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Trentino Alto Adige

Trentino Alto Adige is a wine region in Italy, home to 110 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines, known for Lagrein, Pinot Grigio.

Trentino Alto Adige at a glance: white-leaning; known for Lagrein, Pinot Grigio; wines range from IGT to DOC.
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Trentino Alto Adige's 110 wineries lean white but make plenty of red too; Gewürztraminer is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry DOC, IGT designation.

About the Trentino Alto Adige region

    Location
    Trentino–Alto Adige/Südtirol is the autonomous Italian region formed by the territories of the autonomous provinces of Trento and Bolzano.
    Climate
    Winegrowing across Trentino–Alto Adige is strongly shaped by Alpine elevation and local topography.
    Soils
    Trentino–Alto Adige does not have a single uniform vineyard substrate.

Region facts sourced from Regione Autonoma Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) via Italian CAD Article 52 open-by-default), Provincia Autonoma di Trento, Segreteria SIAT and Dipartimento Ambiente e Territorio (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)), Autonome Provinz Bozen – Südtirol and Versuchszentrum Laimburg (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) via Italian CAD Article 52 open-by-default), Autonome Provinz Bozen – Südtirol (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) via Italian CAD Article 52 open-by-default), Provincia Autonoma di Trento (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)).

Most common single-grape wines

When Trentino Alto Adige wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:

Wine profile

Trentino Alto Adige leans white (about 61% of its wines) but makes meaningful red too.

1,162 distinct Trentino Alto Adige wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.

  • White710 · 61%
  • Red411 · 35%
  • Rose40 · 3%

Types: Sparkling, Still.

Representative Trentino Alto Adige wines

Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.

  • Muri Gries — Pinot Grigio
  • Cantina Valle Isarco — Valle Isarco Gewurztraminer
  • De Vescovi Ulzbach — Teroldego Rotaliano
  • Fliederhof — Luna Gewurztraminer
  • Alois Lageder — Pinot Grigio
  • Abbazia di Novacella Stiftskellerei Neustift — Schiava
  • Kellerei Bozen (Bolzano) — Kleinstein Gewurztraminer
  • Wilhelm Walch — Muller Thurgau

Sub-regions & appellations

Within Trentino Alto Adige, these appellationsA legally-defined smaller growing area within a wine region, often with its own grapes and rules. are smaller growing areas, often with their own character:

  • Alto Adige
  • Trentino
  • Trento
  • Mitterberg
  • Teroldego Rotaliano
  • Lago di Caldaro
  • Sudtiroler
  • Terlano

Quality designations

Wines here span quality tiers from everyday IGT to the strictly-controlled DOC — you'll find both accessible and prestige bottles.

  • DOCAn Italian controlled-origin designation — sets the region, grapes and rules a wine must follow.
  • IGTA looser Italian designation for regional wines with more freedom than DOC — often good value.

Italy wine designations

DOC
DOC is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status.
DOCG
DOCG is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status.
IGP
IGP denotes the EU protected geographical indication scheme for food and wine, linking a product’s quality, reputation or other characteristic to geographical origin.
IGT
IGT is the Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected geographical indication (IGP) status.
PDO
PDO is the European Union protected designation of origin category.
Understanding the wine data
Designation
The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built

Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.

Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.

How to choose a good Trentino Alto Adige wine

For everyday drinking, IGT bottles are the accessible choice; for something special, DOC signals the region's most tightly-controlled, prestige wines.

FAQs

Where is Trentino Alto Adige?
Trentino–Alto Adige/Südtirol is the autonomous Italian region formed by the territories of the autonomous provinces of Trento and Bolzano.
Which grapes are associated with Trentino Alto Adige?
Trentino Alto Adige is represented in the WhatDrink region dataset by Lagrein, Pinot Grigio. Grape coverage reflects the products currently linked to the region and is not a complete legal planting register.
What do the designation terms on Trentino Alto Adige wines mean?
DOC: DOC is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status. IGT: IGT is the Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected geographical indication (IGP) status. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
How are wineries and producers selected for Trentino Alto Adige?
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
How are representative Trentino Alto Adige wines selected?
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Trentino Alto Adige?
The current regional catalogue contains 1162 linked wines from 110 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.

Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.