Cultivation zones South Tyrol wine

kellerei tramin 1898 wine south tyrol/alto adige

south tyrol small faceted winegrowing region. unique in field in italy, region 20 different grape varieties cultivated on land of 13,000 acres, yelds 50,000 hectoliters (3.9 million cases) of wine. geographical position, between alpine climatic zone , mediterranean 1 , vineyards growing @ 200 meters above sea level , @ on 1,000, south tyrol italy’s smallest winegrowing area. has high density of pdo wines (protected designation of origin).

the south tyrolean winegrowing zone divided 7 pdo sub-regions:

“alto adige merano”, around meran;
“alto adige val venosta”, vineyards located west of meran , south of adige;
“alto adige oltradige”, located west of eisack adige, , north of kalterer see near terlan;
“alto adige valle isarco”, between vahrn , völs schlern;
“alto adige colli di bolzano doc” south west of bozen;
“alto adige santa maddalena doc” north west of previous one.

among these zones , beyond, there regions, produce wines called “alto adige/südtirol doc”. protected designations of origin rule labelling of south tyrolean wines, according origin , guarantee consumers, resellers , sommelier source of wine.

approximately 5,000 wine producers deliver grapes 160 wineries, produce great variety of wine, red , sparkling wines, despite of small dimensions. 70% of south tyrolean wine produced in wineries run social cooperatives, remaining 25% comes association “alto adige estate wineries”, , remaining 5% produced “alto adige independent winegrowers”.