Erste + Neue
Location - Caldaro, Alto Adige
Winemaker - Gerhard Sanin
Farming - Practicing Organic
Size - 280 Hectares
‘Erste + Neue' means 'First + New’. The name represents the merger of the first (‘erste') co-op cellar in Caldaro, which was founded in 1900, and the newest ('neue') co-op cellar after the Alto Adige became a part of Italy in 1919, which was founded in 1925. The two co-ops united under one label in 1986. In 2016 Erste + Neue incorporated a third co-op, Cantina Kaltern, but decided to continue operating under the name Erste + Neue. Gerhard Sanin, the enologist for E+N, favors a bright, restrained winemaking style that really allows this place and these varieties to shine.
Since 2018, Erste + Neue has held the FAIR’N GREEN international seal for sustainable viticulture. The goals of FAIR’N GREEN include: environmental protection, natural viticulture, promotion of biodiversity and the protection of natural resources. In addition, fair pay, social commitment and social responsibility are required.
“We guide the grape on its journey from the vine into the bottle, that has been our Credo since 1900. Tradition has inhabited the vaulted cellars of our winery since 1900 and our name Erste + Neue (first + new) obliges us to preserve what is valuable from the past while remaining open towards the new. Our wine embodies our history. Our history is our wine and our passion. Where the Mediterranean south joins the mountains of the Alps, where the sun drenches our soils with warmth and the vines reach out to the sky with their arms, there the vines capture the landscape and transmute it into dreams...” - Erste+Neue Winery
Erste + Neue
Wines in our Portfolio
Pinot Grigio
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Varietal: 100% Pinot Grigio
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Appellation: Alto Adige DOC
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Soil Type & Elevation: limestone; 400 meters
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Vine Age: Planted in 1990, on average
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Harvest: Harvested in early to mid-September
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Winemaking: Controlled low temperature fermentation in stainless steel fermentors with selected yeasts, followed by 4 months of aging on the lees in stainless steel
Pinot Bianco
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Varietal: 100% Pinot Bianco
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Appellation: Alto Adige DOC
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Soil Type & Elevation: limestone; 400 meters
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Vine Age: Planted in 1990, on average
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Harvest: Harvested in early to mid-September
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Winemaking: Controlled low temperature fermentation in stainless steel fermentors with selected yeasts, followed by 4 months of aging on the lees in stainless steel



Sauvignon
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Varietal: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
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Appellation: Alta Adige DOC
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Soil Type & Elevation: Volcanic soils (Quartz-porphyry); 400 meters
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Vine Age: Planted in 1990, on average
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Harvsest: harvested in early to mid-september
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Winemaking: Controlled low temperature fermentation in stainless steel fermentors with selected yeasts, followed by 4 months of aging on the lees in stainless steel