How to top the tip of the nose phenomenon Tasting wine can be thrilling, intriguing, and, let’s admit it, at times, a bit perplexing. It’s exhilarating when a distinctive scent leaps out and lands as a bullseye on the aroma wheel and satisfying when flavors blend together softly to reveal themselves in layers from first…
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From Imperial Post Coach Office to State-of-the-Art Winery
Innovation is in the DNA of J. Hofstätter In the center of Tramin stands the town’s calling card. The 86-meter bell tower for the Church of Saints Julitta and Quircus is the tallest steeple built out of stone in the South Tyrol. Across the square from the tower, in stark contrast to the medieval atmosphere,…
All in the Family
Foradori keeps generational, regional ties strong “I’ve never seen such skies here in winter, but the sky was so blue.” In mid-March, the crispness of the air held the last breaths of winter on an otherwise sunny, crystal–blue day as Maria led our tour of Foradori. The night before had sprinkled fresh snow on the…
Tracing Gewürztraminer to Its Fabled Roots
Tasting with Weingut von Elzenbaum, one of Tramin’s oldest family-operated cellars The Alpine hamlet of Tramin boasts a storybook setting for its tidy hillside vineyards. Rows of vines climb above and overlook the valley floor of apple orchards. The narrow, steepled bell tower crowns it all in this South Tyrolean outpost in northern Italy. Local…
The Renaissance Treatment
Old vines and a new experiment at Barone de Cles In making wines for the 21st century, family-owned Barone de Cles is taking a page from its own storied past and is recasting itself on a philosophy lifted straight from the Renaissance. Located in the heart of Italy’s Trentino province, Barone de Cles continues to…
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