i. Biography
His work at Laimburg has been defined by oenology, cellar leadership, and a steady focus on grape and wine quality. At Cantina Laimburg, Urban Piccolruaz’s practice sits in the cellar and the vineyard, where precision matters more than volume and the job is to read the fruit carefully, then work with it in a disciplined way.
Coming Up
Responsabile del gruppo di lavoro at Cantina Laimburg places Urban Piccolruaz at the center of day-to-day decisions. The role depends on calm coordination and familiarity with the tempo of wine production, where strong results are built through small, consistent moves rather than display. That same emphasis runs through his career: cellar leadership, rigorous oenology, and close attention to the quality of both grapes and finished wine.
Where They Are Now
At Cantina Laimburg, the work remains practical: tradition is not separate from experimentation, but both are judged by whether they are useful. Urban Piccolruaz says the task is to maintain quality and improve it, while testing simple management methods that save time and costs. That makes the work hands-on and measured, with methods tried against real conditions and assessed for how well they support the grapes and the wine.
Career - Responsabile del gruppo di lavoro — Cantina Laimburg
Signature
Auròna Kerner Riserva 2012 is one of Urban Piccolruaz’s signature wines, and it points to the more defined side of his production. The Burgselektion wines sit alongside it as individual wines, often aged primarily in large oak barrels or presented as select wines. The common thread is a preference for wines that are given time and conditions to develop their own character.
In Their Words “For us, the main focus of our work is maintaining and improving the quality of grapes and wine, and, in so doing, it is necessary to test simple methods of management that save time and costs.” “The Burgselektion wines, on the other hand, are individual and aged primarily in large oak barrels or else they are select wines.”
FAQ What is Urban Piccolruaz's current role? Urban Piccolruaz is a winemaker at Cantina Laimburg in Trento. What is Urban Piccolruaz known for? Urban Piccolruaz head of the winery work group.
