The South Tyrolean golden autumn is the season for biking From 23 to 26 September 2021, the 10th MOUNTAINBIKE Testival will take place in the old town of Bressanone. Around sixty brands will be offering the latest bikes and parts for the 2022 season for free testing at this Bike Expo. The bikes and parts […]
South Tyrolean apricot doughnuts – the sweet end to Törggelen
Our doughnuts are the successful finale at the Törggelen. Together with roasted chestnuts with butter. Our traditional apricot doughnuts are filled with a fine apricot jam and are baked in fine clarified butter. For about 20 apricot doughnuts you need: 500 gr. Wheat flour130 gr. Butter2 heaped tablespoons of sugar1 packet vanilla sugar1 egg2 egg […]
Chestnuts – How to roast the happiness makers
Autumn is also chestnut season here in South Tyrol! The Valle Isarco, around Lake Caldaro and also up the Adige Valley are criss-crossed with striking chestnut groves. Did you know that chestnut trees can live 500 to 600 years? Some specimens even reach up to 1,000 years. They are up to 35 metres high. At […]
The Hokaido pumpkin – extremely versatile, extremely tasty
Our Hokaido pumpkins will soon be ripe. Hooray! They have really developed splendidly and we are very much looking forward to processing them and certainly sharing a recipe or two with you. If you don’t want to miss the recipes, sign up for our newsletter where we always have a “recipe of the week” for […]
4th Ahrnatal GreyCheeseDays 2021
From 18 to 26.09.2021 everything in Ahrntal revolves around grey cheese In addition to bacon, wine and Schüttelbrot, an original South Tyrolean speciality undoubtedly includes a spicy alpine cheese: Grey cheese. This almost “primeval” cheese is still made today on the alpine pastures of the Ahrntal valley with great skill and passion. The starting product […]
Plum roaster- The quick and easy way to prepare plums
Hurray, it’s plum time! It is mid-September and we are in the middle of plum season! The sun-ripened fruits are now hanging ready for harvest in many orchards. They shine in rich colours and just looking at them makes you want to make homemade jams or a delicious plum roast. Zwetschgenröster goes well with many […]
The South Tyrolean Chestnut Experience Trail in Völlan
Experience chestnuts – hiking trail for young and old The South Tyrolean Chestnut Experience Trail is located in the middle of the small village of Völlan, above the town of Lana. The starting point of the approx. 2 km long, easily accessible and flat circular trail can be seen from afar. It is an oversized […]
DOLOMITES WITHOUT BORDERS – Stage 9
Now the time has come. The ninth stage, the last stage of our mountain and via ferrata tour DOLOMITES WITHOUT FRONTIERS. From a personal point of view, the name doesn’t say it all, because you do reach your limits from time to time. All the nicer when you have overcome them. You are definitely rewarded […]
Join in: Our South Tyrol To Do List
Things you should definitely do when you are in South Tyrol This morning I went for a long walk and started thinking about what topics might be interesting for our blog and our readers. Suddenly I had the idea of a “To Do List”. So a list of things you should definitely do when you […]
How is whisky actually made?
A look into the whisky production at PUNI DISTILLERY We have already told you a bit about PUNI DISTILLERY – Italy’s first whisky distillery. Today we would like to tell you how the unique whiskies from PUNI are produced. The first whisky distillery in Italy. Malting Only malted grain is used for the creation of […]