Alto Adige
Alpine vineyards, two languages, and some of Italy's finest whites.
Alto Adige — Südtirol to its German-speaking majority — belonged to Austria until the end of the First World War, and its wine labels still come in German and Italian. The vineyards climb the slopes of the Adige and Isarco valleys, from around 200 to 1,000 metres, where hot summer days and cold Alpine nights produce aromatic, precise wines. It is a small region, and most of its wine is made by cooperatives — among the best in Europe. The village of Tramin (Termeno) gave its name to the Traminer family of grapes, the ancestor of Gewürztraminer.
Grapes grown here 7
What the region makes
Pinot Grigio, Gewürztraminer, Sauvignon and Pinot Bianco: precise and fresh.
Deep, plummy native red — and a pale rosé version called Kretzer.
Light, pale and strawberry-scented — the traditional local red.
Worth knowing
Tramin, a village in the region, gave its name to the Traminer grape family — the ancestor of Gewürztraminer.
Cooperatives make the majority of Alto Adige's wine.
Try this region if you like clean, aromatic whites with mountain freshness.
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