Wine culture meets architecture: 5 top wineries in South Tyrol
South Tyrol is a wine region that perfectly combines established tradition with creative innovation. This applies to wines, from Gewürztraminer to Pinot Blanc, from Lagrein to Pinot Noir. And it also applies to the new and renovated wine cellars. A tour of the cellars will allow you to discover excellent wines and exciting architecture at the same time.
The panoramic enoteca of the Meran winery offers top wines from South Tyrol in a stylish ambience and with a 360-degree view.
Kellerei Meran | René RillerThe small wine-growing region of South Tyrol offers great variety, as 20 varieties and an impressive number of quality wines thrive here: Internationally renowned wine guides confirm this year after year with top ratings for South Tyrolean white wines, red wines and sparkling wines. However, the architecture of some of the wine cellars is also impressive. We present five wine cellars in South Tyrol that not only impress with their excellent wines, but also with innovative buildings and spaces designed by South Tyrolean architects and architectural firms. So, if you are at least 18 years old, you can experience South Tyrol's characteristic wines and architecture on a guided tour with wine tasting.
The panoramic enoteca is open to visitors from Monday to Saturday.
Kellerei Meran | René Riller
The wine cellar of the Meran winery in Marling can be visited on guided tours.
Kellerei Meran | René RillerCantina Merano Winery
In 2010, Burggräfler Winery and Winery in Meran merged to form Cantina Merano Winery. Three years later, the new, expanded winery premises were opened at Kellereistraße 9 in Marling: Architect Werner Tscholl separated the production and visitor areas and crowned the structure with the Panorama Wine Shop: the glass pavilion offers a 360-degree view of the Meran and the Etsch Valley.
Since 2022, the CITY.VINOTHEK in the centre of Meran (Lauben 218) has also been a second meeting point for lovers of fine wines: here one can not only taste wines and sparkling wines, but also spirits on a cellar tour.
Bozen Winery
The Bozen Winery - Cantina Bolzano was also created from the merger of two wine cellars: in 2001, Grieser Winery and St. Magdalena Winery merged. In 2018, the Bozen Winery found a new home with Klima-Haus Wine at Via San Maurizio 36 in Bozen-Gries. Most of the production facilities were built underground. On the surface, the administration building with the Vinarius wine shop shines: the façade is clad in bronze-coloured aluminium sheet, the branching lines of which stylise a vine leaf. The building, designed by Architects Dell'Agnolo Kelderer, won the jury prize at the KlimaHaus Awards 2019.
The façade of the Bolzano winery in Bolzano Gries is made of aluminium and its structure is reminiscent of a vine leaf.
Kellerei Bozen | Oscar Da Riz
The Vinarius Wineshop of the Bozen Winery is open from Monday to Saturday.
Kellerei Bozen | Oscar Da Riz
The dolomite cellar of the Kurtatsch Winery can be visited as part of a guided tour.
Kellerei Kurtatsch | Oskar Da RizKurtatsch Winery
The architectural firm Dell' Agnolo Kelderer also designed the extension of the small but refined Kurtatsch wine cellar at Weinstraße 23 in Kurtatsch, which will open in 2022. The Millawände, steep walls of dolomite stone, characterise the urban landscape of Kurtatsch on the Wine Road and were the inspiration for the striking façade of the new building.
Not only is the new wine shop, with its breathtaking view, impressive, but also the new barrique cellar: its back wall has been carved into the Dolomite rock. During the extension and sustainable renovation, special care was taken to ensure that the unique terroir could also be experienced in the new building and that the ensemble would fit into the winegrowing village of Kurtatsch. This year the winery celebrates its 125th anniversary.
The Kurtatsch Winery blends perfectly into the landscape between vineyards and mountains.
Kellerei Kurtatsch | Oskar Da RizTerlan Winery
Harmonious integration into the local landscape and sustainability also played an important role in the extension of the Terlan Winery at Silberleiten 7 in Terlan, designed by architects Trojer Vonmetz. In the underground part, the porphyry cellar and the rarities cellar are the focal points. Above ground, the tasting pavilion and the partially green roof stand out. Founded in 1893, the Terlan winery is one of the most traditional wine cellars in South Tyrol and has received a particularly large number of award-winning wines in recent years.
The Terlan Winery is one of the top wineries in South Tyrol.
Kellerei Terlan | Udo Bernhart
Oak and stainless steel barrels are used in the modern wine cellars of the traditional Terlan winery.
Kellerei Terlan | Udo Bernhart
The Tramin Winery offers 2 different guided tours with tasting.
Kellerei Tramin | Florian AndergassenTramin Winery
Now we have come full circle: like our first example, the last one also bears the signature of architect Werner Tscholl: the extension of the Tramin Winery on Weinstraße 144 in Tramin was completed in 2010.
An imposing glass cube, enclosed in a green steel structure, catches the eye and houses the wine shop and tasting room. The design of the façade is reminiscent of vines in both shape and colour. Since 2012, the roof of the extension has been equipped with a photovoltaic system. Tramin on the Wine Road is the home of Gewürztraminer, and naturally this type of wine is one of the stars of the Tramin winery's range.
The wines can be tasted and bought in the wine shop of the Tramin Winery every day except Sundays.
Kellerei Tramin | Lioba Schöneck
