Kellerei St. Pauls

About Winery and Wines

Wine is an ancient drink that has been consumed by mankind for both enjoyment and its health benefits for millennia. It has been produced in the villages along today’s Wine Road since prehistoric times. In the Upper Etsch Valley, i.e. in the parishes of Kaltern and Eppan, and above all in the area around St. Pauls in Eppan, countless archaeological finds and other evidence bear witness to the early cultivation of vines for winemaking. The Raeti – our forefathers – conserved the precious commodity in casks. However it was the Romans who first left detailed expert texts about wine making. During the migration period, wine making fell into decline as a consequence of wars and destruction. During the High Middle Ages, Bavarian monasteries vied for ownership of vineyards in the Upper Etsch. Thanks to the extremely favourable climatic conditions and the excellent soil, wine was produced here for the purposes of celebrating mass – and probably for other reasons too!

A wine should be an expression of its origin - its terroir - in which the climate, soil conditions, tradition and attitude to life of the region are combined. It should reflect the extraordinary character of the sites where the grapes are grown, and St. Pauls is one of the most beautiful wine growing areas in South Tyrol. The grapes ripen under perfect climatic conditions on the area’s slopes and hillsides. It is a simple matter here to find the correct location for each variety of vine in order to enable it to develop its full strength and fruit. Protected by the Alps and benefiting from 1800 hours of sunshine a year, with very warm days and cool nights during the ripening period, the varied growing sites proved a wide range of high quality, fully ripe grapes. This is where the foundation for excellent quality is laid.