The colours of wine
White wines
Nearly 40% of all South Tyrolean vineyards are covered by white grapes. The trend is growing. Pinot Bianco and Chardonnay are at the top of the list representing more than 50% of the quantity. Nowhere else in Italy, do white grapes such as Gewürztraminer, Pinot Nero, Silvaner, Müller-Thurgau, Riesling, Sauvignon, Veltliner or Kerner produce such fruity, fresh, typical and characteristic wines, as in South Tyrol.
Red wines
60% of all vineyards in South Tyrol are red grapes. In this statistic, the Vernatsch grape has the most important role. The great red wines of South Tyrol enjoy international importance, such as the characteristic Lagrein, the elegant Pinot Nero, the strong Merlot and the expressive Cabernet.
Sweet wines
The tradition of South Tyrolean wine history shows that dry wines were always cultivated. Unique exceptions are two classic South Tyrolean rarities: the fruity Rose Muscatel and the aromatic Golden Muscatel. For some years, the cellar masters of South Tyrol have produced impressive sweet wines. The South Tyrolean Passiti (straw wines), as well as the late vintage wines count among the most desired sweet wines of Italy today.
Sparkling wine
Since the beginning of the 19th century, sparkling wine has been produced according to the classic bottle fermentation method. South Tyrol’s manufacturers of sparkling wines, produce about 150,000 bottles per annum in careful manual work. It is marked through its fresh, sparkling finesse, its lovely dry fruitiness and typical light yeast tones.
  
South Tyrolean wine road weeks 2008
For a whole month - from May 15th until June 14th 2008 - the 15 wine-growing villages which are set along the South Tyrolean wine road are the centres of a quite particular event:
the South Tyrolean wine road weeks
The South Tyrolean wine road weeks offer a considerable event program centred on the topic wine. For instance there are the famous wine tasting days in Bozen, as well as wine seminars. A champagne breakfast, wine clubs and wine days around Gewürztraminer, Blauburgunder and Vernatsch, lectures with wine tastings about the Lagrein, a big white wine tasting, wine menus, gastronomical and culinary exquisiteness, vineyard, and cellar leaderships, pictures and art exhibitions, a wine quiz and much more – and these are only some of the highlights of the extensive offers of our program
The night of the cellars
On June 14th | until 24 o'clock
The street weeks finish with the "night of the cellars". On that day over 40 winery cooperatives, private wineries and even wine-growers open their gates and cellars for all visitors of the South Tyrolean wine road.
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