Sunday, November 15, 2026

Tour and Tasting at Tenuta Hofstätter in Tramin, a Flagship Winery and a Pioneer of the Vigna (Single Vineyard) Classification in Alto Adige, with Fourth-generation Owner Martin Hofstaetter - 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). 
 
Hofstaetter
 
J. Hofstätter was founded in 1907 by Josef Hofstätter, a blacksmith and innkeeper in Tramin (Termeno), the village long celebrated as the birthplace of Gewürztraminer. The estate remained in family hands through subsequent generations and passed by marriage to the Foradori family. 
 
Since 1992 it has been run by Martin Foradori Hofstätter and his wife Beatrix, with a fifth generation, Niklas and Emma, now training to continue the tradition from the winery's historic base on Tramin's main square, beside a Gothic church tower dating to 1492. 
 
Hofstätter's defining contribution to South Tyrolean wine culture came in 1986–87, when it became the first estate in the region to introduce "Vigna," a legally protected single-vineyard designation comparable to a French cru, beginning with the Pinot Noir Barthenau Vigna S. Urbano. 
 
The estate's roughly 125 acres stretch across both sides of the Adige Valley, from the Gewürztraminer slopes of Kolbenhof above Tramin to the Mazon plateau to the east, whose cool microclimate and mineral-rich soils have made Hofstätter South Tyrol's largest and most acclaimed Pinot Noir producer. The Gewürztraminer Vigna Kolbenhof, sourced from vines near the grape's namesake village, stands alongside the Barthenau Pinot Noir as the estate's benchmark wines, together illustrating how precisely a single vineyard can express itself when isolated and bottled on its own. 
 
Arriving
 


Cellar
 













Tasting
 













Selfies
 




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
 
 
 

 
 
Tour and Tasting at Tenuta Hofstätter in Tramin, a Flagship Winery and a Pioneer of the 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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