11 editor-picked estates growing Pinot Nero in Alto Adige.
Where to taste Pinot Nero in Alto Adige: the estates that grow it, how the region expresses the grape, and how to book a visit.
Cooperative tasting room and wine shop at Cantina Tramin in the Werner Tscholl-designed vine-branch building, pouring Gewurztraminer, Pinot Bianco and the Epokale and Nussbaumer crus from the Termeno terraces.
Vineria Paradeis biodynamic tasting room and osteria at the Casòn Hirschprunn estate in Magrè, pouring the three biodynamic lines from 55 hectares with kitchen-garden snacks paired by Alois Lageder's sommeliers.
Cantina Colterenzio's renovated vinotheque in Cornaiano with a panoramic tasting terrace, pouring the cooperative's Lafoa line and the Gran Lafoa Sauvignon Riserva that took Gambero Rosso's Bianco dell'Anno 2025.
Boutique tasting room at Castel Sallegg's Leisenhof estate in Caldaro, owned by the Counts of Kuenburg since 1851, pouring the estate's Moscato Rosa and Bischofsleiten Lago di Caldaro from 30 hectares.
Manincor's gravity-fed underground tasting cellar at Castel Campan above Lake Caldaro, pouring biodynamic Goess-Enzenberg wines from 50 hectares including the Reserve della Contessa Sauvignon Blanc.
Biodynamic tasting pavilion above Bolzano at Loacker's 1334-founded Schwarhof estate, pouring the Loacker family's homeopathic-led wines from steep Santa Giustina terraces with Rosengarten views.
Tasting room at Elena Walch's 1620-built Castel Ringberg above Lake Caldaro, pouring the single-vineyard Castel Ringberg Riserva line and the Beyond the Clouds white from 20 hectares.
Vinotheque and 18th-century porphyry cellars at Castel Rametz on the Maia Alta moraine hill, planted with the first Pinot Noir vine in South Tyrol in 1860 and pouring five estate wines with house Kaiserspeck.
Restored Renaissance manor vinotheque at Ansitz Pillhof in Frangart near Bolzano, with a walk-in climate cabinet pouring top Alto Adige labels alongside Italian and international references in a Mediterranean courtyard.
Feldthurns organic estate above Klausen, certified organic since 2009. Christian Kerschbaumer's Gruener Veltliner is a leading Eisacktal expression.
Tip: Tastings by appointment. The Gruener Veltliner Doppelmagnum bottlings are the estate's signature large-format pours.
Cornaiano family estate, 11 hectares across three Oltradige sites. Pinot Nero specialist with single-vineyard Pinot Bianco. Around 50,000 bottles.
Tip: The Berger Gei single-vineyard Pinot Bianco and the Vom Kalk Pinot Nero are the estate's twin headlines. Cellar visits are by appointment and personal.