Wining, Dining and Skiing in Valle Isarco (Isarco Valley)
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There's no other Italian skiing area from whose tracks one can see the geometric crisscrossing of the vineyards. In the six skiing zones of Valle Isarco, in the Trentino Alto Adige region – Plose-Bressanone, Gitschberg-Maranza, Jochtal-Valles, Racines-Giovo, Vipiteno-Monte Cavallo and Ladurns-Colle Isarco – it is possible to ski overlooking the northernmost Italian vines. In particular, at Plose, the skiing facility above Brix - Bressanone and its bright valley, while skiing down from above the fir trees and Alpine meadows, the skier soon reaches the high density vineyards cultivated according to the latest techniques.
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By the way, these are vineyards which command a deserved respect. In fact, the eight wines nelow produced in the Valle Isarco wine zone received the prestigious '3 glasses' recognition from the Gambero Rosso magazine, Vini d'Italia 2007 (Italian Wines 2007) guide.
- Alto Adige Valle Isarco Kerner Praepositus '05 Abbazia di Novacella
- Alto Adige Valle Isarco Kerner '05 Manni Noessing
- Alto Adige Valle Isarco Kerner Aristos '05 Cantina Produttori Valle Isarco
- Alto Adige Valle Isarco Riesling Kaiton '05 Kuenhof di Pliger Peter
- Alto Adige Valle Isarco Sylvaner '05 Obermayrlhof di Alois Ochsenreiter
- Alto Adige Valle Isarco Sylvaner Alte Reben '05 Pacherhof di Josef Huber,
- Alto Adige Valle Isarco Sylvaner Praepositus '05 Abbazia di Novacella
- Alto Adige Valle Isarco Veltliner '05 Christian Kerschbaumer
In addition, with the first stars awarded by the famed European Michelin Guide 2007 to the restaurant Jasmin at the Bischofshof hotel in Chiusa, and the restaurant Tilia in Vandoies, the Valle Isarco is becoming the true 'flavor valley' of the whole Alpine range.
The Valle Isarco wine zone is certainly the homeland of great white wines. In the areas around Chiusa and Bressanone, from where the eye can rest upon the rocky cathedrals of the Putia and Odle peaks, local winemakers produce extraordinary white wines, such as the Silvaner, which is the icon vine of the area, and the Müller Thurgau, Pinot Bianco (White Pinot), Pinot Grigio, Veltliner and Kerner.
International red grape varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir, however, produce surprisingly good wines, with structured, elegant body, and we must not forget the pride of the area, the native Lagrein, or the typical Schiava.
Just a few miles from the ski tracks there are wineries where it's possible to taste and purchase these wines. A visit to the wineries offers the extra excuse for a hike in the vineyards, even in the heart of winter. Usually the snow leaves the vineyards alone and is only visible on the higher slopes, where it keeps the tracks white for the joy of the skiers.
These characteristics make the Valle Isarco a unique and gratifying tourist destination for a wine-food-skiing vacation. In addition to the great wine and food found at the hotel and restaurants in the valleys, at Bressanone, Chiusa, Vipiteno and surrounding towns, also the lodges along the sky track offer excellent wines and snacks.
Wineries open to the public in Valle Isarco:
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Cantina vinicola dell'Abbazia di NovacellaFor more information please contact: Consorzio Turistico Valle Isarco,
Bastioni Maggiori 26/a,
39042 Bressanone (BZ),
Tel. 0472.802232
Fax 0472.801315
E-mail: info@valleisarco.info
Via Abbazia 1 - 39040 Novacella/Varna
Tel. 0472 836 189 - Cantina Sociale Produttori della Valle Isarco
Coste 50 - 39043 Chiusa
Tel. 0472 847 553 - Vonklausner
Via Castellano 30/A - 39042 Bressanone
Tel. 0472 833 700 - Strasserhof
Unterrain 8 - 39040 Varna
Tel. 0472 830 804 - Köfererhof
Via Pusteria 5 - 39040 Varna
Tel. 0472 836 649 - Pacherhof
Novacella 59 - 39040 Varna
Tel. 0472 835 717 - Nössing Manfred–Hoandlhof
Via dei Vigneti 66 - 39042 Bressanone
Tel. 0472 832 672t - Taschlerhof
Mara 107 - 39042 Bessanone
Tel. 0472 851 091 - Pliger Peter Kuenhof
Mara 110 - 39042 Bressanone
Tel. 0472 850 546 - Radoarhof
Via Pedratz 87 - 39040 Velturno
Tel. 0472 855 645 - Garlider
Untrum 70 - 39040 Velturno
Tel. 0472 847 296
E-mail - Zöhlhof
Untrum 60 - 39040 Velturno
Tel. 0472 847 400
E-mail - Obermairl
Coste - 39043 Chiusa
Tel. 0471 889 097 - Augschöll Konrad ˆ Röckhof
S. Valentino 9 - 39040 Villandro
Tel. 0472 847 130
E-mail
Masi (local lodges) which offer wine tasting and sale:
- VELTURNO
- Radoarhof, Blasbichler Norbert, Tel. 0472 855 645
- Zöhlehof, Unterfrauner Josef, Tel. 0472 847 400
- Garliderhof, Alois Kerschbaumer, Tel. 0472 847 296
- Schwarzielhof, Andreas Sigmund, tel. 0472 847 19
- VILLANDRO
- Röckhof, Konrad Augschöll, tel. 0472 847 130
- BRESSANONE
- Köfererhof a Novacella, tel. 0472 836 649
- Pacherhof a Novacella, tel. 0472 835 717
- Hoandlhof a Bressanone, tel. 0472 832 672
- Taschlerhof alla Mara, tel. 0472 851 091
- Kuenhof alla Mara, tel. 0472 850 546
| Source: Ufficio stampa Studio di Giornalismo – Tel. 051.391740 |
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