South Tyrolean Pinot Noir Contest 2008 South Tyrol Blue Burgundy fever: within the framework of the 10th Pinot Noir days were now the winner of the competition for the best Pinot Noir of vintage 2005 announced. The Pinot Nero 05 of the South Tyrolean Franz Haas wine with excellent 82 points as the best tasting this elegant red wines emerges from. Together with the Muri-Gries Abbey Winery, he took first place. Total 72 companies from the areas of Italy presented their Pinot Noir of the strict 19-member professional jury, which then met their selection in the Research Centre Laimburg. Franz Haas belongs to the tiny elite of in South Tyrol and is one of the most dynamic and successful wine personalities in Italy. His passion is above all this so capricious in cultivation as in the cellar red wine variety. “He himself says about its Pinot Nero: the Pinot Noir is my dream and at the same time my sleepless night, but mostly is and remains the best red wine in the world for me.” His Pinot Nero, the classic like the CRU line Swiss, are for their finesse and elegance also appreciated far beyond the borders of the Italian wine world and careful with numerous awards.

Franz Haas has made the task to explore the nature, to recognize your options and carefully to take advantage of their potential. So he observed climate change for quite some time and responded years ago with the purchase of vineyards to 950 metres above sea level.