The Abbazia di Novacella cellar runs continuously since 1142 and the Stiftskeller restaurant beside it serves Tyrolean cooking against the Eisacktaler white range.
The list: Stiftskellerei Neustift historic cellar pours the Eisacktaler whites: Sylvaner, Kerner, Mueller-Thurgau, Riesling, Gewurztraminer; Praepositus reserve tier
Tip: Combine an abbey tour with the cellar visit. The Praepositus Kerner is the standout reserve bottling; the entry Sylvaner is the daily-drinker.
Address: Via Abbazia 1, 39040 Varna/Vahrn, Italy, Alto Adige
Alois Lageder's Casa del Vino at Magre is the family's tasting-and-restaurant precinct, with a candle-lit cellar tasting room and the Paradeis restaurant beside it.
The list: Demeter-certified Tenutae Lageder biodynamic range; Lowengang Chardonnay, Krafuss Pinot Noir, Comets blends; long-aged library bottlings
Tip: Lunch and dinner at Paradeis pair the kitchen with the cellar; reserve a cellar flight either before or after the meal.
City.Vinothek Cantina Merano is a 2022 town-centre wine bar of the Cantina Merano cooperative in a restored historic Merano arcades building.
The list: Cantina Merano's town wine bar and shop; full Merano cooperative range plus the Brut Riserva 36 traditional-method sparkling; rotating by-the-glass selection
Tip: The Brut Riserva 36 (36 months on the lees) is the cooperative's flagship sparkling, ideal as an apero before dinner on the Merano arcades.
Meraner Weinhaus is the region's largest independent enoteca, with around 3,000 labels, a 40-wine Enomatic tasting selection and a curated South Tyrolean range.
The list: Around 3,000 wines (South Tyrolean, Italian and international) and the option to taste a selection of 40 wines by Enomatic; sparkling and spirits
Tip: Use the Enomatic to taste across price tiers - 5 ml, 25 ml or 75 ml pours from each of the 40 active bottles. The South Tyrolean range is exhaustive.
Pur Suedtirol is the South Tyrolean regional-products lounge in central Merano, with a wine bar and a curated South Tyrolean range. Charcuterie, cheese, regional wines, beers, spirits and pastries under one roof; the wine-bar lounge runs alongside the food shop.
The list: Curated South Tyrolean wine selection sourced direct from producers; wine bar with by-the-glass rotation alongside the regional food market
Tip: The Speck-and-Schiava flight is the regional aperitivo. The shop also stocks Lieselehof's Vino del Passo and other rarer Alto Adige bottlings.
The dessert-wine corner of Casa del Vino Alois Lageder at Magre pours the estate's late-harvest Moscato Giallo and rare passito bottlings alongside other South Tyrolean dessert wines. Demeter-certified biodynamic.
The list: Late-harvest and passito dessert wines from the Tenutae Lageder range; Demeter-certified biodynamic; rare library bottlings poured at Casa del Vino
Tip: Pair with the Paradeis dessert menu. The Tenutae Lageder Moscato Giallo passito is rare outside the cellar door.
Werner Morandell's Lieselehof at Kaltern produces the Vino del Passo dessert wine from the fungus-resistant Solaris variety (a PIWI variety not authorised in most Italian DOC rules).
The list: Organic-certified Lieselehof estate; rare Vino del Passo Solaris dessert wine plus the fungus-resistant-variety range (Bronner, Souvignier Gris)
Tip: Book a Vine Museum trail walk plus dessert-wine flight; the Solaris Vino del Passo is unusual in Italy and rarely poured outside the cellar door.
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