Our first meal in Alto Adige: Pasta and Beer!
View from Hotel Laurin
Piazza near Via Laurin
Piazza
Piazza (and statue with the original King of Pop, apparently)
Bolzano
Tuesday: First visit at Laimburg Research Institute
Presentation by Heike Platter, Marketing Director of the Laimburg Institute
Tasting Room at Laimburg
Cellars at Laimburg
Tasting
Lunch at Gretlam See
No idea, but looks fun.
View from Gretlam See
Traditional Pergola Training used for Schiava
Monday: Visit at Cantina Caldaro Vineyards with Tobias Zingerle
Cantina Caldaro Vineyards near Lake Caldaro
Views of Lake Caldaro
Lake Caldaro
Hail damage at Caldaro
Caldaro also owns the Baron di Pauli vineyards and bottles them under the Baron di Pauli label.
Tasting Room visual at Cantina Caldaro
Tasting at Cantina Cornaiano/Girlan with winemaker Gerhard Kofler. Girlan now also owns the vineyards of H. Lun.
Very old bottle of Schiava
Wines from dinner at Restaurant Pillhof, Frangarto
Wednesday: Visit to Cantina Bolzano
Caution White Wine! You had to be there.
Gardens at Tiefenbrunner
Tiefenbrunner Estate
Tasting with owner and winemaker, Christof Tiefenbrunner
Family Gardens at Tiefenbrunner
The swans arrived the day before we did.
Views from Tiefenbrunner of Cortaccia
Table Grapes
Tiefenbrunner
Feldmarschall Estates - highest property estates
View from Feldmarschall Estates
Family house at Feldmarschall Estates
Backyard at Feldmarschall Estates
Painting at Hofstatter
Owner and winemaker, Martin Hofstatter
Experimental vineyard showcasing various strains of Gewurtz from around the world (Hofstatter)
Church view from Hofstatter
Church at Hofstatter
Experimental vineyard showcasing various strains of Gewurtz from around the world (Hofstatter
Thursday: Tasting at Manincor
Manincor Family Crest
Uwe, stressed out by the ladies :)
View from Manincor
Count Michael Graf Goéss-Enzenberg, winemaker and owner
Manincor, a fully operating biodynamic winery
Count Michael Graf Goéss-Enzenberg
John Deere, even in Alto Adige
Hail damage at Manincor
Manincor vineyards
Manincor
Wine artwork at Manincor
Uwe's usual stance
Lunch at Castel Ringberg restaurant, on Elena Walch winery property
Elena Walch
Cantina Abbazia Novacella
Library at Cantina Abbazia Novacella
Dr, Urban von Klebelsberg
Vineyards at Library at Cantina Abbazia Novacella
These are the most northern vineyards in Alto Adige
Eddy from EOS
Monastery at Cantina Abbazia Novacella
Restaurant at Cantina Abbazia Novacella
Art students at Cantina Abbazia Novacella
Rosa Alpina
Chef Norbert Niederkofler First course of Foie Gras four ways
Buckwheat Ravioli
Venison with cardamom/vanilla potatoes
Sailboat and a Samosa.
Truffles and Treats
Tanning Bed at Rosa Alpina
View of the Dolomites
View of theTrauttsmandorff Castle Gardens
Trauttsmandorff Castle Gardens
Susan's first cutout!
Waterfall at Trauttsmandorff Castle Gardens
Tasting at Cantina Tramin with Wolfgang Klotz and Willi Sturz
