Peter Sölva & Söhne SNC

About Winery and Wines

The winery Peter Sölva & Söhne is one of the oldest wine-growing businesses in Caldero. We are a family business which has been passed on from father to son for hundreds of years. Documents go back to 1731 showing that our family has grown grapes, made and sold wine without a break for 10 generations. One of our many wine customers, which our family has acquired through our attention to quality, is the St. Peter Monastery in Salzburg. Numerous awards during the course of our history confirm our philosophy. Of particular note is, for example, in 1908 when our wine cellars received the prize of the German – Alto Adige Association for Agricultural Businesses at the 12th German – Alto Adige Wine Market in Bolzano. Up to 1960 we particularly produced open wines and sold them in 50-litre wooden casks to caterers in Alto Adige and Munich. It was not until several years after the second world war that we started to bottle the wine in litre bottles and then more and more in 0.75 bottles. Over the years positive advancements have been made in wine-growing and in the cellar economy. In 1963 the so-called indication of origin was established in order to better control cultivation and quality. For example, cultivation with a wire frame became another interesting cultivating system. In 1985 we experimented for the first time with this cultivating system. New challenges in wine-growing were sought – many new varieties, such as Merlot, Sauvignon blanc, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon were planted in addition to the traditional varieties such as, in particular, Vernatsch, Lagrein and Gewürztraminer.

The expression from our wines comes from two micro-zones - Oltreadige and Bassatesina! Our philosophy in wine-growing is in line with the 3 Selections I Vigneti, DeSilva and Amistar. I Vigneti: Classical overview from the Alto Adige's wine world with typical varieties in different areas. With DeSilva we work in our old vineyards and our aim is to allow the identification mark of the ground to prevail. Amistar is the identification mark of our family and thus remember our roots. By using a proportion of late vintage grapes (very ripe crop of grapes) and by choosing special varieties of grapes, we produce a superior class of white- and red-blend with extravagance in fragrance and flavour.