Sunday, November 1, 2026

Cellar Tour and Tasting at Manincor, a Biodynamic Pioneer and Flagship Winery of the Region, with Owner Count Michael Goess Enzenberg - Alto Adige 2026 by ombiasy WineTours












Alto Adige 2026 by ombiasy WineTours, led by Annette Schiller, took place from Sunday, September 06 - Sunday, September 13, 2026.   
 
Being the northernmost wine region of Italy, Alto Adige is a very special place where Italian and German traditions merge. It is a fascinating and unique region in the Alpes. It boasts of an extraordinary variety of landscapes: snow-capped mountains in the Dolomites, fertile valleys, streams, century-old breathtakingly beautiful towns true to their hybrid Germanic-Italian culture. 
 
During this tour we did not change hotels. We stayed 7 nights at the famous, beautiful 5-star Art-Nouveau style Parkhotel Laurin in Bozen.
 
See:
 
Overview: The Alto Adige/ Trentino Region in Northern Italy and its Winemaking - Alto Adige 2026 by ombiasy WineTours
 
Day-by-Day Summary: Alto Adige 2026 by ombiasy WineTours
 
Bozen / Bolzano in Alto Adige, Italy: A City Between Two Worlds - Alto Adige 2026 by ombiasy WineTours
 
A Week at Parkhotel Laurien, Built in the Art Nouveau Style, in the Center of Bozen - Alto Adige 2026 by ombiasy WineTours 
 
Day 6 - Manincor, Dolomites, Kellerei Kurtatsch, Toma Weinbar
 
(1) Manincor. Cellar tour and tasting. The winery is highly regarded as a biodynamic pioneer of the region. One of the 3, 4 flagship wineries of Alto Adige. We had the pleasure of meeting Count Michael Goess Enzenberg, who recently has handed over the management of the estate to his son Kassian, who we had met at Ama in Washington DC earlier this year. 
 
(2) Lunch at Alpin Hut Oberholz up in the Dolomites 6300 feet above sea level. The view was breathtaking. We went up and down by chairlift. 
 
(3) Kellerei Kurtatsch Cantina Produttori Cortaccia . Founded in 1900, the Cantina Kurtatsch has evolved in a premier cooperative. The view there of the Adige valley is spectacular. 
 
(4) Toma Weinbar by Lisa, our to-go wine bar in Bozen, with Katharina Schiller and Cornelia Schiller Tremann
 
Manincor 
 
Manincor stands on the shores of Kalterer See / Lake Caldaro in South Tyrol's southern Überetsch district, its historic buildings dating to 1608, when Hieronymus Manincor received the estate from the Habsburg emperor for services to Austria. The name, from the Latin "man in cor," or "hand on heart," still appears in the family's coat of arms. Through marriage the property passed to the Counts of Enzenberg in the seventeenth century, and since 1991 it has been run by Count Michael Goëss-Enzenberg, a trained oenologist who took the estate from selling grapes to a local cooperative to bottling its own wine. 
 
Today his son Count Kassian Goëss-Enzensberg joined the business and travels the world to help promoting the Manincor wines. Between 2001 and 2004 Goëss-Enzenberg built a three-story, gravity-flow cellar almost entirely underground beneath the vineyards, its roof planted over to preserve the landscape above, and from 2005 to 2009 he converted all 125 acres of estate vineyards to organic and then biodynamic viticulture, work that includes composting, cover- crop sowing, and grazing chickens and sheep among the vines. Since 2009 the full range has carried Demeter biodynamic certification, making Manincor, alongside neighboring Alois Lageder, one of the two pioneering biodynamic estates of Alto Adige. 
 
The vineyards, spread across warm porphyry soils near Terlan and cooler clay near Caldaro, yield a broad range of whites and reds, with the blended "La Contessa" and single-vineyard "Mason di Mason" Pinot Noir among the estate's most distinctive bottlings. 
 
Fantastic Winemaker Dinner with Count Cassian Goess Enzenberg, Owner of Manincor, #worldclass Winemaker in Alto Adige, Italy, at Restaurant Ama in Washington DC, with Owner/ Chef Johanna Hellrigl (March 2026) 
 


 
See: Fantastic Winemaker Dinner with Count Cassian Goess Enzenberg, Owner of Manincor, #worldclass Winemaker in Alto Adige, Italy, at Restaurant Ama in Washington DC, with Owner/ Chef Johanna Hellrigl (March 2026) 
 
Arriving
 







Tour 
 
(1) Manincor. Cellar tour and tasting. The winery is highly regarded as a biodynamic pioneer of the region. One of the 3, 4 flagship wineries of Alto Adige. We had the pleasure of meeting Count Michael Goess Enzenberg, who recently has handed over the management of the estate to his son Kassian, who we had met at Ama in Washington DC earlier this year. 
 



Cellar
 

















Vineyard
 






Tasting
 











Count Michael Goëss-Enzenberg 
 



 
Alto Adige 2026 by ombiasy WineTours: Already Released and Forthcoming Postings
 
Meet and Greet in the Garden of Parkhotel Laurin in Bozen - Alto Adige 2026 by ombiasy WineTours 
 
After-dinner Wine at Toma by Lisa Wine Bar in Bozen - Alto Adige 2026 by ombiasy WineTours
 
Guided Visit of Oetzi, the Iceman in Bozen - Alto Adige 2026 by ombiasy WineTours 
 
Authentic South Tyrolean Dinner up in the Mountains at Buschenschank Baumannhof, with the Legendary "Soul of the House" Mali - Alto Adige 2026 by ombiasy WineTours 

Monastery Tour, Vineyard Tour and Wine Tasting at the Neustift Monastery in Brixen - Alto Adige 2026 by ombiasy WineTours

Lunch at Granpanorama Hotel Sambergerhof, Famous for its Uninterrupted 54-kilometer Panoramic View of the Dolomites Chain - Alto Adige 2026 by ombiasy WineTours 

 
Lovely Al Fresco Dinner in the Alleys of Old Town Bolzano at Franziskaner Stuben - Alto Adige 2026 by ombiasy WineTours
 
 
Tour and Tasting at Kellerei/ Cantina Nals Margreid - Alto Adige 2026 by ombiasy WineTours
 
 
 

Cellar Tour and Tasting at Manincor, a Biodynamic Pioneer and Flagship Winery of the Region, with Owner Count Michael Goess Enzenberg - Alto Adige 2026 by ombiasy WineTours
 
Lunch at Alpin Hut Oberholz up in the Dolomites 6300 Feet Above Sea Level - Alto Adige 2026 by ombiasy WineTours 
 
Tasting at Cantina Kurtatsch, a Premier Cooperative, with a Spectacular View of Adige Valley - Alto Adige 2026 by ombiasy WineTours 
 
Extensive Vineyard Tour, Tasting and Lunch at Alois Lageder, a Historic, Family-run Flagship Winery in Alto Adige, with Sarah Daval, Weinakademiker - Alto Adige 2026 by ombiasy WineTours
 
Tour and Tasting at Tenuta Hofstätter in Tramin, a Flagship Winery of the Alto Adige Region, a Pioneer of Vigna (Single Vineyard) Classification in Alto Adige, with Fourth-generation Owner Martin Hofstaetter - Alto Adige 2026 by ombiasy WineTours  
 
Farewell Dinner at Restaurant 1500 (1 Star Michelin) up in the Vigiljoch above Lana (Reachable only by Cable Car), with Chef Daniel Sanin and Sous-Chef Jonas Graber - Alto Adige 2026 by ombiasy 
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