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.
Abbazia di Novacella monastic dessert wines ★ 4.5
8 by the glassVahrn near Bressanone
The Stiftskellerei Neustift / Abbazia di Novacella cellar produces rare monastic dessert wines including sweet Gewurztraminer and Moscato Rosa. The historic cellars (founded 1142) house library bottlings that surface at tastings on request.
The list: Praepositus tier and dessert-wine library at the abbey cellar; sweet Gewurztraminer and Moscato Rosa late-harvest bottlings; library Sylvaner with high residual sugar
Tip: Ask the cellar team for a dessert-wine flight as part of the standard cellar visit; the Praepositus Moscato Rosa is the headline if available.
Bolzano Night of the Cellars ★ 4.5
30 by the glassBolzano Gries
Bolzano's Night of the Cellars (Notte delle Cantine) opens the major cellars in Bolzano, Appiano and Caldaro for late-evening tastings, with Cantina Bolzano in Gries and Cantina Kaltern as the anchor stops. A seasonal late-tasting event; check the Bolzano Tourist Board calendar for the next edition.
The list: Multi-cellar evening across Bolzano, Appiano and Caldaro producers; cellars open doors for late tastings of Lagrein, Schiava, Pinot Bianco and Santa Maddalena
Tip: The Cantina Bolzano cellar in Gries is the architectural showpiece - the building is a 2018 award-winning design with full-height windows over the vineyards.