{"id":7717,"date":"2020-09-25T14:41:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T19:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecorkscrewconcierge.com\/?p=7717"},"modified":"2020-09-25T14:41:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T19:41:32","slug":"austria-domane-wachau-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecorkscrewconcierge.com\/2020\/09\/austria-domane-wachau-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Austria\u2019s Wachau – Vintner Project Article & Dom\u00e4ne Wachau Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Come visit Austria\u2019s Wachau Valley with me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Me <\/em>aka The Corkscrew Concierge taking in the Wachau<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

So I obviously enjoy talking about wine. But one of the things I struggle with when writing for you guys is how technical and \u201cwine-geeky\u201d to get. Yes, some background is important, but I don\u2019t want to bore folks to tears either. There are certainly some topics that true geeks will get into, but will leave others with a \u201cwtf do I care\u201d attitude. So I found a solution for that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I applied and was selected to be a contributor to The Vintner Project, which is a comprehensive media outlet that covers all aspects of wine. This was the perfect place to talk about something I was pretty excited about – Austrian wine classification. But I knew if I waxed poetic about the Austrian Districtus Austriae Controllatus (\u201cDAC\u201d) system here, some folks would be like, \u201cbut is the wine good?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So if you\u2019re interested, check out my first contribution<\/span><\/strong><\/a> to The Vintner Project where I talked about how the Wachau region just became part of the DAC system. For a little more on my trip, keep reading below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve traveled to Austria twice for wine trips and have really come to appreciate the wines. On my most recent trip, I traveled northwest of Vienna to the wine regions along the Danube. I visited the wine regions of Carnuntum, Thermenregion, Traisental, Kremstal, Kamptal, and more. One of the highlights was visiting the Wachau region. This is an absolutely gorgeous region on the Danube that sits between the cities of Melk and Krems and is an UNESCO World Heritage site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was able to see the region by boat and land which offer two very different perspectives. We sipped some of the region\u2019s best Gr\u00fcner Veltliner and Riesling along with lunch while traveling along the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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