St. Pauls – Kellerei

The St. Pauls Cooperative Winery was founded in 1907. 36 wine growers from St. Pauls, Missian, Berg and Unterrain took part in the founding meeting. The first chairman was Anton Schwarzer and the first cellar master Josef Abraham from Girlan. Until the new winery building was constructed on the eastern edge of the village in 1908, the harvest was stored in various private cellars in the village as well as in the “Schwarzer Adler” inn, which the newly founded cooperative had acquired. The new building was erected on land belonging to Anton Kager. The plan was drawn up and masonry work carried out by the Eppan master builder, Segna. Two cellars, one above the other (storage capacity approx. 15,000 hectolitres), two other rooms (a fermenting cellar and a workshop), the office and a cellar master’s apartment all formed part of the original building. A steep access ramp behind the building led to the upper floors where the grape mash was unloaded, which is still the case today.