Melodie di Vini / WeinKlänge on the South Tyrol Wine Road (Vadena venue: Cantina nella Roccia Laimburg)

Melodie di Vini, where wine meets music

Melodie di Vini, known in German as WeinKlänge an der Südtiroler Weinstraße, is one of the most evocative autumn festivals in South Tyrol. Created to celebrate the deep bond between wine culture and great music, the event brings a series of excellent concerts into wineries, castles, manors, and historic palaces scattered along one of Italy's oldest and most beautiful wine routes. At each event, the audience enjoys a musical performance followed by the opportunity to taste a selection of fine local wines in unique, history-steeped settings.

The Vadena stage: the Cantina nella Roccia of Laimburg

In the municipality of Vadena/Pfatten, in the province of Bolzano, the festival stops at the extraordinary Cantina nella Roccia (Felsenkeller) of the Laimburg Winery, the provincial winery attached to the Laimburg Research Centre. This unique environment was created in the late 1980s by excavating directly into the red porphyry of the Monte di Mezzo: tunnels and underground chambers where wine rests at a natural temperature of about 14 °C. In this almost magical setting, illuminated by the bare rock, the festival's concerts take on a special intimacy; at the end of the performance, spectators taste the estate's wines accompanied by a typical South Tyrolean speck platter.

A journey through the Wine Road municipalities

In addition to Vadena, the festival involves numerous municipalities along the South Tyrol Wine Road, from Nalles to Salorno, passing through the capital Bolzano — including Terlano, Andriano, Appiano, Caldaro, Termeno, Egna, and Salorno — offering a rich calendar of concerts in diverse locations: from castles to noble palaces, from farmsteads to cooperative wineries. The repertoire ranges from classical music to jazz, from tango to film scores, for a diverse audience of music and food and wine enthusiasts.

A project of the Wine Road

The event is organized by the South Tyrol Wine Road Association together with local tourist boards, under the artistic direction of Johann Finatzer, who curates the musical concept, ensuring the quality of the offerings. Melodie di Vini enhances the oenological, architectural, and landscape heritage of the area, offering visitors an elegant and original way to discover the Autonomous Province of Bolzano and Trentino-South Tyrol in the golden light of autumn, among vineyards, villages, and historic wineries.