{"title":"Niklas","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the village of St. Nikolaus on the western slope of a valley running north into the Dolomites, the Solva family has been making wine since 1969. Today Dieter Solva oversees both the cellar and a 7-hectare estate, with his sons Michael and Maximilian managing the vineyards. The domaine takes its name from the village and from three generations of accumulated knowledge about this particular piece of Alto Adige mountain terrain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlto Adige, known in German as Sudtirol, occupies the northernmost tip of Italy, bordered by Austria to the north and east. The vineyards here sit at some of the highest elevations in Italy, and the combination of intense alpine sunlight, low rainfall, and cool nights produces grapes with exceptional aromatic clarity and natural acidity. Kaltern, or Caldaro, sits along the South Tyrolean Wine Road at the southern end of this landscape, where the valley widens and the climate warms slightly, allowing Vernatsch and Lagrein to ripen alongside the whites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore on how they farm and work in the cellar in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/natural-wine-producers-primal-wine\/niklas\"\u003eNiklas producer profile\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"niklas-weingut-kerner-organic-wine","title":"Niklas Weingut Kerner 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eNiklas Weingut Kerner 2022 is a white wine from Weingut Niklas, a family-owned estate in the village of St. Nikolaus in the Alto Adige region of Northeastern Italy, established in 1969 and run by Dieter Sölva. The estate farms about 17 acres of vineyards across the Kaltern winegrowing area. The wine is made from 100% Kerner, a cross of Trollinger (Schiava Grossa) and Riesling. Dieter's father brought the Kerner variety from Germany in the 1970s, and the Niklas family vines are the oldest Kerner vines in the region.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Niklas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44423898595544,"sku":"niklas-kerner","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/niklas-weingut-kerner-2022-natural-wine-primal-wine.png?v=1787946385"},{"product_id":"niklas-weingut-schiava-natural-wine","title":"Niklas Weingut Schiava 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003eWeingut Niklas is a family estate in Kaltern in the Alto Adige region of northeastern Italy, currently led by Dieter Sölva with sons Michael and Maximilian. The estate farms vineyards around Kaltern on calcareous soils. This Schiava, made from two types of the Schiava variety, also called Vernatsch or Trollinger, is sourced from vineyards around Lake Caldaro in South Tyrol. It is vinified entirely in stainless steel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Niklas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44662714204376,"sku":"niklas-schiava","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/niklas-weingut-schiava-2025-natural-wine-primal-wine.png?v=1787946385"}],"url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/collections\/niklas.oembed","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}