Alitalo Winery

The Alitalo farm is a medium-sized Neolithic farm dating back to the 1500s. The winery was opened to the public in 1996, and tourism has boomed over the years. Especially in summer, the magnificent nature of Lohjansaari, the farm's cultivated fields and forests of thousands of apple trees create a wonderful setting for day-trippers and groups, right on the outskirts of the capital region!

The farm grows apples and produces a variety of wines, ciders and liqueurs. Over the years, the entrepreneurial couple Sanna and Marko Maula have developed several new and local products, with a special focus on quality and domestic ingredients. All our products are handcrafted in Lohjansaari and offer a unique tasting experience to our visitors.

Viinitila on avoinna 2025:

• 3.5.-1.6.2025 la-su klo 12-17
• 2.-15.6.2025 päivittäin klo 12-17
• 16.6.-10.8.2025 päivittäin klo 10-17
• 16.8 .-14.9.2025 la-su klo 12-17

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Day trippers

The Alitalo winery is ideal for families, couples, solo travellers and groups. The Alitalo winery is a destination for the whole family, offering interesting activities for children and adults alike. Our café-restaurant is A-rated and offers not only the farm's own drinks but also café products and delicious food options. Our wine shop sells the farm's own products to take home or as gifts. The farm's pampering animals will entertain children and adults alike, and the tree trail and a round of mini-golf offer a nice alternative to everyday life.

Menu for day-trippers

Wine Boutique

A wine shop is attached to the farm and serves its customers daily during the summer season and all year round by appointment. The wine shop sells wines, ciders, liqueurs and sparkling wines handcrafted on the farm to take home. The products are made from the best local berries and apples.

During the apple season, the farm also sells apple juice and apples.

Purchased alcoholic beverages may only be delivered to your address if you hold a license to serve alcoholic beverages and a license for retailing alcoholic beverages. (Alcohol Act)

The Viders and ciders

Our own signature products, the Viiders, have grown in popularity over the years. What distinguishes ciders from ciders is that no apple is used in their production. In other words, ciders are "berry ciders". Only drinks made from apples can be called cider.

Our range also includes traditional apple ciders, made from apples grown on our own farm through spontaneous fermentation. The ciders are filtered. They are produced at different times and due to their popularity, we cannot guarantee that all of them are available on the farm.
White currant cider 4,2 %
Raspberry cider 5,5 %
Black currant cider 4,5 %
Dry and semi-sweet apple cider 5,5 %
French-style strong apple cider 7,5 %

Wines and sparkling wines

We produce several different wines by hand in Lohjansaari. We currently (2024) have about 18 different products in our range. From dry to sweet, there is a wine to suit everyone's taste and our extensive range of wines is sure to have something for everyone. We use only high quality domestic ingredients in the production of our wines. The raw materials are apple, raspberry, gooseberry, lingonberry, black, white, red and green currant. Our products are seasonal, so we cannot guarantee that everything is in stock. Especially at the end of the summer season, some products may be out of stock.

Café-restaurant Saaribaari

The café-restaurant Saaribaari is connected to the winery and is open daily during the summer, during the winery's opening hours! The A-rated café-restaurant offers both café products and restaurant options, including delicious burgers and fresh salads.

In the restaurant Saaribaar and on our terrace you can taste the farm's own products; wines, ciders, brandies and liqueurs. Wine tasting is a great way to spend time in good company!

For larger groups, our restaurant operates on a subscription basis.

Activities

Our farm offers a variety of activities for individual travelers as well as for groups.
We offer a variety of packages e.g. stag or other groups.

In addition to dining and wine tastings, the package can include e.g. food and wine tastings. a tour of mini golf or, for example, a brisk walk along the wooden trail.

Other nearby destinations: Paavola Oak, Kynnepää Nature Reserve.

Miniature golf

The farm has a 12-hole mini-golf course.
Minigolf is a fun way to spend time with family or friends.
A little playful competition will brighten up your day!

You are welcome to play mini golf during the winery's opening hours.

Wine tasting

In the Saaribaar restaurant you can taste the farm's products. Day-trippers can taste the wines during the restaurant's opening hours without prior reservation. Wine tasting and cheese platters if you wish. must be booked two days in advance.

For groups, we organise wine tastings by prior reservation. More detailed price list menu.

A 25-point tree route circulates on the farm's land, along which you can find information about common and rare tree species.
Some of the sites are outside the yard. The map can be obtained from the restaurant or downloaded with a QR code from the data tables.
The wooden route is free of charge for the traveler!
The texts can also be found with QR codes in English and Russian.

Link to the map

Animals

The farm's grounds also have something for the little ones to admire. Cute rabbits and guinea pigs, sheep and goats love the attention, and horse lovers can admire the horses roaming the pastures.

The farm does not have the possibility of riding, all horses are privately used.

The Alitalo farm has 4.5 ha of nature reserves. The areas are adjacent to the Kynnepää grove, owned by the Natural Heritage Foundation. https://luonnonperintosaatio.fi/suojelualue/kynnepaa/

The Alitalo and Kynnepää nature reserves represent a forest environment where biodiversity is at its peak in Finland. It is a kind of domestic biodiversity hotspot.

The Alitalo farm is located in the hemiboreal climate zone in the Lohjansaari, where there are still plenty of deciduous areas on the fertile land. The famous Paavola oak tree is located one and a half kilometres to the south and Karkali Nature Park is five kilometres across the strait.

The nature reserve is mainly fresh, rich and dry deciduous woodland, with mature deciduous trees as overstory. The understory of deciduous trees is so dense in places that the field layer is almost absent. Two-layered structure may be the result of forest grazing that ceased at some point. According to the vendor, the area has not been subject to forestry operations for at least forty years.

The area is home to sturdy oaks and maples, walnut bushes and trunkless ash trees here and there. On the southern edge of the site there is an area of large ash trees, and a stand of ash trees is left adjacent to the site. The area contains perhaps five to ten cubic metres of decayed wood per hectare. The deciduous shrubs in the area include larch, witch hazel and currant. The field layer is dominated by lily of the valley, blue vetch and blackcurrant. Apple tree, mahogany and a stand of yellow pine, which is a reminder of a house that once stood on the site but of which nothing now remains.

Alitalo's forests are FSC-certified.

Guided farm tours

During the guided tour of the farm you will get to know apple growing, the production facilities and the secrets of winemaking, lasting about 1 hour.

Guided farm tours must be booked two days in advance.

Price of the farm tour 10 €/person, min. 4 persons.
Larger groups please ask for an offer!

Excursions and parties

We offer tailor-made excursion, party and meeting packages all year round. For groups, dining, wine tasting and guided farm tours.

A spring outing when thousands of apple trees are in blossom, a summer trip to the charming countryside at the peak of our season or an apple picking trip to our farm in autumn, tailored for your group.

During a guided tour of the farm, you will learn about apple growing, the production facilities and the secrets of winemaking. During the tour you will visit the vineyards and at the wine tasting you will get to know the production on the farm.

Restaurant Saaribaari invites you to enjoy delicious buffet packages in a cosy environment, designed according to your wishes and made to order in advance. Our restaurant is A-rated and you can enjoy the farm's own drinks with the farm's food. A wine tasting package can be arranged in advance for the group, or group members can purchase their own beverage of choice during the tour.

The restaurant has 60 seats.

Feel free to contact us, and we will design a package to suit your group!

Address

Pietiläntie 138

08800 Lohja

Email

sanna.maula(at)ciderberg.fi

Telephone

050-3712342

050-3566614

You can also reach us by boat.
The pier can be found under the name Alitalo pier on Google Maps.