Where is Cantina Tramin?

Cantina Tramin is in Termeno, called Tramin an der Weinstraße in German, at Strada del Vino 144 in the province of Bolzano, Alto Adige. The village sits about 25 km south of Bolzano, on the Wine Road that runs along the Adige valley.

What wines is Cantina Tramin known for?

Gewürztraminer above all: the grape takes its name from Tramin itself. The best-known bottles are Nussbaumer, a single-vineyard wine, and Epokale, matured in a mine at 2,000 metres in Ridanna. Roen is a late-harvest wine and Terminum a noble-rot one. Beyond Gewürztraminer, the Selection range rests on Troy Chardonnay Riserva, Unterebner Pinot Grigio and the Stoan white blend. The reds are Maglen Pinot Nero, Urban Lagrein and the Loam Cabernet and Merlot blend.

When was Cantina Tramin founded?

It was founded in 1898, which makes it one of the earliest cooperative cellars in Alto Adige. Today 160 member families farm slopes between 250 and 850 metres above sea level.

Can you visit Cantina Tramin?

Yes. The wine shop on the Strada del Vino takes walk-in tastings. It is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 7pm, and Saturday from 9am to 5pm. Two booked tours run as well. A 1h15 winery tour with four Classic-range wines costs 17 EUR per person. A 1h30 Selection tasting of seven wines costs 29 EUR per person. Book through the WineAround portal at visit.cantinatramin.it.

What does Gewürztraminer mean?

Gewürz means 'spicy' in German, so Gewürztraminer translates as 'the spicy one from Tramin'. The grape is linked above all with Tramin in Alto Adige and with Alsace across the Alps. The village of Tramin is treated as its historical cradle.

What is Epokale Gewürztraminer?

Epokale is the flagship Gewürztraminer. It spends eight months on its lees before bottling. The bottles then mature for around six years inside the Schneeberg silver mine in Ridanna, over 2,000 metres above sea level. The 2009 vintage was the first Italian wine from outside Tuscany and Piedmont to receive 100 points from Wine Advocate.

Cantina Tramin

Cantina Tramin sits on the Strada del Vino in Termeno, the Alto Adige village that gave Gewürztraminer its name: Tramin in German. The winery was founded in 1898 and is run as a cooperative of 160 grower families. Their vineyards hang between 250 and 850 metres above sea level, on clay, gravel and limestone. Long-time winemaker Willi Stürz splits the wines into two ranges. Selection holds the single-vineyard bottlings; Classic maps the local landscape grape by grape.

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Cantina Tramin Stoan

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Nussbaumer Gewurztraminer

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Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Chardonnay Tramin

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Tramin, Selida, Alto Adige, Gewurztraminer

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Unterebner Pinot Grigio

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Maglen Pinot Nero Riserva

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Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Chardonnay Glarea Tramin

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Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Lagrein Tramin

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About Cantina Tramin

The cellar opened in 1898, one of the first cooperatives in Alto Adige, and it still works that way. Around 160 families farm small plots around Termeno, Caldaro and the valley floor of the Adige. They hand their fruit to the cellar instead of bottling it themselves. That gives the winemaking team a 600-metre band of altitude to pick from, with the best plot chosen for each wine.

Gewürztraminer carries the village's name, and the cellar treats it as a calling card. There are five versions. Selida is the entry wine in the Classic range. Nussbaumer is a single-vineyard Selection from 350 to 550 metres on porphyry and limestone. It ages around fifteen months in steel tanks, with regular stirring of the lees. Roen is picked late, and Terminum is a late-harvest wine shaped by noble rot.

Epokale is the wine that took Italian Gewürztraminer onto the world stage. It spends eight months on the lees before bottling. The bottles then rest for around six years inside the Schneeberg silver mine at Ridanna, over 2,000 metres up. The 2009 was the first Italian wine from outside Tuscany or Piedmont to earn 100 points from Wine Advocate.

The white Selection wines read like a small Alto Adige map. Troy is a Chardonnay Riserva aged eleven months in Bordeaux barriques, from fruit near the top of the vineyard band. Unterebner is a Pinot Grigio from 400 to 600 metres, partly fermented in large oak casks and matured in French oak. It comes out dense and grippy, far from the lean valley-floor style the grape is known for. Stoan is a white blend led by Chardonnay at over 60 per cent, with Sauvignon Blanc, Gewürztraminer and Pinot Bianco. It leans on Tramin's limestone for its spine.

The reds follow the same pattern. Maglen carries Pinot Nero in the Selection range. Urban is a Riserva made from Lagrein, Alto Adige's own red grape. Loam is a Cabernet and Merlot blend, from what the cellar calls an untypical Alpine microclimate.

The winery is open all year at Strada del Vino 144. The shop takes walk-ins Monday to Friday from 9am to 7pm, and on Saturdays from 9am to 5pm. Staff sommeliers pour both ranges with no booking needed. Two guided visits can be booked through the WineAround portal. A 1h15 tour with four Classic wines costs 17 EUR per person; a 1h30 tasting of seven Selection wines costs 29 EUR per person. Many visitors fold the stop into the Alto Adige Wine Road itself. The road runs from Termeno through Caldaro to Bolzano, past most of the vineyards the cellar farms.

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Strada del Vino, 144, 39040 Termeno, Bolzano (Trentino Alto Adige)

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Cantina Tramin at its Best

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Guided cellar walk followed by a tasting of seven wines from the Selection range, the cantina's single-vineyard tier (rotating across Nussbaumer, Stoan, Troy, Unterebner, Maglen, Urban, Loam and Epokale depending on the slot).

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Cantina Tramin Winery Tour

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Standard guided cellar tour with a tasting of four typical Alto Adige wines from the cantina's Classic range. Pets are not allowed in the production area; the cantina notes that delays may cancel the slot.

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Wine Shop walk-in tasting

Walk in without an appointment and the in-house sommeliers will pour across the Classic and Selection ranges. Open Monday to Friday from 9am to 7pm and Saturday from 9am to 5pm; closed on Sunday.

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What Cantina Tramin makes

Cantina Tramin's current bottle selection is led by Alto Adige/Südtirol DOC. The clearest grape signal comes from Gewürztraminer and Lagrein.

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