Alto Adige Wine Guide: Grapes, Appellations & Producers

Pinot Bianco & Pinot Grigio

Tip · Italy's most German-influenced region: many labels are bilingual (Südtirol). The whites are about purity and altitude.

Value pick

Cantina Terlano Pinot Bianco 'Tradition' · ~$25

Astonishingly age-worthy Alpine white from a legendary co-op — cellar it 10+ years for the price of a simple white.

Collector pick

Cantina Terlano 'Vorberg' Pinot Bianco Riserva · ~$60 · 2017

A Pinot Bianco that can age for decades — Terlano's famous library releases are legendary.

Aromatic Alpine whites

Tip · Gewürztraminer is named after Tramin (Termeno) right here — the grape's likely ancestral home.

Value pick

Abbazia di Novacella Kerner · ~$22

A monastery winery's zippy, aromatic high-altitude white — distinctive and bargain-priced.

Collector pick

Kuenhof (Peter Pliger) 'Kaiton' Riesling · ~$45 · 2019

A benchmark Alpine Riesling from a tiny grower — taut, mineral and age-worthy.