The winery is located in the municipality of St. Michael - Appiano a.d. Wine Road (Appiano) on the South Tyrolean Wine Road in the Italian wine growing area of South Tyrol (Trentino-South Tyrol region). The estate with a total area of 13 hectares has been owned by the Count Khuen-Belasi family since 1640. Wine has always been grown here, until 1930 with its own winery, then as a supplier to a local winegrowers' cooperative. In 2012 it was decided to press own wines again and in 2014 the first vintage was bottled. In 2017 a new underground wine cellar with the most modern technology was put into operation. The business is run by Johannes and Maria Khuen-Belasi. Johannes Pichler is responsible as cellar master.
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