Wine of the Week 01/05/21

Kellerei Kaltern "K" Bianco Vigneti delle Dolomiti 2019
Regularly $12.99/On Sale for $9.96

Starting off the grey drizzly new year with something sunny and light on the wallet!

We’ve featured wines from the excellent Alto Adige co-op Kaltern before as they are always great wines at a great price. This tropical blend of 40% Pinot Bianco, 30% Chardonnay, and 30% Sauvignon Blanc from vines grown on the banks of Lake Kaltern is no exception. Like many landmarks and towns in the formerly-Austrian Alto Adige, the Kalterer See is also known as the Lago di Caldaro, and the wines made here reflect the best in this culture clash: technically perfect wine-making designed for many different kinds of food; cooling winds from the Alps meeting sun-soaked Mediterranean-facing slopes; and a winemaking tradition that is both ancient, and forward thinking in its sustainability.

Approximately 2500 years ago, a confederation of Alpine tribes known as the Rhaetians practiced systematic viticulture along the Alto Adige Wine Road, cultivating, training and pruning vines. When the Romans conquered the area in 15 BC, they were amazed to see the flourishing vineyards. While the territory has had many names and many rulers over the millennia, is has never stopped producing wine.

Kellerei Kaltern arose from a series of winery co-operatives that established themselves around the lake starting in 1900. Since that time, they have been among the preeminent wineries in the Alto Adige, a region that is among Italy’s smallest, but which also boasts the highest ratio of certified DOCs in the country.

This sunny blend, sustainably farmed and hand-harvested, is the perfect wine to chase away the January blues, and is priced to go easy on our battered wallets. Goes perfectly with all your healthy January meals!