Where is Foradori based?

Foradori is in Mezzolombardo, on the Campo Rotaliano plain at the northern edge of Trentino. The estate also farms vines at Fontanasanta, near Cognola di Trento, and on Monte Baldo. The main shop and tasting room are on Via Damiano Chiesa in Mezzolombardo.

Is Foradori biodynamic and organic?

Yes. The estate switched to biodynamic farming in 2002 and has been Demeter certified since 2009. It also belongs to Renaissance des AOC. Since 2021 it has been a member of the respekt-BIODYN growers' group.

What grape is Foradori known for?

Teroldego is the signature grape, grown in the river gravels of Campo Rotaliano. From 1985 Elisabetta Foradori replanted cuttings from the best old vines, rebuilding the grape's diversity. That work shaped the modern Granato, Morei, Sgarzon and Foradori bottlings.

Can you visit Foradori?

Yes. The estate is open Monday to Friday for guided visits and tastings by appointment. Two structured tours run at 10:00 and 14:00. A shorter tasting of three wines runs every thirty minutes between 10:00 and 16:00.

Does Foradori run a restaurant?

No, there is no restaurant on site. The estate has a small shop and tasting space. For full meals it recommends a list of nearby restaurants in Mezzolombardo and across Trentino-Alto Adige.

Who runs Foradori today?

Elisabetta Foradori, who took over in 1984, runs the estate with her children Emilio, Theo and Myrtha Zierock. Emilio's first vintage was 2013. Theo joined in 2015. Myrtha started the estate's vegetable garden in 2019.

Azienda Agricola Foradori

Foradori farms the river gravels of the Campo Rotaliano at Mezzolombardo, the historic heartland of Teroldego. The estate is in its fourth generation, and Elisabetta Foradori runs it with her children Emilio, Theo and Myrtha. She took her first vintage in 1984 and then rebuilt Teroldego vine by vine from cuttings of the best old plots. Granato, Morei and Sgarzon lead the reds, and the whites grow at Fontanasanta above Trento. The estate has held Demeter certification since 2009. Guided visits and tastings run Monday to Friday, booked ahead.

Trentino-Alto Adige
Est. 1901
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Foradori Fontanasanta Manzoni Bianco

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Foradori Granato

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£51.00

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Sgarzon Teroldego Foradori

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£31.00

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Fontanasanta Nosiola Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT

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£31.43

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Foradori Morei Teroldego

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£33.00

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Foradori Lezèr Teroldego

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£18.90

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Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT Lezer Foradori

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£17.50

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Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT Teroldego Foradori

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£22.00

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About Azienda Agricola Foradori

The estate dates from 1901 and has been in the family since Vittorio Foradori bought it in 1939. The turning point came in 1984. Elisabetta Foradori came home from the wine school at S. Michele all'Adige to face her first vintage. A year later she started the project that came to define the estate. She hunted out the best old Teroldego vines on the gravels of Campo Rotaliano. She took cuttings from them and replanted, rebuilding the grape's diversity vine by vine.

The red range follows the geography. Granato, first bottled in 1986, comes from the oldest pergola-trained Teroldego plots, on average seventy years old. Morei and Sgarzon, both from 1987, are single-vineyard Teroldego wines. Since 2014 they have aged in terracotta amphorae as the CILINDRICA bottlings. The estate Foradori blends fruit from the wider mosaic of Campo Rotaliano sites. Lezèr, added in 2017, is a lighter Teroldego made for early drinking.

The whites grow at Fontanasanta, in the limestone hills above Trento. Nosiola, Trentino's own white grape, has been bottled from this site since 2009. Manzoni Bianco followed in 2010, and a CILINDRICA version of Nosiola in 2018. Fuoripista is a Pinot Grigio made on the skins. It comes from gravels near the river Noce, on the southern edge of Campo Rotaliano. Since 2021 the estate has also bottled wines from new Nosiola and Schiava plantings on Monte Baldo.

The farming switched to biodynamics in 2002. Demeter certification came in 2009, together with membership of Renaissance des AOC. In 2021 the estate joined respekt-BIODYN, a community of growers across Alto Adige, Trentino and Austria. In the cellar there are wild yeasts only and no additives. The wines age in acacia and oak casks, concrete tanks and terracotta jars.

The estate is open Monday to Friday for guided visits and tastings, booked ahead. There is a small shop on Via Damiano Chiesa in Mezzolombardo. Wine is not the whole farm. Myrtha runs a vegetable garden and Elisabetta makes farm cheese. Around the vines the family has built a working landscape of hedges, old fruit varieties and pasture.

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Via D. Chiesa, 1, 38017 Mezzolombardo, Trento (Trentino Alto Adige)

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Tasting & Tour

Diary of a Journey

2 hours €50 per person

Two-hour guided visit through the vineyards, gardens and cellar in Mezzolombardo, ending with a tasting of Foradori wines paired with homemade farm products.

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Beyond the Bridge

2 hours €60 per person

Two-hour guided visit and tasting focused on a selection of rare and unique bottles drawn from the cellar, alongside the vineyards and amphora cellar in Mezzolombardo.

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Tasting

The Encounter

30 minutes €20 per person

A short seated tasting of three Foradori wines of your choice, hosted in the courtyard or inside the tasting room. Slots run every thirty minutes between 10:00 and 16:00.

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What Azienda Agricola Foradori makes

Azienda Agricola Foradori's current bottle selection is easiest to understand through Teroldego and Manzoni Bianco.

Key grapes

Teroldego is the dark, velvety red grape of the Campo Rotaliano, a gravel plain in Trentino where the Noce meets the Adige.

Region Trentino-Alto Adige

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Pinot Grigio [pee-no-gree-jo] is a white grape variety from Northern Italy.

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Common questions

Foradori is in Mezzolombardo, on the Campo Rotaliano plain at the northern edge of Trentino. The estate also farms vines at Fontanasanta, near Cognola di Trento, and on Monte Baldo. The main shop and tasting room are on Via Damiano Chiesa in Mezzolombardo.
Yes. The estate switched to biodynamic farming in 2002 and has been Demeter certified since 2009. It also belongs to Renaissance des AOC. Since 2021 it has been a member of the respekt-BIODYN growers' group.
Teroldego is the signature grape, grown in the river gravels of Campo Rotaliano. From 1985 Elisabetta Foradori replanted cuttings from the best old vines, rebuilding the grape's diversity. That work shaped the modern Granato, Morei, Sgarzon and Foradori bottlings.
Yes. The estate is open Monday to Friday for guided visits and tastings by appointment. Two structured tours run at 10:00 and 14:00. A shorter tasting of three wines runs every thirty minutes between 10:00 and 16:00.
No, there is no restaurant on site. The estate has a small shop and tasting space. For full meals it recommends a list of nearby restaurants in Mezzolombardo and across Trentino-Alto Adige.
Elisabetta Foradori, who took over in 1984, runs the estate with her children Emilio, Theo and Myrtha Zierock. Emilio's first vintage was 2013. Theo joined in 2015. Myrtha started the estate's vegetable garden in 2019.

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About Azienda Agricola Foradori

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3 bookable experiences at Azienda Agricola Foradori

Diary of a Journey

Beyond the Bridge

The Encounter

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Key grapes

Teroldego

Pinot Grigio

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