5-star wine hotel in Maia Alta, Merano with a 13th-century cellar holding 23,000 bottles across three private cellars including 21,000 bottles in the 1277-founded main cellar, with 6,000 Alto Adige labels.
The list: Three private cellars holding 23,000 bottles across 6,000 Alto Adige labels, 500 rare Italian wines and a champagne range; smallest restaurant in Trentino Alto Adige inside the cellar for paired tasting dinners; wine cellar tours
Address: Via Dante 56, 39012 Merano, Italy, Alto Adige
16th-century castle on a medieval tower site in Maia Alta, Merano, transformed into an adults-only hotel and spa with two restaurants pouring Alto Adige and Mediterranean wines.
The list: Two restaurants with refined regional and Mediterranean wine programmes; attached estate winery with at-hotel cellar tastings; private dining for couples paired with sommelier flights
Cable-car-only mountain resort by Matteo Thun at 1,500m on Monte San Vigilio above Lana, with 41 rooms and the Restaurant 1500 Michelin-selected dining room on a Dolomite-view raised hay-barn timber gable.
The list: Restaurant 1500 cellar with 400 Alto Adige and Italian references; Stube Ida traditional South Tyrolean wine pairings; weekly sommelier-led tasting; EarthCheck and Michelin-Key recognition
ADLER spa and chalet lodge on the Renon plateau above Bolzano with 20 glass-and-black-wood chalets and 20 junior suites, all-inclusive sourcing from small Alto Adige family wineries.
The list: All-inclusive cellar featuring regional Alto Adige producers; complimentary daily wine tasting; sommelier-led pairing dinners; vineyard hikes and biodynamic estate excursions
16th-century castle on a medieval tower site in Maia Alta, Merano, transformed into an adults-only hotel and spa with two restaurants pouring Alto Adige and Mediterranean wines.
The list: Two restaurants with refined regional and Mediterranean wine programmes; attached estate winery with at-hotel cellar tastings; private dining for couples paired with sommelier flights
Family-run wine hotel in Schenna above Merano with on-site Pfostl winery and vineyards at Mitterplattweg below Goyen Castle; weekly Friday-evening winery tour for guests included.
The list: On-site Pfostl winery with Friday-evening guest tour; wine shop with regional speck and cheese; sommelier-led pairing dinners at the gourmet restaurant; vineyard walks across the Mitterplattweg parcels
15th-century Gothic castle B&B with six rooms set on a hillside in Appiano above Bolzano, with surrounding vineyards, a Gothic chapel and on-site winemaking and bottling since 2014.
The list: At-castle winemaking and bottling since 2014 with all grapes from estate vineyards; in-castle tastings; Rittersaal common room with open fireplace for wine evenings; Adige valley vineyard views from the breakfast lawn
20-suite Relais and Chateaux castle hotel 5km above Merano with the Prezioso Michelin-starred restaurant, Michelin Green Star recognition and a Dolomite-view spa terrace.
The list: Prezioso cellar of 600+ Alto Adige and Italian references curated for chef Egon Heiss's Cook the Mountain tasting menu; sommelier-led pairing dinners; vineyard hikes around Castel Verruca
