Kellerei Bozen

Gries winery. In 1908, 30 wine growers in Gries decided to form a wine cooperative. Evidently their aim – to vinify and market the indigenous South Tyrolean Lagrein grape – was quickly achieved. After the Second World War, the Gries winery successfully established itself on the German market with its Lagrein Kretzer wine. Despite the turbulence caused by the difficult years of the 1970s and 1980s, the winery managed to increase sales of its flagship Lagrein product and consolidate market share by switching the emphasis from quantity to quality.

St. Magdalena winery. In 1930, eighteen wine growers founded a winemaking cooperative in Santa Maddalena to ensure better marketing of their wines. With its leading variety – Santa Maddalena, a relatively strong wine made from Schiava grapes – the winery was highly successful until the end of the 1970s, greatly expanding its export business. In 1971, the Santa Maddalena area was confined and enhanced as part of the DOC regulation, which was a decisive change for the winery. With an incipient crisis in the wine trade, the St. Magdalena winery had to seek new ground. The steady increase in its quality, in spite of the crisis, made Santa Maddalena into a highly popular wine in South Tyrol and the German-speaking territories in general.
 

Quality before quantity, respect for nature. The variety of locations and winegrowing areas permit a wide range of quality wines to be produced. The Bolzano valley locations with their indigenous grape varieties and unique growing conditions are the reason why the Cantina Bolzano is today a leading producer of Santa Maddalena and Lagrein wines.

Uniqueness and quality both require time. It takes over months of the passionate devotion of our wine growers and of the South Tyrolean sun, for the grapes to ripen to perfection. After the grape harvest in autumn, the work of oenologist Stephan Filippi and his team begins in the winery. Their aim is the sensitive development of the wine in the cellar, with careful maturing in steel tanks or barriques. Our experts give each wine the time it needs. White wine grapes are gently pressed, then slowly fermented in stainless steel tanks and after that aged for several months.

Once the stalks are removed, red wine grapes ferment with all the valuable elements contained in each berry. Fine oak barrels let the young red wines age to perfection. Our top-quality wines are kept for up to 12 months in barriques then age in the bottle. Continuous quality control during the production process guarantees a perfect taste experience. The results can be seen in the brilliant fruit, the characteristic aroma of the grape variety, as well as in the wine’s distinctive substance and multi-faceted personality.