South Tyrolean Wine Road

A discovery journey along the South Tyrolean wine road will surprise you. All around Bozen, you will find the soft but still strong St. Magdalene wine, as well as the characteristic Lagrein. In the 'Überetsch' region and the Etschtal itself, you can taste excellent white wines and the famous Kalterersee-Vernatsch. In the 'Unterland', with its home in Tramin, the Gewürztraminer is available as a fine and aromatic wine.

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The best wine road in Italy 2009

Three autochthon types of grape, approximately 70 km long, lead you through 15 South Tyrolean villages: the South Tyrolean Wine Road has been awarded the 'Roma Wine Festival 2009' for the best wine road in Italy. Around 140 wine roads from all over Italy participated in this test. The reason the South Tyrolean Wine Road was awarded the prize is due to 'the unique link between wine, country, tourism and culture'.

The colours of wine

White wines
White grapes are covered by nearly 40% of all South Tyrolean vineyards. The trend is growing. Pinot Bianco and Chardonnay are at the top of the list representing more than 50% of the quantity. Nowhere else in Italy, do white grapes such as Gewürztraminer, Pinot Nero, Silvaner, Müller-Thurgau, Riesling, Sauvignon, Veltliner or Kerner produce such fruity, fresh, typical and characteristic wines, as in South Tyrol.

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South Tyrolean Wine Museum

The South Tyrolean Wine Museum is situated in the centre of Kaltern and guides its visitors through the history and importance of wine. Amongst its exhibits are particularly old tools and machines used by the wine farmers in times gone by.

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wein.kaltern

Wine producers, tourists, farmers and representatives of public life founded the 'Projektgruppe Weindorf Kaltern' (project group Kaltern wine village) in 1999. From this, the label 'wein.kaltern' developed. Today, there are also other labels such as wein.weg, wein.wegweise, wein.magazin as well as the wine house PUNKT (point).

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Crystal clear, South Tyrolean Grappa

In South Tyrol, there are five renowned distilleries today, among them the Psenner and Roner in Tramin and the Walcher in Eppan. These guarantee extraordinary quality in South Tyrolean grappa. The grapes only come from South Tyrol, where 100 kg of fresh grapes results in an average of 9 to 12 litres of grappa.

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