Das Trentino kennen die meisten Italienurlauber nur als Transitreisende vom Durchfahren auf dem Weg vom Brenner zum Gardasee. Oder aber auch von den grossen Winzergenossenschaften, die den Weinbau hier dominieren. Doch es lohnt sich sehr, vom direkten Wege einmal abzubiegen. Elisabetta Foradoris einzigartig erzeugte Teroldegos zählen zweifellos zu den grossen Wein Persönlichkeiten der Welt. Die nach biodynamischen Richtlinien arbeitende Winzerin hat in den letzten 20 Jahren die nur auf 350 Hektar im Trentino wachsende Sorte Teroldego aus dem Halbdunkel der Geschichte geholt, deren Qualitätspotential erkannt, voll ausgeschöpft. Teroldego Granato,
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The cliffs of the Adige Valley change their appearance as the light shifts across them: awe inspiring when they are veiled by shade or darkened by a heavy sky; and enchanting when the sun shines on them, as they are tinted with delicate shades of pink. The river too changes its mood as the weather changes: when there is bad weather, its rough waters become a whirlpool of green and blue, while on calm evenings they become a sparkling silver ribbon. No one with a sensitive soul can cross this land without being touched by its beauty.
After the narrow Salorno Gorge, visitors travelling from the north are welcomed by the marvellous sight of a wide valley. Vineyards and orchards are scattered among these rocky outcrops. Near San Michele all’Adige, on the right bank of the Adige River, a wide plain unfolds beneath the mountains: its name is Campo Rotaliano. This is where the Teroldego, one of the country’s best grapes, thrives.
Despite its charm and beauty, this stretch of country is still waiting to be discovered in all its wonder. It is no coincidence that this striking landscape marks the linguistic and cultural boundary between the Tyrol and Trentino, between north and south - an invisible border, yet nevertheless a border.
This is where Elisabetta Foradori was born. The Noce valley, Campo Rotaliano with the towns of Mezzolombardo and Mezzocorona, has seen tribes and rulers come and go – Rhaeto-Etruscan settlers, the Romans, Celts, Longobards, Franks, Tyroleans, Austrians, Bavarians, Italians. Whether conquerors or settlers, traders or mercenaries, all have left their mark at this crossroads where valleys, rivers and mountain ranges converge and diverge.