The site is everything.

Mediterranean and autochthonous

The best sites of Cantina Bolzano are as varied as the land itself:
350 hectares of the best Bolzano vineyards at between 200 and 1000 meters above sea level around Gries, S. Maurizio, Settequerce, Missiano, S. Giorgio, Cologna, S. Maddalena, S. Giustina, Coste and Renon.
Where north and south meet, landscapes and cultures intermingle. This variety finds expression not only in the natural environment and the people who live there but also in the wines they make. The sheer diversity of the sites is the key to the cultivation of a wide range of grape varieties. The higher levels are used to produce white wines like Sauvignon and Gewürztraminer, with Santa Maddalena grown further down and Cabernet and Merlot at the lower elevations, while Lagrein is at home in the valley bottom.

Bolzano lies in the middle of a wide, sun-blessed valley basin with steep slopes and is therefore predestined for wine-growing. Our wines mature on fast warming stony soils as in Gries and S. Maddalena or the loose, well ventilated porphyry soils on the slopes of the Renon. Cantina Bolzano has long been setting international standards with the autochthonous varieties Lagrein and Santa Maddalena, which is based on the Schiava grape. No wonder that the Holy Roman Emperors were far from averse to a glass or two of wine from Bolzano!