Südtiroler Weinmuseum

About the museum

The Provincial Wine Museum is part of the Provincial Museums of South Tyrol and is a branch of the Provincial Museum of Customs and Traditions. After 1945, mechanisation of agriculture and viticulture quickly replaced the old tools; a group of collectors around the future curator Luis Oberrauch and the president Walter Amonn sought to save their traces and create a museum. The museum opened on 18 September 1955 and was the first to open in South Tyrol after the war.

In 1983 the association was dissolved, and the museum, until then private, was attached as a branch to the Provincial Museum of Customs and Traditions. In 1988 it moved from Ringberg Castle to the centre of Caldaro, into the former Di Pauli cellar, formerly the administrative building of the Caldaro-Laimburg lordship and seat of a court of law.

The permanent exhibition presents the cultural history of viticulture: historical tools for work in the vineyard and cellar, a fully equipped cooper's workshop, religious images connected with wine, and drinking and transport vessels. The deep cellar hosts tastings, and the museum's vineyard grows mainly old, little-known grape varieties.

Highlights

• Cultural history of South Tyrolean viticulture
• Fully equipped cooper's workshop
• Deep cellar with tastings of Lagrein, Schiava and Gewürztraminer
• Vineyard with old grape varieties such as Fraueler and Gschlafene
• First museum founded in South Tyrol after the war (1955)

Permanent exhibition

• Dalla vite al vino e oltre – Permanent exhibition on the cultural history of South Tyrolean viticulture: historic tools, cooper's workshop, religious images and vessels, with deep cellar and vineyard.

Founded

1955

Operated by

Musei provinciali dell'Alto Adige (Museo provinciale degli usi e costumi)

Visitors per year

approx. 10,831

Admission & discounts

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The museum is accessible to people with reduced mobility; only the deep cellar cannot be reached by lift. Staff are glad to help; for special requests, such as taking part in a tasting, it is best to arrange this by phone in advance. The museum is in the pedestrian zone and has no car park of its own.

Kids & families

Family tickets and visits for school classes are available; in autumn visitors can taste grapes in the vineyard.

Getting there & parking

The museum is in the centre of Caldaro (a pedestrian zone from April to October). By car: A22 motorway, exit Bolzano Sud or Egna-Ora-Termeno, then the Strada del Vino (Wine Road) to Caldaro.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Small museum shop at the entrance, with souvenirs, publications, wine literature and a selection of wines from South Tyrolean old grape varieties.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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