches around Lake Caldaro.
Lago di Caldaro / Kalterersee (Kalterersee/Lago di Caldaro/Kalterer See)
The light, plum-and-violet face of Alto Adige Schiava, around a lake that does double duty as a swim spot and a thermal moderator for the surrounding vineyards.
Alto Adige wine, FAQ
When is the best time to visit Alto Adige for wine?
Peak wine-travel season in Alto Adige is spring through autumn, with harvest the standout window.
Do I need an appointment to taste at Alto Adige estates?
classified-growth and grand-cru estates require booking days to weeks ahead; smaller family domaines often take walk-ins midweek.
What hours do Alto Adige cellars and tasting rooms keep?
most estates open 10:00 to 17:00 by appointment, often closed Sunday and Monday.
How does tipping work at Alto Adige tastings?
tipping is not expected at tastings; buying a bottle from the cellar door is the customary thank-you.
What is the one wine to try in Alto Adige?
If you only open one bottle, open Nussbaumer Gewurztraminer by Cantina Tramin. It is the wine most associated with Alto Adige.