from 188,00€ per person/night incl. half board
Gourmet hotel for individualists
A wine-tasting hotel with new suites and bold colors
This small, welcoming design hotel has focused on hospitality since 1952. In collaboration with architect Stephan Marx, forty new suites were built as well as a casual, colorful bar and clay enoteca with an impressive 402 labels.
Here tradition and modernity have been boldly fused. The coffee served on the terrace at breakfast is roasted in-house and filtered by hand. The cozy restaurant, with a large glass front, serves food in a casual atmosphere. The spa area, which has a 21-meter indoor/outdoor pool, will please even the most discriminating guests.
- Wine hike via three farms to the high-altitude, modern Eichenstein Winery, including tasting
- Archi Vinum
- Wine tasting at neighboring vineyards
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Rendezvous mit Südtirols Originalen
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Vintage car & wine days
Learn more22.09.2024 - 27.09.2024
5 overnight stays from 1.755,00€
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Refreshingly casual and unaffectedly designed
The family tradition goes back to 1952, when Johann Ganthaler built the Muchele Vinum Hotel; his grandchildren are now keeping that tradition alive in the third generation. The Muchele was radically restructured in 2015, together with South Tyrolean architect Stephan Marx, with boldly modern design and a strong feeling for the Heimat, the homeland. The Muchele is a very special hotel. The family runs it with a lot of heart, and it’s ideally situated just five kilometers outside of spa resort of Merano. It is a charming place with only 40 rooms and suites, all recently redesigned.
The painstaking design features locally sourced materials such as porphyry and chestnut wood, as well as ornate, symbolic iron latticework. This little place is ideal for anyone who loves visiting South Tyrol. The hotel bar is a large living space in the open air. Wine is a among the hotelier family’s greatest passions. As a result, the boss’s “office” is the new brick-earth enoteca, which proudly carries 402 labels. Whether in the rustic, 150-year-old Stube parlor from Val Venosta/Vinschgau, relaxing on the cool Moroso garden furniture or dining at the completely glassed-in restaurant, wine takes center stage at the Muchele – and the celebrating of it enhances the casual, buoyant atmosphere.
The Ganthaler family and its loyal employees take enough time to advise every guest personally. The head of the family, Hansjörg, loves leading wine tastings: they are always very rewarding and usually end up being quite entertaining. Guests at the Muchele constantly come into contact with the world of wine. Activities offered include wine walks from the hotel with the host family or a visit to the vineyards of the neighboring winery, Moarhof; another option for wine enthusiasts is a visit to the innovative Ansitz Eichenstein Winery (Marlengo/Marling), including tour and tasting. At the hotel’s casual, colorfully decorated bar there are always at least ten white and red wines open. In addition to wine and genuine South Tyrolean cuisine made with quality products, the Ganthaler family loves coffee. In fact, a family member has operated South Tyrol’s smallest coffee roastery in Vinschgau for the last three years, with a lot of passion and commitment. Quality beans are manually refined here, using traditional drum roasting.
One of the wine highlights is the Architecture Wine Days (Architektur-Weintage), which take place twice a year. Another major event is the International WineFestival, which brings countless wine producers selected from all over the world to Merano every year, on the second weekend in November.
Wine hike
Two-hour walk departing from the Muchele Hotel, together with the host family; route goes via three farms to the high-altitude, modern Eichenstein Winery; wine tasting included
Archi Vinum
Four-night stay, with visit to eight different wineries; tasting and architectural presentation
Wine tasting at neighboring vineyards
Surrounded by vineyards, winemaker Florian Klotz Pertoll leads a tasting of varieties grown right on site; covers history and interesting facts about wine-growing, production and cellaring.
wine-growing region
Merano and environs
Vernatsch enjoyed a great deal of appreciation as the “grape cure” in Merano during the century before the First World War. Since time immemorial, Vernatsch has been known here as Meraner Hügel – a lighter and very spicy type of Vernatsch. In 1852 Archduke Johann introduced the first Pinot noir and Pinot blanc: a pioneering achievement with positive consequences.