Why does the Berghotel Sexten rely so much on organic and regional food?

Because the food is better and much more sustainable and healthier. More information

Why are organic foods better?

Because less chemicals are used to produce them and because this is also controlled by an independent body and not just based on self-declarations or round table discussions. More information

Why is regional before organic in the Berghotel in case of doubt?

Because a regional potato from Bruneck from integrated cultivation generates less traffic than a Dutch potato - even if you try to combine as much regio as possible with organic, it usually succeeds, but not always because the quantity is simply not always available. More information

How is the selection of food suppliers made?

This takes place primarily according to the principle of origin. The closer the better. This is a long-term process that has taken years and is nowhere near complete. They are often small farmers or producers where the products are not always available and it takes a lot more work and effort than ordering from a grocery wholesaler where food is delivered, no matter where and in what quality. More information

Which foods are the most difficult to obtain?

This is clear with meat and especially with poultry and pork. It is very important to us not to have 'Tönnies meat', i.e. industrial meat, in the Berghotel. We only use meat from animals where we know the origin, almost exclusively in organic quality. The animals were kept in a species-appropriate manner and were either slaughtered on the farm or in small slaughterhouses. In some cases we are already able to ensure that the animals were born, lived and slaughtered in Sexten. More information

Are organic & regio foods more expensive and how does that affect the pension price in the Berghotel?

Such groceries are more expensive across the board, also considerable, because better, because not industrially produced, but also much healthier. We obviously have to pass on the higher price, but we don't throw away any groceries because our guests tell us what they're eating the day before and we keep the portions smaller (everyone can ask for more - but this rarely happens). This puts the higher price into perspective! More information

Sustainable and regional cuisine in the Dolomites

The kitchen at the Berghotel: more than organic – regional & organic!

Groceries for us are more than simle goods - we want to know where our food comes from. Groceries is trust because eating bad things can't be good - that's why we like to spent more money for eating :-)

Our Berghotel pension contains a beautiful bio breakfast with homemade mueslis, fresh fruits, honey from local beekeepers, omelettes and other egg dishes prepared in front of you, a big choice of different teas, fair trade coffee, bread from Sexten, jam from Braies, juices from local farms and much more.

In the afternoon homemade cakes and the famous Berghotel apple strudel.

In the evening salads, antipasti, real farmer's speck from Sesto, various soups and a wonderful menu of the best foods - regional & organic - and finally changing desserts and selected cheeses with homemade chutneys …Read more

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Some of our producers:

Matthias Happacher

Bakery Happacher in Sexten/Moos

Matthias Happacher
the best bread far and wide
long fermentation times, the best flour and water
craftsmanship at its best, also organic

Sennerei Dairy Sexten

more than 40 farmers of Sexten supply their milk, 1/4 organic
a lot of good things are made from it, from butter to cheese
it couldn't be closer and more sustainable

Alois Villgrater

Butchery Villgrater in Sesto

Alois Villgrater
supplies us with local meat (with certificate of origin!) from his own slaughter and with his Speck and sausages
trust connects

Sonja Villgrater

Farm cheese dairy Unteroltlhof

Andreas & Sonja Villgrater
cheese from raw sheep, goat & cow milk
high level quality products

Maso Unteradamer

Farmsteas Unteradamer Hof

Florian Innerkofler
homemade sausages and speck from the organic farm
Duroc pigs concieved, born, lived and butchered in Sexten

Hildegard Ortner

Chicken farm Santerhof

Hildegard Ortner
Keeping free-range chicken
Preparation of the fresh egg dishes at breakfest

More than bio – bio from here.

Healthy products from the region, if out of season also from longer distances, the rest we buy from small farmers we know personally – trust, responsibility and quality without compromises!

No food from global players – what does not grow in Europe we buy fair trade!

There is no Fast Food at the Berghotel, your bio hotel in the Dolomites. Also, no Convenience Food and ready to go dishes. We use local and biological products and support small regional circuits with consequence.

Eating healthy and natural - where does our food come from?

More than bio – bio from here.

Healthy products from the region, if out of season also from longer distances, the rest we buy from small farmers we know personally – trust, responsability and quality without compromises!
No food from global players – what does not grow in Europe we buy fair trade!

There is no Fast Food at the Berghotel, also no Convenience Food and ready to go dishes. We use local and biological products and support small regional circuits with consequence.

chicken & poultry only biological and depending on availibility from the region f.e. from the Hintersteurerhof near Brixen
meat, veal, fawn and lamb from farms in Sexten and Südtirol with certificates from the specific farm named in the menu - meat and veal mostly from the butcher Villgrater in Sexten, Lamb from Wippland
Porc from regional circuits trough butcher Villgrater from the Puster valley and in case from the near Austria with the AMA certificate
Speck, ham, most cheeses, milk, jogurt, bread, vegetables... directly from the valley, from the Puster valley, as the eggs (0 and 1) only from animals grown in a natural environment - butcher Villgrater Sexten, dairy Sexten, dairy Bdè in Casamazzagno Comelico, dairy Unteroltl farm Sexten, bakery Happacher Sexten, vegetables Brunico , speck and smoked sausages from the Unteradamer farm in Sexten from Duroc pigs (concieved, born, lived and butchered in Sexten!)
Grey cheese and butter from the Veider farm Vierschach
Venison and sausages from regional woods from the butcher Doch in Santo Stefano - huntingground Auronzo
honey from the beekeeper Watschinger from Vierschach and De Martin Padola, Bio honey Romana Schuster from the Vinschgau, Bio jams from the Pragser Beeren
Herbs & vegetables in summer from our garden and Vogelsang farm in Brixen
Chutneys, ketchup, herboils, Zirmschnaps ... mostly home made
Mustard, vinegar & sirup from the Kandlwaal farm Vinschgau
Tea from the herbsfarm Fasui and Kräuterrebellen Vinschgau or fair trade Altromercato
wines mainly local, many biodynamic and PIWI
apples, apple juice and grapes juice from the Widum Baumann farm in Jenesien and Santer farm in Mühlbach and Wasserer farm in Völs, Sirups from the Partschiller farm in Völs
Pustertaler beer from Niederdorf
Products, they have to come from far, we buy fair trade

Maybe how understood that at the Berghotel we really care what kind of food we buy, especially the quality of the ground product. On that we can become pedantic - for this is responsable our cooks Boris, Andrea, Pietro and Hubert, our Sommelier Stefan and last but not least the Chef Walter Holzer

Map with our suppliers

Example of a normal menu - half board:

This is an example of a normal menu how it could happen every day at the Berghotel - to choose from or to eat all! and different antipasti startes and a daily changing vegeterian plate:

Big choice of salads, antipasti and vegetables
from the buffet with a choice of different olive oils and vinegars and salad dressings

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Speck from the butcher Villgrater at Sesto
with asparagus mousse and marinated salads

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Nettle soup with cheese crostini

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Lasagne with tomatoes and eggplants
from the oven and homemade basil pesto

Risotto with herbs from our garden and Brie

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Grilled tranche of bio salmon
with sauce of Kerner white wine from the Eisack Valley
New potatoes and buttered spinach

or

Braised beef from the farm “Braun” from Villanders
with St. Magdalena sauce
homemade egg Spätzle and buttered spinach

or vegetarian meal

Zucchini flower in a pastry
with remoulade sauce and herbs from our garden

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Variation of parfait with chocolate raspers

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Choice of local cheeses with homemade chutneys

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Different choice of desserts and sweets from the buffet

Our wine recommandation:

White wine:
Kukuck from the Vogelsanghof at Bressanone - Extraordinary fruit, aromatic and with a complex acidity
(Solaris and Muscaris - a fungus resistent grape species - Piwi - no chemical plant protection)

Red wine:
Lagrein dunkel riserva from the Zundlhof at Bolzano - a robust, full body wine with wood berry notes
(Lagrein is an autoctone grape from South Tirol with relatively high tannin and a good body)

Dessert wine
Kerner late vintage from the Hoandlhof - Manni Nössing at Bressanone
dry, full body and long tail

a fresh draught beer Pustertaler Freiheit Lager or Wheat - 0,3 l € 3,50

The goodness and savouriness of our dinner is difficult to describe - main thing is the ground product, here we make no compromises, it remains little space for show

Gourmet menu from the mediterrean and tirolean cuisine – we use fresh & healty products and mainly from regional farmers depending on the season and cultivate table culture
Many salads and vegetables with different vinegars & balsamicos, different olive oils and flavoured oils
Choise of antipasti
Buffet of desserts and sweets and a big choice of local cheeses with different mustards
Different evenings with farmers dishes, antipasti buffet ect.

Our wine list

Our wine list has many wines from small unknown winemakers - no supermarket range - real discoveries - many biodynamic and PIWI wines - 3 sommeliers are ready to make you happy!

In our small wine cellar we regularly organize wine tastings once a week or on request.

Wine list

The Berghotel, your perfect hotel for sustainable holidays in the Dolomites, South Tyrol

6 good reasons for the Berghotel ...

Because you rarely or never find such good food quality in a hotel.
Because the philosophy organic, regional, seasonal, fair and healthy is not only written on paper, but is also consistently implemented.
Because we know a large part of the producers and trust them.
Because there is no industrial meat in the Berghotel and the animals had a good life.
Because for us food is more than just food, namely the foundation for a good life.
Because healthy food, whether eating or drinking, is a matter of course and we don't want to save money to buy bad food.

Recipes from South Tyrol for cooking at home

Cold starters