Saturday, November 14, 2026

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











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 7: Lageder, Hofstätter, 1 Star Michelin Dinner up in the Mountains
 
(1) Tour and tasting at @Alois Lageder, a historic, family-run flagship winery in Alto Adige. @Sarah Daval, @Weinakademiker, was our host. She did an outstanding job, both in the vineyards, were we spent a lot of time talking about biodynamic practices, and at the tasting. I was very impressed by the depth of her wine knowledge. 
 
(2) Lunch at Alois Lageder. 
 
(3) Tour and tasting at @Tenuta Hofstätter in Tramin, another flagship winery of the Alto Adige. It is a pioneer of the vigna (single vineyard) classification in Alto Adige. Fourth-generation owner Martin Hofstätter joined us for the tasting. I was in particular impressed by Martin's Pinot Noirs. Martin will be in Washington DC on October 23, 2026 at Ama, a South Tyrolean restaurant. Unfortunately we will not be able to join him as the 2026 National Convention of the American Wine Society in Jacksonville, where @Annette Schiller will be presenting, will take place in that week. 
 
(4) Farewell dinner at 1 star MICHELIN Guide @Restaurant 1500 up in the Vigiljoch above Lana (The restaurant is 1500 above sea level). We went there by cable car. You can reach the restaurant only by cable car. The food was amazing, clearly at the Michelin star level. After dinner, both Chef @Daniel Sanin and Sous-Chef @Jonas Graber, who came to our table to present the 3 courses, were with us in the cable car, which runs every 30 minutes (at that time of the day). 
 
Alois Lageder 
 
The Alois Lageder winery traces its origins to 1823, when a young wine merchant named Johann Lageder set up shop in Bozen's old town trading wine transported from surrounding valleys, a business his descendants gradually transformed into an estate winery. A pivotal moment came in 1934, when Alois Lageder III purchased the historic Löwengang domain in Margreid, and decades later, under Alois Lageder IV, the barrel-aged Löwengang Chardonnay became one of the first South Tyrolean white wines to earn serious international attention, helping establish the region's modern reputation for quality. From the 1970s onward, the estate pursued organic and eventually biodynamic farming long before such methods were fashionable, and today its roughly 130 acres of estate vineyards, including the historic Casòn Hirschprunn property acquired in the 1990s, are entirely Demeter-certified, supplemented by grapes from some sixty like-minded partner growers. This makes Lageder, alongside neighboring Manincor, one of Italy's most influential biodynamic producers, its philosophy extending even to its architecture and cellar practices, including music played to aging wine in the cellar. Now led by Alois Clemens Lageder in the sixth generation, the estate produces an unusually wide varietal range, from Pinot Bianco and Gewürztraminer to Lagrein and Pinot Nero, unified by a holistic approach that treats vineyard health as inseparable from wine quality.
 
Welcome
 

Vineyard
 










 
Tasting
 
















Lunch
 











Bye-bye
 

 
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
 
 
 

 
 
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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