Winzer Krems Sandgrube 13 ★ 4.4
The flagship tasting space of the Winzer Krems cooperative (representing roughly 700 grower-members across 1,200 hectares in Lower Austria).
A wine bar and vinothek in Krems, open Monday to Saturday from 16:00 until midnight. More than 100 labels from Wachau, Kamptal, Kremstal, Traisental and Wagram are poured at vinothek prices alongside a warm kitchen until late.
Address: Utzstraße 1, 3500 Krems an der Donau, Austria, Wachau
The flagship tasting space of the Winzer Krems cooperative (representing roughly 700 grower-members across 1,200 hectares in Lower Austria).
The modernly designed vinotheque beneath the baroque Kellerschlössel in Dürnstein stocks the complete Domäne Wachau range. Guided cellar tours run Fridays at 14:00 and Saturdays at 11:00 from April to October.
The on-estate tasting salon at Nikolaihof Wachau (Mautern), Demeter certified since 1971 with documented winemaking history to 985 AD. Open Wednesday to Saturday for walk-in tastings of current vintages plus back-vintages from the Reserve Cellar.
The stylish tasting room in a new cellar building directly opposite the historic Knoll family home in Unterloiben. The Knoll family personally guides visitors through benchmark Smaragd Rieslings and Veltliners from the Kellerberg and Schutt vineyards.
The sleek modern winery of F.X. Pichler sits among the terraced vineyards just outside Oberloiben. Tastings are strictly by prior appointment at this pilgrimage destination for serious Austrian wine collectors.
State-of-the-art cellar embedded in a restored medieval estate at the entrance to the Wachau. Elisabeth Pichler-Krutzler's precise Smaragd whites from the Ried Ried Kellerberg and Loibenberg vineyards are poured in the quiet tasting room.
The flagship tasting space of the Winzer Krems cooperative (representing roughly 700 grower-members across 1,200 hectares in Lower Austria).