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in the Isarco Valley. Isarco the in Gardena/, in the Isarco/ Valley. Isarco/Eisacktal the in Gardena/Waidbruck,

in celebration of the chestnut and new wine that is thought to have originated originated have to thought is that wine new and chestnut the of celebration in Ponte above Castle, Trostburg at found be can press wine largest Tyrol’s

festivities, an ancient local tradition tradition local ancient an festivities, Törggelen autumn the and spring in season St. Pauls-Eppan is another vestige of during Roman times. South South times. Roman during viticulture of vestige another is Pauls-Eppan St.

even more intimately connected at special times of the year such as asparagus asparagus as such year the of times special at connected intimately more even came obsolete. An archaeological find of a Roman villa in San Paolo-Appiano/ San in villa Roman a of find archaeological An obsolete. came

able when partnered with one of the region’s finest wines. Wine and food are are food and Wine wines. finest region’s the of one with partnered when able - be subsequently techniques and equipment old and well, as production wine

- enjoy most its at is Tyrol, South embodies and influenced ian-Mediterranean technological revolution in the twentieth century brought about a revolution in in revolution a about brought century twentieth the in revolution technological

dumplings. Top-level cuisine, which is rather more Ital more rather is which cuisine, Top-level dumplings. Knödel Tyrolean hearty - appealed to wine producers to maintain the highest standards of quality. The The quality. of standards highest the maintain to producers wine to appealed

incontestable accompaniment to a good meal. A light red wine goes best with with best goes wine red light A meal. good a to accompaniment incontestable sought-after commodity by the Middle Ages, and the authorities repeatedly repeatedly authorities the and Ages, Middle the by commodity sought-after

titude towards life – and for restaurant menus. Here, a good glass of wine is an an is wine of glass good a Here, menus. restaurant for and – life towards titude they found a flourishing wine culture here. Tyrolean wine had become a much much a become had wine Tyrolean here. culture wine flourishing a found they

phone: +39 0473 200 443 · www.meranodintorni.com · 443 200 0473 +39 phone: Bureau, Tourist Environs and Merano

- at for goes This vivre. de joie Italian meets tradition Alpine Tyrol, South In the history of winegrowing. When the Romans conquered the area in 15 BC, BC, 15 in area the conquered Romans the When winegrowing. of history the

phone: +39 0472 802 232 · www.valleisarco.com · 232 802 0472 +39 phone: Bureau, Tourist Valley Isarco

A wine list for South Tyrol’s Alpine-Mediterranean cuisine Alpine-Mediterranean Tyrol’s South for list wine A Bressanone/: wooden casks that date back 2,500 years – the oldest in in oldest the – years 2,500 back date that casks wooden Bressanone/Brixen:

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hoops – that is, modern casks. In 2002, an amazing discovery was made in in made was discovery amazing an 2002, In casks. modern is, that – hoops

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wines that, according to Pliny, were Augustus Caesar’s favourite tipple. While While tipple. favourite Caesar’s Augustus were Pliny, to according that, wines

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South Tyrol was once part of the Roman province of Rhaetia and produced produced and Rhaetia of province Roman the of part once was Tyrol South Basin.

Magrè, phone: +39 0471 809 500 · www.aloislageder.eu · 500 809 0471 +39 phone: Magrè, Winery, Lageder Alois Of Rhaetians, Romans and Wine Casks Wine and Romans Rhaetians, Of building has unobstructed views of the vineyards of the Merano Valley Valley Merano the of vineyards the of views unobstructed has building the

Wine & History & Wine Caldaro, phone: +39 0471 963 122 · www.erste-neue.it · 122 963 0471 +39 phone: Caldaro, Winery, Cooperative Erste+Neue

Winery also offers good prospects: the glass pavilion on the upper floor of of floor upper the on pavilion glass the prospects: good offers also Winery

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strikingly yet harmoniously integrated in the fabric of the village. Merano Merano village. the of fabric the in integrated harmoniously yet strikingly

of Margreid Winery stands next to the church in Nalles/Nals and is is and Nalles/Nals in church the to next stands Winery Margreid Nals of

Franz Pfeil offers tastings of his estate-grown wines to visitors. to wines estate-grown his of tastings offers Pfeil Franz

and Environs embody a pioneering spirit and strength of image. The annex annex The image. of strength and spirit pioneering a embody Environs and

complex is a labyrinth with hedges comprised of ten grape varieties. Count Count varieties. grape ten of comprised hedges with labyrinth a is complex

www.bollicinealtoadige.it · 528 978 0471 +39 phone: >> work with a delicate touch. The vines are pruned in January, after which the the which after January, in pruned are vines The touch. delicate a with work The renovations of the winery cooperatives in the holiday area of Merano Merano of area holiday the in cooperatives winery the of renovations The  Fiè allo Sciliar, phone: +39 335 254 780 · www.blindprobe.com · 780 254 335 +39 phone: Sciliar, allo Fiè Sensorium, Blindprobe

an ambience conducive to meditation and introspection. The heart of the the of heart The introspection. and meditation to conducive ambience an

Bolzano Producers, Wine Sparkling Tyrolean South of Association cultivation is subjected to rigorous quality controls and the farmer must must farmer the and controls quality rigorous to subjected is cultivation way back to prehistory. prehistory. to back way Termeno, phone: +39 0471 864 000 · www.roner.com · 000 864 0471 +39 phone: Termeno, Distillery, AG Roner

>> The garden of Kränzel Winery at Cermes/, near Merano, provides provides Merano, near Cermes/Tscherms, at Winery Kränzel of garden The 

phone: +39 0471 238 002 · www.fws.it · 002 238 0471 +39 phone: DOC wines need a little bit of coddling. This begins in the vineyard, where where vineyard, the in begins This coddling. of bit little a need wines DOC www.suedtiroler-weinstrasse.it seum explores the wine culture in the Isarco/Eisacktal Valley, going all the the all going Valley, Isarco/Eisacktal the in culture wine the explores seum

new piece; the work is premiered at the estate. the at premiered is work the piece; new

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Caldaro, phone: +39 0471 964 609 609 964 0471 +39 phone: Caldaro, Academy, Wine Tyrolean South Vine trellising methods in South Tyrol South in methods trellising Vine façade accents are another evocative wine reference. Inside, a lovely mu lovely a Inside, reference. wine evocative another are accents façade -

ogy. Each year, the winery commissions one young musician to compose a a compose to musician young one commissions winery the year, Each ogy. phone: +39 0471 945 773 · www.altoadigewines.com · 773 945 0471 +39 phone: Wine & Vine & Wine

Info: through its rough, earthy plaster of the façade; the Bordeaux-red metalwork metalwork Bordeaux-red the façade; the of plaster earthy rough, its through

Bolzano Wines, Quality Alto of Protection the for Consortium rary artists interpret the relationship between nature, culture and technol and culture nature, between relationship the interpret artists rary -

see, Säben Mountain near Chiusa/Klausen, takes on the theme of terroir terroir of theme the on takes Chiusa/Klausen, near Mountain Säben see,

>> Info: At the Alois Lageder Winery in Magrè/Margreid, international contempo international Magrè/Margreid, in Winery Lageder Alois the At  -

taste. >> The Cantina Valle Isarco winery at the foot of South Tyrol’s first bishop’s bishop’s first Tyrol’s South of foot the at winery Isarco Valle Cantina The 

ceiling in small, French oak casks. oak French small, in ceiling

fied wine advisor helps participants to fine-tune their sense of smell and and smell of sense their fine-tune to participants helps advisor wine fied ture and flavour. and ture

tion takes place in the bottle. the in place takes tion

to Erste+Neue’s premium Puntay line mature beneath the cellar’s vaulted vaulted cellar’s the beneath mature line Puntay premium Erste+Neue’s to

- quali A Schlern. am Sciliar/Völs allo Fiè of village the in located Sensorium, Termeno, phone: +39 0471 860 161 · www.hofstatter.it · 161 860 0471 +39 phone: Termeno, Estate, Wine Hofstätter J. pavilion is a hot spot for wine lovers to meet for a tête-à-tête with architec with tête-à-tête a for meet to lovers wine for spot hot a is pavilion -

- fermenta secondary which in method, classic the to according wines kling

Kaltern with biblical, mythological and modern-day scenes. Wines belonging belonging Wines scenes. modern-day and mythological biblical, with Kaltern

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- spar Tyrolean South of bottles 240,000 around make producers seven year

Winery in 2000, artist Robert Scherer painted the Puntay cellar in Caldaro/ in cellar Puntay the painted Scherer Robert artist 2000, in Winery

grappa and other spirits. other and grappa phone: +39 0471 307 000 · www.bolzano-bozen.it · 000 307 0471 +39 phone: Bureau, Tourist Environs and Bolzano

contrast to the surrounding countryside: shaped like two arms, it is evoca is it arms, two like shaped countryside: surrounding the to contrast

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Delightful bubbly made from , and : each each Noir: Pinot and Blanc Pinot Chardonnay, from made bubbly Delightful Culturonda Wine  >> To celebrate the centenary of the founding of the Erste+Neue Cooperative Cooperative Erste+Neue the of founding the of centenary the celebrate To 

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>> 659 860 0471 +39 phone: Bureau, Tourist Environs and Road/Bolzano Wine Tyrolean South Roner Distillery in Termeno/Tramin has put together the Gallery of the the of Gallery the together put has Termeno/Tramin in Distillery Roner  centrepiece of the Cantina Terlano winery is its cellar, which is clad with fine fine with clad is which cellar, its is winery Terlano Cantina the of centrepiece

of South Tyrol (free in the sense of independent) to promote their products, products, their promote to independent) of sense the in (free Tyrol South of www.altoadigewines.com Wines, Adige Alto

wine culture. wine the material and design of the façade is reminiscent of oak barrels. The The barrels. oak of reminiscent is façade the of design and material the

own vineyards and have joined together under the name Free Winegrowers Winegrowers Free name the under together joined have and vineyards own Info:

and to contribute towards the awareness of themes such as sustainability. as such themes of awareness the towards contribute to and in South Tyrol – on the subjects of wine production, wine appreciation, and and appreciation, wine production, wine of subjects the on – Tyrol South in Schreckbichl Winery in Cornaiano-Appiano has what is literally a new look: look: new a literally is what has Cornaiano-Appiano in Winery Schreckbichl

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There are 90 grower-winemakers who produce wines exclusively from their their from exclusively wines produce who grower-winemakers 90 are There 

Pach Manor in Caldaro/Kaltern, offers courses – there and in other places places other in and there – courses offers Caldaro/Kaltern, in Manor Pach suffice in modern art, which tries to understand the processes in winegrowing winegrowing in processes the understand to tries which art, modern in suffice squares. Modern highlights include the winecenter and Manincor Winery. Winery. Manincor and winecenter the include highlights Modern squares.

these cellars. cellars. these at the biennial International Gewürztraminer Symposium. Symposium. Gewürztraminer International biennial the at

>> The new South Tyrolean Wine Academy, which is housed in the historical historical the in housed is which Academy, Wine Tyrolean South new The  occasions embellish South Tyrol’s wine cellars. Beautiful pictures often do not not do often pictures Beautiful cellars. wine Tyrol’s South embellish occasions Caldaro, the wein.kaltern initiative tells the story of farms, wineries and and wineries farms, of story the tells initiative wein.kaltern the Caldaro,

top wines. The entire range of wines produced in South Tyrol mature in in mature Tyrol South in produced wines of range entire The wines. top facts is that Gewürztraminer is a diva. The significance of this is discussed discussed is this of significance The diva. a is Gewürztraminer that is facts

Points of Interest: of Points rated with carvings. Frescoes and artistically carved casks decorated for festive festive for decorated casks carved artistically and Frescoes carvings. with rated >> Tradition and modernity meet along on the South Tyrolean Wine Road. In In Road. Wine Tyrolean South the on along meet modernity and Tradition 

a rigorous selection process, they succeed in producing some of the region’s region’s the of some producing in succeed they process, selection rigorous a

visitors can learn intriguing facts about grapes and viticulture. One of these these of One viticulture. and grapes about facts intriguing learn can visitors

- deco often are implements vineyard wooden and vessels Wine-drinking general. Points of Interest: of Points

vineyards and from grapes bought in from individual winegrowers. Through Through winegrowers. individual from in bought grapes from and vineyards

the J. Hofstätter estate has set up a display Gewürztraminer vineyard where where vineyard Gewürztraminer display a up set has estate Hofstätter J. the press motif appeared in Tyrol in panel paintings, woodcarvings and paintings in in paintings and woodcarvings paintings, panel in Tyrol in appeared motif press mere love of wine is not always enough to really understand it. it. understand really to enough always not is wine of love mere

member-growers; the 38 commercial cellars produce wine from their own own their from wine produce cellars commercial 38 the member-growers; >>

Termeno/Tramin has a natural connection to Gewürztraminer. The winery of of winery The Gewürztraminer. to connection natural a has Termeno/Tramin 

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There are 13 cooperative wineries, which press grapes supplied by their their by supplied grapes press which wineries, cooperative 13 are There 

South Tyrol’s third largest winegrowing municipality. winegrowing largest third Tyrol’s South

times in the Bible. Christian art has been inspired on countless occasions by para by occasions countless on inspired been has art Christian Bible. the in times - - open on example for information, provide also touch and hearing of senses the walls are highly regarded. Several wine estates have carried out exemplary work work exemplary out carried have estates wine Several regarded. highly are walls

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vineyards is superb. With 27 wineries within its municipal area, Bolzano is is Bolzano area, municipal its within wineries 27 With superb. is vineyards

senses. The eyes and above all the nose and taste buds are indispensable, though though indispensable, are buds taste and nose the all above and eyes The senses. and enjoys cult status. The word “wine”, in fact, is said to occur two hundred hundred two occur to said is fact, in “wine”, word The status. cult enjoys and harmony with the surroundings and that maintain unqualified respect for the old old the for respect unqualified maintain that and surroundings the with harmony

to the Guncina/Guntschna Promenade, from where the view of the Lagrein Lagrein the of view the where from Promenade, Guncina/Guntschna the to

noisseur feel qualified to pass judgement. Tasting wine really does involve all the the all involve does really wine Tasting judgement. pass to qualified feel noisseur It dates back to antiquity and is permitted by the Bible: wine is steeped in culture culture in steeped is wine Bible: the by permitted is and antiquity to back dates It left off. Projects based on new, innovative ideas that are brought to fruition in in fruition to brought are that ideas innovative new, on based Projects off. left

and state-of-the-art technology. state-of-the-art and into the main square of Gries (a suburb of Bolzano) leads past vineyards up up vineyards past leads Bolzano) of suburb (a Gries of square main the into

“chewed”, and the aftertaste savoured after swallowing. Only then does the con the does then Only swallowing. after savoured aftertaste the and “chewed”, - The eternal relationship between inspiration and patronage patronage and inspiration between relationship eternal The

porary style, taking over where their predecessors from Venice and Lombardy Lombardy and Venice from predecessors their where over taking style, porary

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Wine & Art & Wine tional methods and instinct have long given way to highly specialised expertise expertise specialised highly to way given long have instinct and methods tional Bolzano is the metropolis of Lagrein. A walk from Muri-Gries Monastery Monastery Muri-Gries from walk A Lagrein. of metropolis the is Bolzano 

held up to the light. Then its contents are swirled, sniffed, rolled over the palate, palate, the over rolled sniffed, swirled, are contents its Then light. the to up held - contem own their developed long have architects Tyrolean South windows.

- Tradi grapes. own their from wines distinctive very of quantities small make yield, cellar work, sites, and the vines. the and sites, work, cellar yield,

Wine experts turn the drinking of wine into an elaborate ritual. First, the glass is is glass the First, ritual. elaborate an into wine of drinking the turn experts Wine

there are bay windows, loggias, flights of external stairways, and double lancet lancet double and stairways, external of flights loggias, windows, bay are there

cess another 25 per cent. The remainder comprises a group of winegrowers who who winegrowers of group a comprises remainder The cent. per 25 another cess quality standards of the Lago di Caldaro Charter: strict guidelines govern govern guidelines strict Charter: Caldaro di Lago the of standards quality A holistic experience of South Tyrol South of experience holistic A embracing elements of the German Gothic and the Italian Renaissance styles: styles: Renaissance Italian the and Gothic German the of elements embracing

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manors were built in this area between 1550 and 1650 in an architectural manner manner architectural an in 1650 and 1550 between area this in built were manors

- coopera winegrowers’ Today 1893. in Bolzano/Bozen, near Terlano/, and the city to the wine village of St. Peter. Lago di Caldaro wines, the area of of area the wines, Caldaro di Lago Peter. St. of village wine the to city the

www.altoadigewines.com of Bolzano, which stretches from Appiano to Caldaro. Wine farmsteads and noble noble and farmsteads Wine Caldaro. to Appiano from stretches which Bolzano, of

and market their own wines. The first were established in Andriano/Andrian Andriano/Andrian in established were first The wines. own their market and name in Bolzano/Bozen, where the Oswald Promenade meanders through through meanders Promenade Oswald the where Bolzano/Bozen, in name Settequerce, phone: +39 0471 910 184 910 0471 +39 phone: Settequerce, Wines, Sparkling and Wines Braunbach

a result. This is apparent in the architecture of the winegrowing area to the south south the to area winegrowing the of architecture the in apparent is This result. a

make would that cellars cooperative form to together joined farmers of number a best-known Vernatsch wines. Santa Maddalena grows on a hill of the same same the of hill a on grows Maddalena Santa wines. Vernatsch best-known Bolzano, phone: +39 0471 282 287 · www.muri-gries.com · 287 282 0471 +39 phone: Bolzano, Cellars, Monastery Muri-Gries

Italian and Germanic lifestyles and cultural traits developed in southern Tyrol as as Tyrol southern in developed traits cultural and lifestyles Germanic and Italian

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to do business in Bolzano/Bozen since time immemorial, and a mélange of the the of mélange a and immemorial, time since Bolzano/Bozen in business do to

The winemaker’s laboratory winemaker’s The Points of Interest: of Points phone: +39 0472 836 189 836 0472 +39 phone: Novacella, at abbey Regular Canons Augustinian Tiefenbrunner – Castel Turmhof Wine Estate, Wine Turmhof Castel – Tiefenbrunner Niclara, phone: +39 0471 880 122 122 880 0471 +39 phone: Niclara,

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Info: Info: phone: +39 0471 662 206 · www.appiano.com · 206 662 0471 +39 phone: Association, Tourist Eppan

- quintessen Tyrol’s South is least, not but last Caldaro/Kaltern, and area; surface

Ora/Auer, phone: +39 0471 810 231 · www.castelfeder.info · 231 810 0471 +39 phone: Ora/Auer, Association, Tourist Castelfeder cultivates it. Lagrein and Gewürztraminer account for eight per cent each. cent per eight for account Gewürztraminer and Lagrein it. cultivates

the surface area of its subterranean wine cellars is larger than the aboveground aboveground the than larger is cellars wine subterranean its of area surface the

ments yet retains its contemplative aura. contemplative its retains yet ments Info: for 30 per cent of South Tyrol’s winegrowing area, and just about every wine estate estate wine every about just and area, winegrowing Tyrol’s South of cent per 30 for

a decidedly urban feel; it is rumoured that in Cornaiano-Appiano/Girlan-Eppan Cornaiano-Appiano/Girlan-Eppan in that rumoured is it feel; urban decidedly a

- ele modern-day and original combines Bressanone, of bishop the by 1200 sance for Vernatsch, South Tyrol’s light yet fruity red wine. Vernatsch still accounts accounts still Vernatsch wine. red fruity yet light Tyrol’s South Vernatsch, for sance

density of manors and castles in Europe; the archways of Magrè/Margreid give it it give Magrè/Margreid of archways the Europe; in castles and manors of density

Greek mythology, the Old Testament and South Tyrolean mythology. Tyrolean South and Testament Old the mythology, Greek

then. The historical building, which was originally bestowed on the order in in order the on bestowed originally was which building, historical The then. phone: +39 0471 880 115 · www.kellerei-kurtatsch.it · 115 880 0471 +39 phone: Cooperative, Winegrowers’ Cortaccia duction and the propagation of high-quality sub-varieties have resulted in a renais a in resulted have sub-varieties high-quality of propagation the and duction -

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brunner (1828-1907) laid out the garden himself, incorporating figures from from figures incorporating himself, garden the out laid (1828-1907) brunner

phone: +39 0471 880 100 · www.suedtiroler-unterland.it · 100 880 0471 +39 phone: Trail, Wine Educational Cortaccia The estate has been making Lagrein from the monastery’s vineyard since since vineyard monastery’s the from Lagrein making been has estate The come the flagship red wine, with Gewürztraminer as its white counterpart. Yield re Yield counterpart. white its as Gewürztraminer with wine, red flagship the come -

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visitors to the Tiefenbrunner wine estate in Niclara/Entiklar. Josef Tiefen- Josef Niclara/Entiklar. in estate wine Tiefenbrunner the to visitors Caldaro, phone: +39 0471 965 410 · www.wein.kaltern.com www.wein.kaltern.com · 410 965 0471 +39 phone: Caldaro, Initiative, wein.weg The tonic Knights monastery at Settequerce/Siebeneich near Terlano/Terlan. Terlano/Terlan. near Settequerce/Siebeneich at monastery Knights tonic

Tyrol’s wine producers began to revive their native varieties. Today, Lagrein has be has Lagrein Today, varieties. native their revive to began producers wine Tyrol’s -

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>> www.bolzanosurroundings.info and www.suedtiroler-weinstrasse.it and www.bolzanosurroundings.info Since the nineteenth century, a fairytale garden has been enthralling enthralling been has garden fairytale a century, nineteenth the Since  >>

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for its muscular Lagrein. muscular its for Comprehensive database of 13 properties linking tradition 1900, by Kretzer); (called a as exclusively almost made was Lagrein 1980s; the

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normally only found in the high mountains. Legends speak of a submerged submerged a of speak Legends mountains. high the in found only normally

Winegrowing flourished under them, and the monastery is now best known known best now is monastery the and them, under flourished Winegrowing lodging in South Tyrol, with contemporary life: until dominated Vernatsch high-yielding The Tyroleans. South native consequently

generate: the plants that thrive here, at an elevation of just 500 metres, are are metres, 500 just of elevation an at here, thrive that plants the generate:

evicted from Muri Abbey in , moved into the monastery in 1845. 1845. in monastery the into moved Switzerland, in Abbey Muri from evicted

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very manageable trail. The ice holes are famous for the microclimate they they microclimate the for famous are holes ice The trail. manageable very

rebuilt the former castle as a monastery. Benedictine monks, who had been been had who monks, Benedictine monastery. a as castle former the rebuilt

accept online bookings: wine Tyrol’s South of emblematic are Gewürztraminer and Lagrein Vernatsch,

phone: +39 0473 200 443 · www.meranodintorni.com · 443 200 0473 +39 phone: Bureau, Tourist Environs and Merano

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, or ice holes, can be reached by following a a following by reached be can holes, ice or , Eislöcher Appiano/Eppan The  heart of South Tyrol’s classic Lagrein vineyards. Augustinian Canons Regular Regular Canons Augustinian vineyards. Lagrein classic Tyrol’s South of heart

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known as Eisacktaler. The trail sheds light on the history of in in winemaking of history the on light sheds trail The Eisacktaler. as known

Vernatsch, Lagrein, Gewürztraminer Lagrein, Vernatsch, ”. Indeed, no enemy ever did manage to destroy the castle. the destroy to manage did ever enemy no Indeed, Salorno”.

>> Muri-Gries Monastery, on the outskirts of Bolzano/Bozen, is situated in the the in situated is Bolzano/Bozen, of outskirts the on Monastery, Muri-Gries

Silandro/, phone: +39 0473 620 480 480 620 0473 +39 phone: Silandro/Schlanders, 30 four-star spa hotels focussing Bureau, Tourist Valley Venosta

of Klausner Laitacher, which is the only red wine produced here and is also also is and here produced wine red only the is which Laitacher, Klausner of

tion declared “Haderburg Castle will remain safe as long as it holds wine from from wine holds it as long as safe remain will Castle “Haderburg declared tion tastings.

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atop which Säben Monastery is perched, passes through the cultivation area area cultivation the through passes perched, is Monastery Säben which atop

. His cellar was always well supplied: in fact, an inscrip an fact, in supplied: well always was cellar His . Nörggelen the with tipple -

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mantic setting: According to legend, a robber baron dwelling there loved to to loved there dwelling baron robber a legend, to According setting: mantic

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rae. As a companion option, Cortaccia Winery offers a full-day, guided wine wine guided full-day, a offers Winery Cortaccia option, companion a As rae.

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the life cycle of the vine from planting to tasting of the wine. Almost every every Almost wine. the of tasting to planting from vine the of cycle life the

figure who once guarded the grapes. the guarded once who figure Saltner the as it with relish. Other stories recount the desire to concoct a wine that would never never would that wine a concoct to desire the recount stories Other relish. with it

over centuries must consequently be credited to the monasteries. Even today, today, Even monasteries. the to credited be consequently must centuries over

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The wine education trail in Cortaccia/Kurtatsch has been designed to follow follow to designed been has Cortaccia/Kurtatsch in trail education wine The

result in intensely aromatic wines with firm, fruity acidity. fruity firm, with wines aromatic intensely in result

local varieties, the process of growing wine, and vinicultural traditions such such traditions vinicultural and wine, growing of process the varieties, local : elves who pilfered the new wine at harvest time and guzzled guzzled and time harvest at wine new the pilfered who elves : Nörggelen the were

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daytime and nighttime temperatures at elevations from 500 to 700 metres metres 700 to 500 from elevations at temperatures nighttime and daytime old about hikers teaches today, even water with vines the supplies which

guarded their wine, for thirsty thieves lurked everywhere. In local legends, they they legends, local In everywhere. lurked thieves thirsty for wine, their guarded

ops of Bressanone/Brixen and Trento also invested in winegrowing. Well-read Well-read winegrowing. in invested also Trento and Bressanone/Brixen of ops

and historical wine farmsteads. Ancient vineyard sites are marked in the the in marked are sites vineyard Ancient farmsteads. wine historical and

tain water, a useful quality in this dry area. The large fluctuations between between fluctuations large The area. dry this in quality useful a water, tain water channel in Lagundo/, Lagundo/Algund, in channel water Waal the alongside running trail wine The

wonder, then, that the winegrowers, estate owners and cellar masters jealously jealously masters cellar and owners estate winegrowers, the that then, wonder,

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winds down to Caldaro Lake and back. The route passes idyllic vineyards vineyards idyllic passes route The back. and Lake Caldaro to down winds

in soils comprising eroded primary rock, quartz, slate and schist, which re which schist, and slate quartz, rock, primary eroded comprising soils in - Basin, by contrast, the vineyards form an amphitheatre that encircles the town. town. the encircles that amphitheatre an form vineyards the contrast, by Basin,

South Tyrol. A litre of wine cost as much as a casual labourer earned in a day. No No day. a in earned labourer casual a as much as cost wine of litre A Tyrol. South

buy their way out of Purgatory. In 1300, around forty monasteries in southern southern in monasteries forty around 1300, In Purgatory. of out way their buy

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The wein.weg trail begins in Caldaro/Kaltern, the Vernatsch stronghold, and and stronghold, Vernatsch the Caldaro/Kaltern, in begins trail wein.weg The

Valley. Both thrive here, between Chiusa/Klausen and Novacella/Neustift, Novacella/Neustift, and Chiusa/Klausen between here, thrive Both Valley. Monte Sole/Sonnenberg Mountain in the Venosta Valley. In the Merano Valley Valley Merano the In Valley. Venosta the in Mountain Sole/Sonnenberg Monte By the Middle Ages, wine had become an important commercial product in in product commercial important an become had wine Ages, Middle the By

wine. Mention is often made of donations, as though the Tyroleans wanted to to wanted Tyroleans the though as donations, of made often is Mention wine.

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>> >> Sylvaner and have become grape varieties characteristic of the Isarco Isarco the of characteristic varieties grape become have Kerner and Sylvaner  It took a Herculean effort to wrest vineyards from the meagre lower slopes of of slopes lower meagre the from vineyards wrest to effort Herculean a took It elves and secret cellars secret and elves Nörggelen Of

yards in southern Tyrol to supply themselves with table wine and Communion Communion and wine table with themselves supply to Tyrol southern in yards

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Pinot Noir grown here. grown Noir Pinot estates, all the way to Tschötsch. Tschötsch. to way the all estates,

- vine acquired the of north the to establishments Religious each. – day per

wines, varieties, sites and trellising methods. methods. trellising and sites varieties, wines,

the afternoon wind cools the vines. International experts rave about the the about rave experts International vines. the cools wind afternoon the runs along the hills south of Bressanone/Brixen, passing vineyards and wine wine and vineyards passing Bressanone/Brixen, of south hills the along runs

According to medieval chronicles, monks of the day consumed a litre of wine wine of litre a consumed day the of monks chronicles, medieval to According

to enable wine enthusiasts to deepen their knowledge of South Tyrolean Tyrolean South of knowledge their deepen to enthusiasts wine enable to

Egna/Neumarkt. Soils here are well drained and rich in calcium carbonate; carbonate; calcium in rich and drained well are here Soils Egna/Neumarkt. very scenic circular hike starts at the Gasthof Wirt an der Mahr tavern and and tavern Mahr der an Wirt Gasthof the at starts hike circular scenic very

South Tyrol’s first masters of winemaking winemaking of masters first Tyrol’s South

vine. The harvest begins in early September. Interesting trails have been laid laid been have trails Interesting September. early in begins harvest The vine.

>> tainside terraces at medium elevations overlooking the Adige Valley above above Valley Adige the overlooking elevations medium at terraces tainside In the Isarco Valley, vines flourish on spectacularly steep mountainsides. A A mountainsides. steep spectacularly on flourish vines Valley, Isarco the In

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change colour, the grapes are thinned out to ensure the optimum yield per per yield optimum the ensure to out thinned are grapes the colour, change varietal character at Mazon and Montagna/ on west-facing moun west-facing on Montagna/Montan and Mazon at character varietal - wine villages and passes sumptuous wine cellars and wine estates. wine and cellars wine sumptuous passes and villages wine

Südtirol Map – Standard www.pursuedtirol.com · 500 050 0474 +39 and excess foliage is removed in summer. As soon as the clusters begin to to begin clusters the as soon As summer. in removed is foliage excess and >> Merano, phone: +39 0473 012 100 · Brunico, phone: phone: Brunico, · 100 012 0473 +39 phone: Merano, market, specialty Südtirol PUR Pinot Noir produces wines of Burgundian finesse with an unmistakable unmistakable an with finesse Burgundian of wines produces Noir Pinot  Salorno/Salurn runs through Bolzano, South Tyrol’s capital, and historical historical and capital, Tyrol’s South Bolzano, through runs Salorno/Salurn

Getting There May, in forth burst Buds March. in wires trellis the to tied are canes fruiting phone: +39 0472 802 232 · www.valleisarco.com · 232 802 0472 +39 phone: Bureau, Tourist Isarco Valle performs best in slightly warmer hillside vineyards. hillside warmer slightly in best performs and Nalles/Nals between route The bicycle. by is landscape vineyard

phone: +39 0471 257 135, cantina-terlano.com 135, 257 0471 +39 phone: Cooperative, Winegrowers’ Terlano

where it grows at elevations between 400 and 600 metres. Sauvignon Sauvignon metres. 600 and 400 between elevations at grows it where

www.suedtirol.info/gettingthere placid most Tyrol’s South explore to way wonderful A road. wine oldest

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>> lime and gravel in South Tyrol’s largest winegrowing municipality, Appiano/Eppan, Appiano/Eppan, municipality, winegrowing largest Tyrol’s South in gravel and lime Wine is grown on hillsides straddling the South Tyrolean Wine Road, Italy’s Italy’s Road, Wine Tyrolean South the straddling hillsides on grown is Wine

Merano, phone: +39 0473 235 730 235 0473 +39 phone: Merano, Castle, Trauttmansdorff of Gardens The

Info: the Isarco/Eisacktal Valley. Pinot Blanc yields magnificent, fruity wines on clay, clay, on wines fruity magnificent, yields Blanc Pinot Valley. Isarco/Eisacktal the Points of Interest: of Points

phone: + 39 328 56 03 645 · www.bolzanosurroundings.info · 645 03 56 328 39 + phone:

45 München Termeno, of museum Village

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Pinot Blanc and Sauvignon are grown all over South Tyrol, with the exception of of exception the with Tyrol, South over all grown are Sauvignon and Blanc Pinot 

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aromatic white wines, slender, with a firm but ripe acidity. ripe but firm a with slender, wines, white aromatic

at Hof am Orth, Cortaccia, phone: +39 0471 880 267 880 0471 +39 phone: Cortaccia, Orth, am Hof at

2 Rosenheim Time, Through People of Museum

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         Tyrol South from materials pure using locations, both designed Thaler Harry variety will perform better than it would elsewhere. would it than better perform will variety valleys, vineyards cover the steep mountainsides – distinctly Alpine terrain. Here, Here, terrain. Alpine distinctly – mountainsides steep the cover vineyards valleys, Info:

directly from South Tyrol’s farms or are processed in South Tyrol. Designer Designer Tyrol. South in processed are or farms Tyrol’s South from directly

phyry, and morainal debris deposited by glaciers. Depending on the site, one one site, the on Depending glaciers. by deposited debris morainal and phyry, 2 Bregenz Venosta/ and Isarco/Eisacktal the In Road. Wine Tyrolean South the by

Merano/Meran, carries an assortment of 1,500 products that either come come either that products 1,500 of assortment an carries Merano/Meran, vine. – oldest presumably and – largest world’s the is rarity, true a Versoaln, The - por especially rock, eroded of consist soils the where mountainsides and hills 45 Zürich traversed is and Termeno/Tramin and Caldaro/Kaltern Appiano/Eppan, between

45 >> The PUR Südtirol speciality shop in Brunico/ and at the Kurhaus in in Kurhaus the at and Brunico/Bruneck in shop speciality Südtirol PUR The Innsbruck 

tumn, including to the Versoaln vine at Katzenzungen Castle, Prissiano/Prissian. Prissiano/Prissian. Castle, Katzenzungen at vine Versoaln the to including tumn, on planted are vineyards Most perfectly. acclimatised have and century teenth

2 Vaduz Bolzano/Bozen of south the to hills rolling the across extends It Mediterranean.

Bolzano. - mid-nine the in here introduced were German and Sauvignon and grown here. The character of South Tyrol’s lushest winegrowing area is sub- is area winegrowing lushest Tyrol’s South of character The here. grown - au in tours vineyard offer gardens botanical These few. a just are Gschlafener

cella/Neustift Monastery, near Bressanone/Brixen, to Runkelstein Castle in in Castle Runkelstein to Bressanone/Brixen, near Monastery, cella/Neustift have spread around the world from here, the French Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir Noir Pinot Blanc, Pinot French the here, from world the around spread have and few regions anywhere can match the diversity of white varieties and styles styles and varieties white of diversity the match can anywhere regions few and 2 Vipiteno/ Spittal an and Fraueler, Jungferler, Blatterle, extinction: from them protect to order in

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Brunico/Bruneck Trail Chestnut the along >> While the South Tyrolean varieties Vernatsch, Lagrein and Gewürztraminer Gewürztraminer and Lagrein Vernatsch, varieties Tyrolean South the While ity controls. Around 60 per cent of the area is planted with white grape varieties, varieties, grape white with planted is area the of cent per 60 Around controls. ity The Gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle cultivate fifteen local grape varieties varieties grape local fifteen cultivate Castle Trauttmansdorff of Gardens The

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>> or “wine “wine or torculum word Latin the from , Törggelen time. Törggelen is Autumn  vineyard. One thing they all have in common: 300 sunny days per year. This This year. per days sunny 300 common: in have all they thing One vineyard. - Ty South on praise heaps publication the year, every this: confirms , Rosso bero visitors to delve into the rural traditions and wine culture of the southern southern the of culture wine and traditions rural the into delve to visitors

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tive, which supplies the ideal wine to accompany asparagus: the aromatic aromatic the asparagus: accompany to wine ideal the supplies which tive,

elevations ranging from 200 metres to 1,000 metres. Within this considerable considerable this Within metres. 1,000 to metres 200 from ranging elevations When it comes to quality and international awards, however, the province (called (called province the however, awards, international and quality to comes it When 2 Lugano vines. the from directly grapes taste may visitors autumn, in vineyard; the

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querce/Siebeneich. By late March, the first white spears are ready to be be to ready are spears white first the March, late By querce/Siebeneich.

The diversity of South Tyrol’s winegrowing areas winegrowing Tyrol’s South of diversity The Picturesque vine-covered hills and steep vineyards steep and hills vine-covered Picturesque

45 Bergamo 45 Treviso history, art about exhibits and finds archaeological through history wine

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>> The Museum in Caldaro/Kaltern documents the region’s region’s the documents Caldaro/Kaltern in Museum Wine Tyrol South The

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45 Milano Brescia 45 Venezia >> Special occasions: South Tyrol’s asparagus triangle is located in the Adige Adige the in located is triangle asparagus Tyrol’s South occasions: Special  45 Verona Interest: of Points 0  50

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