North Italy holiday: Alto Adige 3-5 June

vineyards everywhere

Friday, 3 June we arrived around 7 pm in hotel Muhle Mayer in Tarmin/Termeno, Alto Adige. We had a lovely clean and fresh room with spacious bathroom. The lovely elderly lady/owner of the hotel was very helpfull and kind to all her guests, which she treated like her friends. 

On the picture: our balcony, our room, the garden and a wonderful breakfast with lots of fresh fruits

Tarmin

Saturday, 4 June: today definitely is 'wine tasting day'. We picked 2 quality wineries to visit.

'Elena Walch' was our first ' keller' to taste the wines of Sud Tiro /Alto Adige. The Gewurztraminer is here a quality wine and completely different from what we are used to in The Netherlands. And the local Laghrein grape (red) has its own special taste.

The cellars of Elena Walch are a combination of old (barrels) and brand new (inox), with some special light effects in purple: Elena remains an architect after all. 

At Elena's castel Ringberg, her personal vineyard with a scenic view.

Next stop: the Alois Ladeger winery

Alois Lageder bought a large estate at the village of Magreid/Magre a few years ago to create a better tasting experience for his customers: the place is called Paradeis. This is big business. But his wines deserve it: great quality. We didn't visit the cellars, but it's said Bach music is played there to create the right atmosphere for the wines to mature. Lageder is known to love not only music but also contemporary art.

deal 

After all this tasting we definetely needed some food. The lovely garden of Paradeis was being prepared for a marriage ceremony when we were there. Peter did a renewed marriage proposal on his knees and of course I said yesss :-)

Diner at our own hotel: ravioli, (in our opinion) far too well done roastbeef with a very good red wine and a nice strawberry dessert. 


Sunday, 5 June: walking day

the old fashion way to cultivate grapes in this area: pergola growth

After all these wines, something different today: we made a small hike from Termeno to Kurtatsch/Cortaccia through the forest. Lots of birds ... 

and wildflowers.

 

Arriving in Kurtatsch we enjoyed a well deserved  lunch, accompanied by a great glass of white wine at the terrace of Restaurant Schwartz Adler, which was a tip of the owner of our hotel, a great advise!

Walking back to the hotel was a bit more difficult after our sumptuous lunch. After arriving at the hotel we enjoyed a beer on our balcony. In the evening there was fierce thunder and lighting, with heavy rain showers. The lightning caused a power cut, so no electricity, no wifi, no warm water to shower :-(

The next morning all was back to normal again. 

We enjoyed our stay in Alto Aldige a lot. 

to be continued