If you stand on the raised square in front of the Terlan winery, the imposing tower of the parish church, made of reddish brown porphyry, rises right down in the middle of the village of the same name, almost within reach. In the background, on the other side of the Adige, the whitewashed church tower of Andrian peaks rather inconspicuously from the mist-shrouded valley floor. Two neighboring villages, connected in close rivalry, with South Tyrol’s oldest cooperative wineries, both founded in 1893; the smaller Andrian was ahead by a few months. Here, considerations as to who owns the larger church tower, the larger orchards or vineyards play a not unimportant role.
Italy trip: How wine is grown in South Tyrol – trip
