Wine culture

Why the wine grows so well in these latitudes. Soil, climate and a long tradition from Nalles to Salorno.

The attractive scenery along the South Tyrolean Wine Route has always provided ideal conditions for wine-growing, even some thousand years ago. In the north there are the Alps, creating a sheltering wall and thus breaking the cold wind. And from the south you can clearly feel the gentle Mediterranean climate.

During their growth and vegetation period, vines need a temperature of at least 15°C.

An average of 1,800 sunshine hours and temperatures of at least 18°C - in July even 22°C - make sure that the vines feel at ease in this region.

It is thanks to this particularly advantageous climate that the vines grow both on an altitude of 200 metres in Salorno as well as on 1,000 metres in Favogna!

A well-distributed rainfall and loose, well-aerated soils that warm up easily - above all calcareous soils and sediments resulting from ice-age moraines and rivers - contribute to the high quality of the local grapes.

This and much more adds to the excellent reputation of South Tyrol's wines on the Italian market as well as abroad.

Around 1905 viticulture gained traction in South Tyrol. Since that year winery corporations and vintners aimed at producing expressive types of wine.
Until recently the Wine Road was above all arranged in so-called pergolas, as it was considered to be the best way to protect grapes from intense solar radiation as well as hail. However, lately another cultivation method got more and more important and characterises the landscape along the Wine Road. This method includes metal posts and wires, along which the vines grow.