Address: Strada del Vino, 144 39040 Termeno Alto Adige – Italia
Phone: +39 0471 86 01 26
Website: www.tramin-wine.it
Visit/Tasting Hours: Monday:  Friday: 9am – 1pm and 2pm – 7pm
Saturday: 9am – 1pm and 2pm – 5pm

Since the Middle Ages, Tramin has been renowned as a territory with a tradition of vine-growing and wine-production. Today the name of Tramin is inextricably linked with the famous Aromatic Traminer wine, or Gewürztraminer. Ancient sources testify that already in the early Middle Ages this was a famous vine-growing and wine-producing area: the Retii (established in these parts around the first millennium BC) were familiar with wine-making, and the Romans probably drew from their experience (it appears that they learned the use of wooden barrels from them).

This splendid strip of Alto Adige, consisting today of the towns of Tramin, Egna, Montagna and Ora, has since antiquity provided the ideal requirements to produce great wines. Such requirements are the result of the successful combination of human industry and favourable environmental factors, which include sunny slopes with varying soil types, specific microclimatic zones and an altitude that varies between 250 and 700 meters above sea level. These elements make Tramin a place of harmonious beauty, where the vineyards are an integral part of the enchanting landscape.

In 1898 Christian Schrott, parish priest of Tramin and deputy of the Austrian parliament, decided to found the Wine Producers’ Cooperative of Tramin, one of the first to appear in this zone. After more than a hundred years, the Tramin Winery is a company which coordinates 280 wine growers, who follow its strict directives on the growing of vines over an area of some 230 hectares – hard yet fascinating work, which requires a great passion for the land and for nature. The final result is a top-class raw material which allows the production of wines that have both strength and elegance, complexity and immediateness. However, it is not only from a production perspective that the company has developed over the years. Distribution now extends to the furthest reaches of the national territory, thanks to the professionalism of agents and distributors; a network of importers assures the presence of Tramin wines on the most important international markets.

The wines of the Tramin Winery are the result of a deep knowledge of the wine-growing region and its climate. Indeed, the continental climate of the region, with its remarkable temperature differences between seasons (hot, dry summers followed by harsh and often snowy winters) and even between day and night, plays its part in making the taste of Tramin wines unique to the palate. The oenologist pays scrupulous attention to all of this and to other factors in looking for new blends and nuances of taste. The list of prizes and recognitions awarded includes ‘Italian winemaker of the year’ awarded in 2004 by the prestigious “Gambero Rosso and Slow Food Wines of Italy” guide to Willi Stürz, the Winery’s winemaker.