Casa del Vino Alois Lageder candle-lit cellar ★ 4.7
18 by the glassMagre village
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. Demeter-certified biodynamic wines from the Tenutae Lageder estate, the Comets negociant tier and the Riff range under one roof.
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 ★ 4.5
24 by the glassMerano arcades
City.Vinothek Cantina Merano is a 2022 town-centre wine bar of the Cantina Merano cooperative in a restored historic Merano arcades building. Modern wine lounge alongside the cellar-shop, with the Brut Riserva 36 sparkling and the Festival Pinot Bianco as the headline pours.
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 enoteca lounge ★ 4.6
40 by the glassMerano (Quarazze)
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 wine-bar lounge runs through the evening, and the cellar-shop is the principal regional reference for export sourcing.
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 Merano food and wine lounge ★ 4.4
15 by the glassMerano centro
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.
Tenutae Lageder Vin Santo and dessert-wine cellar ★ 4.5
8 by the glassMagre village
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. Bookable as a vertical flight at Casa del Vino.
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.
Lieselehof Vino del Passo Solaris dessert wine ★ 4.5
8 by the glassCaldaro lakeside
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). Cellar visits and the on-site South Tyrolean Vine Museum trail combine viticultural history with the rarer dessert pour.
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.