About us

The wine region Alto Adige is located in northern Italy and is home to the Italian Alps, the Dolomites, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site.  It is home to the family-run Morandell Winery, surrounded by its vineyards with a priceless view of the romantic Lake Caldaro.  During the tour of the vineyards and a subsequent tasting, the Winemaker Armin Morandell, a Doctor of Agricultural Science and Entomologist, explains the com-monalities between handcrafted wine and butterflies during their respective life cycles.

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​The story behind the wine

Both the butterfly and our handcrafted wine are the culmination of a transformation in our enchanting nature.  As from the egg to the caterpillar to the cocoon to the butterfly, the wine is the marvelous result of budding and blossoming, and of grapes and the cellar.  The wine barrel is the cocoon, where the young wine is allowed to develop inconspicuously in order to reach harmonious maturity.  Only then will it flutter elegantly and vividly through the worldof all wine lovers and provide much pleasure!

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Our philosophy

«Rooted and free», in other words free in mind and heart, but at the same time strongly based on values and principles - this is how the wines are created at our winery.