Muri-Gries Abbey in Bolzano: the white abbey buildings and church tower against the mountain

Winery · Bolzano

Kloster Muri-Gries / Abbazia Muri-Gries

Benedictine monks have bottled their terroir since 1841 — visit the 35-hectare Lagrein vineyard inside Bolzano's fortress-monastery with 500-year-old Nativity scenes.

What to do there

TastingMuri-Gries monastery - Benedictine monks making Lagrein since 1845Benedictine monks have made wine at Muri-Gries since 1845, but the monastery dates to the 11th century. Their 35-hectare estate produces some of the finest Lagrein in existence — the Riserva Abtei Muri ages 14 months in barrique. The vinotheque sits inside centuries-old stone walls where you taste wine made by men who pray, farm, and press grapes in the same rhythm their predecessors did 180 years ago.

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