Wine notes from the Wachau
A private wine project from the Wachau
We are Jürgen and Sabine and we live in Mautern an der Donau. When a wine catches our attention, we ask the winery about it and write down what is behind it: the people, the vineyards and the decisions you cannot read off the label.
Wine knowledge
Short explainers on Wachau wine, grape varieties and origin. They give some orientation until the first wine and winery portraits become more concrete.
Our own visit
An outing with Sabine among golden vineyards, with views of the Danube and a wine break at the fridge in a small stone hut.
Read the article: Autumn in Spitz: a little break on the TausendeimerbergGuide
How long opened wine keeps, why the fridge is the most important helper even for red wine, and what vacuum pumps, inert gas and sparkling stoppers actually do.
Read the article: Keeping opened wine bottles: what really works?Guide
How to keep wine cool on the go, which glasses make sense outdoors, where broken glass belongs, and what applies in Austria to drinking outdoors and driving.
Read the article: Taking wine on a picnic: chilling, carrying and servingDates in the region
Events we would happily go to ourselves. The organiser and the programme are named with each date.
9 October 2026 at 13:00 to 19 December 2026 at 18:00
Tastings & open cellars · Kamptal
From early October to Christmas, a different Langenlois winery opens its cellar and tasting room every weekend.
Changing wineries in Langenlois · Langenlois
View event: Weinschaun beim Winzer 20262 November 2026 to 31 December 2026
Heurigen taverns · Wachau
Heurigentermin in Dürnstein: Alter Klosterkeller. Ein saisonaler Termin für Wachau-Wein, regionale Küche und einen entspannten Besuch vor Ort.
Alter Klosterkeller · Dürnstein
View event: Heuriger wine tavern: Restaurant Alter Klosterkeller3 November 2026 to 8 November 2026
Heurigen taverns · Kremstal
Heurigentermin in Krems: Weinbau & Heuriger Stoiber. Ein saisonaler Termin für Wachau-Wein, regionale Küche und einen entspannten Besuch vor Ort.
Weinbau & Heuriger Stoiber · Krems
View event: Heuriger wine tavern: Weingut und Heuriger Stoiber3 November 2026 to 11 November 2026
Heurigen taverns · Wachau
Heurigentermin in Mautern: Fam. Hanifogl-Niehsner. Ein saisonaler Termin für Wachau-Wein, regionale Küche und einen entspannten Besuch vor Ort.
Fam. Hanifogl-Niehsner · Mautern
View event: Heuriger wine tavern: Fam. Hanifogl-Niehsner
Our own impressions
Golden vine leaves, vineyard terraces and small discoveries along the way: our autumn impressions of the Wachau.
View the autumn photo essay →Photographs: Jürgen Winkler
Origin
Good wines rarely happen by accident. Landscape, climate, soils, village structure and the decisions each winery makes explain why a wine tastes the way it does.
View regionsCentre
Wachau wine is shaped by steep terraces, cool Danube air and white wines that make Grüner Veltliner and Riesling feel especially precise.
Neighbouring region
Kremstal wine connects Krems, Danube terraces, loess soils and the Göttweigerberg in Grüner Veltliner and Riesling with clear tension.
Neighbouring region
Kamptal wine shows how the Kamp river, Heiligenstein, loess, rock and cool air give Grüner Veltliner, Riesling and Pinot-family varieties tension.
Neighbouring region
Traisental wine is versatile, limestone-shaped and often strikingly precise: Grüner Veltliner, Riesling and small wineries show plenty of origin in a compact region.
From Mautern
Our own photographs from Mautern an der Donau: vineyard landscapes, vine trunks and leaves.
Photographs: Jürgen · Edited with AI; fine details may differ from the original photographs.
Discover all nine photographs from MauternA little extra
Three wine-inspired T-shirts from our Wearable Lines shop.
Our own designs · Opens the external Spreadshop. Printing, shipping and service by Spreadshirt. Our wine portraits remain independent.
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