\n This blog contains affiliate links and is a member of the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. If you make a purchase using one of these links, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps keep this content free.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/div>\n If you\u2019re looking for the best wine tours in Vienna, you\u2019ve come to the right place!<\/p>\n One of the fun memories I have from my trip to Vienna was when we travelled to the city outskirts and spent the day vineyard hopping with friends. We just happened to be in the city during Vienna Wine Hiking Day, which takes place in autumn and you spend the day walking from one winery to the next, sampling wines, and eating Austrian food<\/a>.<\/p>\n Since Vienna Wine Hiking Day<\/a><\/strong> only takes place once a year, chances are you might miss it, but that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t enjoy some Austrian wineries and vineyards during your trip!<\/p>\n Thankfully, there are lots of wine tours<\/a> in Vienna that visit the neighbouring wine regions \u2013 Wachau Valley, Wienerwald, Klosterneuburg and more. So let\u2019s discover Vienna through its wines and help you pick the right tour!<\/p>\n On this Vienna wine tour, you\u2019ll travel beyond the city<\/a> limits to Weinviertel, a picturesque region characterized by rolling hills and vineyards just 30 minutes north of Vienna.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Throughout the tour, you\u2019ll have the opportunity to personally meet the proprietors of three local wineries, tasting approximately 10 to 12 glasses of exquisite Austrian wine. That\u2019s right, this wine tour is a generous one!<\/p>\n Among the prominent grape varieties in this area, you\u2019ll sample Gr\u00fcner Veltliner, Welschriesling, and Zweigelt. If you want to experience some wine cellar tours, this outing also ticks that box.<\/p>\n To round off your visit, you\u2019ll enjoy a delectable 2-course Austrian lunch or dinner, depending on the timing of your excursion.<\/p>\n As a tip, it\u2019s advisable to carry cash if you intend to purchase wine or souvenirs, as not all wineries accept credit cards.<\/p>\n PROS:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThis tour is TOP notch! Our driver and guide Tamas was funny, quick witted and very knowledgeable of the area and wines. The three wineries we visited were absolutely fantastic! The last stop included dinner which exceeded our expectations. I HIGHLY recommend this tour.\u201d -Ronald N<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \ud83e\udd29 Check Prices and Availability!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u2b50\ufe0f\u00a0RATING:<\/strong>\u00a05\/5 Stars | \u23f3\u00a0TOUR LENGTH:<\/strong>\u00a07-9 hours | \u2705\u00a0Book it!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n This Vienna wine tour is the closest thing you\u2019ll get to experiencing Vienna Wine Hiking Day. The tour takes place in the Vienna Woods, also known as Wienerwald, a forested highland region located to the west of Vienna.<\/p>\n You\u2019ll kick off this tour at Wien Mitte Train Station where you\u2019ll meet your guide and board a train bound for the Vienna Woods. The journey is approximately 30 minutes.<\/p>\n It\u2019s important to note this wine tour has two different itineraries depending on whether you visit in summer<\/a> or winter.<\/p>\n During the summer months, you\u2019ll arrive in Baden, a town that was once Beethoven\u2019s favourite country retreat. Here you explore the village and hike along forest trails<\/a> to a lookout point that offers panoramic views of the Vienna Basin and Vienna Woods. From there, you\u2019ll enter the vineyards<\/a> for an open-air wine tasting.<\/p>\n If you take this tour during the winter months, the train will bring you directly to the vineyards of the Thermal Region, also known as Thermenregion. Here you\u2019ll learn about the monks who started making wine in this region during the Middle Ages and there will also be a wine tasting. This is the only part of the tour that varies according to the seasons.<\/p>\n Next, you\u2019ll continue to the wine village of Gumpoldskirchen, where you\u2019ll have lunch at a traditional Austrian wine tavern (the cost of lunch is not included in the tour price). A local winemaker will lead the wine tastings and you\u2019ll have the opportunity to ask all your wine-making questions.<\/p>\n This tour ends with a train journey<\/a> back to Vienna.<\/p>\n PROS:<\/strong><\/p>\n Fantastic day trip<\/a> from start to finish. Appeals to everyone, I\u2019m a wine enthusiast, so I was in my element. Scenery was beautiful, lunch was exceptional, wine tasting was intimate and delightful. Would love to do this again in the late summer \/ early autumn when the bars are open in the vineyards.\u201d -Rebecca H<\/p>\n Review from Viator<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \ud83e\udd29 Check Prices and Availability!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n If you\u2019re looking for an adventurous wine tour from Vienna, this tour is the one for you! How does biking from vineyard to vineyard and visiting small Austrian villages sound?<\/p>\n You\u2019ll meet your guide in Vienna where you\u2019ll board a train and make your way towards Krems an der Donau, a small Austrian village that has a long history of winemaking. Here you\u2019ll collect your bike.<\/p>\n Over the course of the day, you\u2019ll cycle along the Danube River, first to the town of Durnstein known for its pastel houses and wine taverns. Here you\u2019ll have the opportunity to visit Durnstein Abbey and see the fortress ruins where King Richard the Lionheart was once held captive.<\/p>\n Of course, this is a wine tour, so in between all the cycling, you\u2019ll visit various family-run wineries to sample some Austrian wine and schnapps.<\/p>\n You should have a moderate level of fitness to join this tour as you\u2019ll be biking 25 kilometres or 16 miles. Also, keep in mind that these are not electric bikes, so be prepared to pedal! As a reward, at the end of the day, there will be time for a swim in the Danube.<\/p>\n Lunch is not included in this tour, but it is available at the local wine taverns \u2013 locally known as heuriger<\/em> \u2013 so have some cash in hand.<\/p>\n PROS:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t miss this biking excursion to the beautiful Wauchau Valley! This was one of the highlights of our 10 day trip<\/a> to Eastern Europe. The 15 mile bike ride<\/a> took us through some picturesque, cobble stone towns along the Danube, making a fews stops for wine tasting and lunch. Tim was a great guide, the pace very relaxed, and the scenery dreamy!\u201d -Patricia D<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \ud83e\udd29 Check Prices and Availability!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n This wine tour takes you to Klosterneuburg on the city limits with Vienna. Nicknamed Kloburg by locals, this town sits on the shores of the Danube River just north of Vienna and it\u2019s most famous for its monastery and wine-growing history.<\/p>\n On this bike tour, you\u2019ll pick up your bikes in Vienna and cycle along the Ring Road and past some major landmarks before making your way over to the shores of the Daube River, where you\u2019ll get on the bike path and start pedalling north.<\/p>\n You\u2019ll follow the river upstream where you\u2019ll see the Nussdorfer Wehr, a weir and lock system where the Danube Canal separates from the Danube River.<\/p>\n Shortly after, you\u2019ll arrive at Klosterneuburg Abbey, locally known as Stift Klosterneuburg, for a guided tour of this 12-century Augustinian monastery that was founded in 1114.<\/p>\n You\u2019ll then finish off this tour with a tasting of local wines.<\/p>\n As you can see, this is not a full-on wine tour<\/a> where you spend the day going from vineyard to vineyard, but you get to enjoy a nice bike ride on the Danube, visit a historic monastery, and do a brief wine tasting. This tour offers quite a bit of variety in a short amount of time and you do the whole experience on e-bikes which is a major pro.<\/p>\n This Vienna wine tour is one of the shorter ones at 4 hours in length, so it\u2019s a good option if you\u2019re looking for a half-day tour that will leave you plenty of time to do other things.<\/p>\n PROS:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cAmazing views, great guide, and lots of fun cycling. The e-bikes are so enjoyable on our total 33km ride. Our guide was knowledgeable, cautious, and fun! He gave us lots of breaks where we were able to ask lots of questions and find some common interests. Would definitely do this again if returning to Vienna. It is so easy to get around the city on bike.\u201d -Brittany D<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \ud83e\udd29 Check Prices and Availability!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u2b50\ufe0f\u00a0RATING:<\/strong>\u00a05\/5 Stars | \u23f3\u00a0TOUR LENGTH:<\/strong>\u00a08-10 hours | \u2705\u00a0Book it!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n This next wine tour is absolute luxury all the way. Not only is this a private tour where you spend the day visiting wineries across the Danube River Valley, but you also visit 3 different castles along the way!<\/p>\n On this tour, you\u2019ll visit Melk Abbey, a Benedictine abbey that was founded in 1089. During the summer months, you\u2019ll visit Castle Aggstein, a ruined castle from the early 12th century that sits perched on a rock overlooking the Danube, while during the winter months, this gets swapped for the medieval village<\/a> of D\u00fcrnstein. Lastly, you\u2019ll tour Klosterneuburg, an Augustinian monastery from the 12th century.<\/p>\n In between castle-hopping, you\u2019ll visit a family-run winery in the town of Rossatz, where you\u2019ll have the opportunity to sample some of the finest wines in the region.<\/p>\n This is the wine tour to top all wine tours! Wine and castles. What else could you ask for?<\/p>\n PROS:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cOur tour guides Jenny and Vladimir were extraordinary, the best tour guides You could ever ask for, they were above our expectations in all aspects. The itinerary was designed well to maximize our time exploring those marvelous castles. Jenny is a true historian through her unique way of storytelling she gifted us with rich history that was profound, interesting, and entertaining. We must say they have a great knowledge and love of their country, we highly recommend you take this particular tour 1000 times over so grateful to have had such a wonderful experience with such incredible people.\u201d -Christopher N<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \ud83e\udd29 Check Prices and Availability!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u2b50\ufe0f\u00a0RATING:<\/strong>\u00a05\/5 Stars | \u23f3\u00a0TOUR LENGTH:<\/strong>\u00a02 hours 15 minutes | \u2705\u00a0Book it!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Maybe you don\u2019t want to go on any big vineyard day trips<\/a> and you\u2019re just happy to enjoy a few hours sampling Austrian wines. If that\u2019s the case, then this tour is the one for you.<\/p>\n This guided tasting takes place in Vienna\u2019s 2nd district in a traditional Viennese building from the Wilhelminian era with a wine cellar.<\/p>\n Over the course of this tasting, you\u2019ll learn about Austria\u2019s wine history, its wine-producing regions and its best-growing grapes.<\/p>\n You\u2019ll get to try 6 different wines paired with locally sourced cheeses, cured meats and breads<\/a>.<\/p>\n The best part is that it is a small group tour which makes it more interactive and you can ask your wine guide questions.<\/p>\n PROS:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIf you\u2019re a wine person this is a must do while in Vienna. The setting is unique and the wines we tasted were exceptional. Stylianos our host was very knowledgeable and fun which made the experience perfect. The wines we tasted made me change my feelings on Gruner. We didn\u2019t want to leave! I highly recommend this experience.\u201d -Kim S<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \ud83e\udd29 Check Prices and Availability!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u2b50\ufe0f\u00a0RATING:<\/strong>\u00a05\/5 Stars | \u23f3\u00a0TOUR LENGTH:<\/strong>\u00a02 hours 30 minutes | \u2705\u00a0Book it!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Maybe you don\u2019t want a winery tour or a guided wine tasting; you just want to sit on a blanket overlooking a vineyard and sip wine<\/a> with that special someone next to you! If that sounds like you, then this wine picnic is one to consider.<\/p>\n In this tour, you\u2019ll travel aboard an open Italian APE \u2013 this is kind of like a rickshaw or a tuk-tuk \u2013 that fits up to 3 people. You\u2019ll drive out to Vienna\u2019s outskirts, where you\u2019ll enjoy a picnic in a vineyard with city views on the horizon.<\/p>\n You\u2019ll be provided with cozy blankets and an organic snack basket featuring cheese, salami, and bread, as well as water and wine!<\/p>\n This is a fun twist on the classic wine tour and it\u2019s a great option for a romantic occasion.<\/p>\n PROS:<\/strong><\/p>\nMy Top 3 Picks: Best Wine Tours in Vienna<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Best Wine Tours in Vienna<\/h2>\n
![\"Wine](\"https:\/\/thatbackpacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wine-Tours-in-Vienna-Day-Trips.png\" "\\"Wine")
<\/figure>\n\n
\n
![\"Ruins](\"https:\/\/thatbackpacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wienerwald-Vienna-Woods-Hike.png\" "\\"Ruins")
<\/figure>\n2. Vienna Woods Wine Tour \u2013 Wines, Vines & Good Times!<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
![\"Visiting](\"https:\/\/thatbackpacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aggstein-Castle-Austria-Wine-Day-Tour.png\" "\\"Visiting")
<\/figure>\n5. 3 Castles and Wine Tasting Tour in Danube Valley from Vienna<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n
\n
![\"On](\"https:\/\/thatbackpacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Glass-white-wine-cellar.png\" "\\"On")
<\/figure>\n6. Austrian Wine Tasting<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n
\n
![\"Austrian](\"https:\/\/thatbackpacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vineyard-at-Sunset-White-Wine-Grapes.png\" "\\"Austrian")
<\/figure>\n7. Wine Picnic Overlooking Vienna<\/a><\/h3>\n
![\"Wine](\"https:\/\/thatbackpacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/White-Wine-Tasting-Tour-Vienna.png\" "\\"Wine")