Italy is full of regions where borders blur and identities overlap, but few are as striking as the Alto Adige. Officially Italy, culturally Germanic, this Alpine region feels like a world apart — a place... Read More

Italy is full of regions where borders blur and identities overlap, but few are as striking as the Alto Adige. Officially Italy, culturally Germanic, this Alpine region feels like a world apart — a place where steep vineyards cling to mountain slopes, rivers cut through narrow valleys, and the wines speak with a distinct accent.

That’s what makes the wines of Kuenhof so fascinating. The estate sits above the town of Bressanone (Brixen in German), in the Valle Isarco — one of the northernmost wine regions in Italy, and one of the most dramatically beautiful. Here, the vineyards rise between 550 and 700 meters in elevation, perched on terraces overlooking the valley floor. The air is cool, the soils are rocky, and the wines are pure Alpine in spirit.

It’s no coincidence that the grape varieties grown here — Riesling, Sylvaner, and Veltliner — are the same ones you’d expect to find across the border in Austria or Germany. These are varieties that thrive in mountain climates, where they can develop both intensity and precision without ever losing freshness.

These are wines of clarity and place, shaped by altitude, history, and the unique crossroads of cultures that define Alto Adige. They are mountain wines in every sense: bright, vivid, and refreshingly different.