Beautiful Things Products from the region

1 TIMELESS ELEGANCE In his workshop in Rio di Pusteria/Mühlbach, Robert Pflanzer makes comfy felt slippers, traditional yet modern, with a timeless elegance. Pure natural wool felt and pure cotton regulate temperature, keep you warm, and prevent sweating. The slippers, known as “Patschen” in South Tyrol, are sewn, not glued, and washable at 30° Celsius. 54.50 EUR.

www.orthopant.com

2 TAILOR-MADE A little, colourful store featuring unique bags: In her Chiusa/Klausen workshop, Ruth Gantioler produces hand-made, customised bags with a keen eye for details like studs, braids, leather straps, and chains. Starting at 165 EUR.

www.r-lovely-bag.it 3 LOCAL SWEETS Vegan chocolate from South Tyrol, produced from scratch in Eisacktal Valley. Instead of simply using chocolate mass or couverture, this chocolate is made from scratch using fair-trade premium cocoa beans from different source regions that are roasted, ground and refined in South Tyrol to make delicious Karuna chocolate. Starting at 5.40 EUR. Available in select retail stores.

www.karunacatering.it

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Beautiful Things

Products from the region

4 FRESH CRAFT BEER The clear water from the Plose mountain is the basis for South Tyrol’s straw-coloured Pale Ale “Alma”. The beer is refreshingly tart with tropically fruity hop flavours and especially great when paired with savoury curries or juicy, pan-seared fish. The Köstlan craft beer brewery in Bressanone/Brixen sells the ale in bottles of half a litre each at a cost of 5.30 EUR.

www.koestlan.com

5 BETTER THAN NEW Turn the old into something better: Doris Raffeiner and Camila Hernandez de Alba run an upcycling concept store featuring products created by local social cooperatives, artists, designers, and workshops for disabled people. In the shop’s sewing room, they manufacture purses from all kinds of upcycled materials.

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6 GO FOR GOAT It all starts with Richard Zingerle’s goats, raised on his Untereggerhof farm in Valles/Vals at an altitude of 1,200 metres above sea level. Their milk is used to make cheese, and the whey from cheese production goes into Unteregger Cosmetics’s soothing whey skincare products. Whey is rich in different types of vitamin B, whey protein, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, and iodine and has excellent skincare and haircare properties. Prices starting at 16.90 EUR, available in the farm shop and online.

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7 A DELICIOUS GIFT Looking for a gift or souvenir that will never end up tossed in some corner, maybe simply because it is way too delicious for that? “Ronegga Bauernkistl” offers crispy local Schüttelbrot bread, hearty Kaminwurzn smoked sausages, speck, honey and jam, syrup, and potatoes straight from Rodengo/ Rodeneck, everything made by local farmers. 41 EUR.

www.stampfl.it