Alto Adige Archives | Palate Press

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This wine is produced by a remarkable cooperative of 224 families that was founded in 1908 in the Northern Italian mountainous territory of Alto Adige, also known as Südtirol. It's a lovely every-day wine made with indigenous lagrein grapes. Red fruit and flowers in the aroma. Sweet red fruit and Read More

2016 Furggl Lagrein Riserva

Becky Sue Epstein

Wine Reviews

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2016 Furggl Lagrein Riserva When opened, big aromas of dark-red fruit and earthiness wafted from the bottled, with a whiff of aromatic-sweetness. Fruity on the palate, more boldness than finesse. Probably at the top of its game now, as full as can be, with well-integrated tannins, some acidity -- and Read More

2015 Nals Magreid Kerner, a wine for a warm summer evening

Becky Sue Epstein

Wine Reviews

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For relaxing with friends on a warm summer evening, this wine turns out to be a great choice. It comes from the far northern region of Italy called Alto Adige – an area so close to Austria that it is also known by its German name, Sudtirol. The wine is Read More

Is This the Ultimate Summer Red?

Mike Madaio

Features

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“Around here,” says the winemaker, as he pours me a glass of brilliant, shimmering ruby-red liquid, “we like to think there are actually 4 types of wine: red, white, rosé... and Schiava.” It was Matthias Hauser - the oenologist at Alto Adige’s Castel Sallegg winery – who brought forth this Read More

Vernatsch, the Cinderella of Süditrol, is ready for the ball

Elisabetta Tosi

Features Wine Spotlight

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Who doesn’t love a place where the vineyards are steep, green gardens that produce fragrant white wines made with pinot blanc, sauvignon blanc, gewürztraminer and kerner? The elegant red wines here are made from pinot noir, lagrein and merlot grapes. This is in the far north of Italy, bordering on Read More

2012 Tiefenbrunner Turmhof Lagrein

Becky Sue Epstein

Wine Reviews

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With wild rose and lavender in the aroma, this wine has spicy, brambly dark red fruit too, and black cherry, especially on the mid- and end-palate. While the wine is somewhat herby and spicy, both tannins and acidity feel mild. Fruit is the overwhelming take-away with this wine, which pairs Read More

A Wine Tapestry from Alto Adige: Tasting Fifty Years of Pinot Bianco from Terlan

Katie Myers

Features

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Visiting a wine region is a living lesson in the story of a wine. It provides context: a geographic and historical tapestry that illustrates the wine's individual narrative. The majestic backdrop of Alto Adige, stunningly nestled between imposing mountains and vibrant greenery as far as the eye can see, certainly Read More

Versoaln, the Oldest Wine in the World

Elisabetta Tosi

Features Wine Spotlight

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Italy is a country full of castles, and in SudTirol (Alto Adige) there is one particularly ancient, called Schloss Katzenzungen. The name means “cat’s tongue” but this is not a nickname, it is the real name of its former owner.-read more- Read More

Everyday Wine from a Remarkable Place: 2018 Kellerei Bozen “Perl” Lagrein

2016 Furggl Lagrein Riserva

2015 Nals Magreid Kerner, a wine for a warm summer evening

Is This the Ultimate Summer Red?

Vernatsch, the Cinderella of Süditrol, is ready for the ball

2012 Tiefenbrunner Turmhof Lagrein

A Wine Tapestry from Alto Adige: Tasting Fifty Years of Pinot Bianco from Terlan

Versoaln, the Oldest Wine in the World

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