Gruner Veltliner is one of the most iconic wines to come from Austria. With its racy high acidity and subtle aromas and flavors of crisp green pear and yellow apple, it is a white grape variety that ...

The terraced hills above this tiny hamlet have been coveted for growing grapes at least since the 13th century. This is not the obvious spot for a newcomer. Arriving in 2006, Erich Krutzler figured it ...

ON a July afternoon, lunch at the Denk Family vineyard’s heuriger — one of a number of hilltop village wine gardens in the Wachau Valley of Austria, about 50 miles west of Vienna — was served family ...

While not quite the blue that is referred to in Johann Strauss’ Blue Danube waltz, the Danube River is still a most impressive feature of the European landscape. Europe’s second longest river extends ...

Looking westward from Dürnstein, a village perched on a rocky pitch in Austria’s Wachau Valley, the mighty Danube etches a deep curve into an ancient landscape. Town and land look locked in time.