Wachau Valley Wine Tour: Private Tastings & Gourmet Lunch

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Duration8h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Taste Grüner Veltliner and Riesling straight from the terraced vineyards where they grow.

This private wine tour from Vienna takes you to 3–4 family-run vineyards in the Wachau Valley, Austria's premier wine region, where a local sommelier guides you through tastings of at least 8–10 wines. You'll walk through medieval villages like Dürnstein, meet winemakers at boutique estates, and sit down to a gourmet lunch of regional specialties paired with wines at a historic riverside winery. Hotel pickup and drop-off in Vienna are included, and the group stays under 10 people per guide.

Step-by-step itinerary

Wachau Valley wine tour and tasting

Private pick-up from Vienna hotel
Explore Wachau Valley scenery
Visit Dürnstein town
Tour Weingut Johann Donabaum winery
Enjoy gourmet lunch at historic winery
Wine tasting at Weingut Franz Hirtzberger estate

The Experience

The day starts with pickup at your Vienna hotel and a drive into the Wachau Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage region where steep terraced vineyards line the Danube and medieval towns cling to the riverbank. Your sommelier—a local with years in the trade—is with you the whole time, not just at the tastings. You'll visit 3–4 wineries, each one family-run and small enough that you meet the winemaker or the owner, not a staff member reading from a script. At places like Weingut Johann Donabaum and Weingut Franz Hirtzberger, you taste in intimate settings surrounded by the vines themselves, learning how the steep slopes and river reflection shape the wines' character.

Between tastings, you walk through Dürnstein, the valley's most picturesque town, where cobblestone streets open onto views of the Danube and the blue baroque church tower rises above wine taverns and small shops. The sommelier points out why the location matters—the aspect of the slope, the soil, the microclimate—so the wines you taste later make sense in their place. You'll sample at least 8–10 different wines, with a focus on Grüner Veltliner and Riesling, the region's signature whites.

Lunch happens at one of the valley's most celebrated wineries, a historic estate overlooking the vineyards and river. The food is regional and seasonal—Austrian dishes built around local ingredients—and each course is paired with wines from the winery's own production. A tasting platter of local ham, horseradish, and cheese arrives with the wines, so you're eating and tasting in the same breath. The whole experience is curated so the day builds: you see the vineyards, meet the people who tend them, taste the wines in their setting, and then sit down to eat in that same landscape.

What’s included

Hotel pickup and drop-off in Vienna.
the company of a local sommelier for the full day.
wine tastings at 3–4 different vineyards with at least 8–10 different wines.
a luxury car or minivan with a professional private driver.
a gourmet lunch of regional specialties paired with wines.
and a tasting platter of local ham, horseradish, and cheese.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPets welcomePublic transport nearbyNot for pregnant travelers

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Is this one for you?Book this tour if you want a small group—under 10 people—and the chance to meet winemakers and owners at family-run estates instead of moving through a crowded tasting room. The private car and sommelier mean the day unfolds at a pace that lets you absorb each vineyard and each wine, and the lunch is built into the itinerary so you're eating in the landscape you've been exploring all morning.