Trentino–Alto Adige (South Tyrol) Food & Wine
Trentino-Alto Adige is Italy with an Alpine, German-speaking accent: speck and canederli, apple strudel and mountain cheese, the aromatic white wines of the South Tyrol Wine Road, and the Trentodoc sparkling wines made high in the Dolomites. This is our Trentino-Alto Adige hub. Below are the top-rated experiences, then our wine and food pages.
Top-rated Trentino-Alto Adige experiences
Formats: South Tyrol wine tours along the Wine Road from Bolzano; food and speck tastings; Trentodoc sparkling-wine cellars; e-bike-and-wine and mountain-hut experiences.
What to taste: Gewürztraminer, Pinot Bianco and Lagrein; Trentodoc sparkling, Teroldego; speck, canederli, Schlutzkrapfen, apple strudel and Graukäse.
A bilingual, Alpine table
North of Verona the road climbs into a region that was Austrian until 1919 and is still largely German-speaking in its northern half, the Alto Adige or Südtirol. The food shows it: speck, the juniper-smoked, air-dried ham that is the region’s emblem; canederli (Knödel), bread dumplings in broth or with butter; Schlutzkrapfen, spinach-and-ricotta ravioli; Graukäse and other mountain cheeses; and apple strudel from the orchards of the Val di Non. A food tasting in Bolzano or a mountain hut is the way in.
The wines
This is one of Italy’s finest white-wine regions. Along the South Tyrol Wine Road (Strada del Vino / Weinstraße) south of Bolzano, around Caldaro and Termeno, the aromatic whites are grown – Gewürztraminer (from the village of Tramin itself), Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon and, in the Valle Isarco, Kerner and Sylvaner – with the local reds Lagrein and Schiava. South, in Trentino, the speciality is Trentodoc, world-class metodo-classico sparkling wine, and the deep red Teroldego. See our Alto Adige wine tours.
When to go
Autumn is special: the grape harvest, the apple harvest, and Törggelen, the South Tyrolean tradition of walking between farm taverns for new wine, chestnuts, speck and Krapfen. Summer is for the mountains and the wine roads; winter for the Christmas markets of Bolzano and Trento. The region sits on the Brenner line, an easy stop between Verona and the Alps.
How we choose
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FAQ about Trentino–Alto Adige (South Tyrol) Food & Wine
Frequently asked questions
Why Trentino-Alto Adige?
Because it makes some of Italy’s best white and sparkling wines against a Dolomite backdrop, and eats a distinctive Alpine cuisine you find nowhere else in the country.
Why does Alto Adige feel German?
It was part of Austria until 1919 and remains largely German-speaking; the food and wine culture is Alpine and bilingual, unlike anywhere else in Italy.
What wine is the region known for?
Aromatic South Tyrol whites like Gewürztraminer and Pinot Bianco, the red Lagrein, and Trentino’s Trentodoc sparkling and Teroldego. See our wine tours.
What is Törggelen?
An autumn South Tyrolean custom of visiting farm taverns for the new wine with chestnuts, speck and doughnuts - the most local time to visit.