Great excursion with Viking Riverboat to the winery that supplies 250,000 bottles of wine to the…read moreViking company. Entertaining evening with Erhard Morwald and his family and delightful tasting of red and white wines. Also, I believe a young lady born in Connecticut was our tour guide inside the winery. She was outstanding and her rapport with Erhard made the evening. A night to remember.

Erhard alone is worth the visit to the winery. If you have not heard of Grüner Veltliner, you may…read morebe missing out on a wonderful simple, light refreshing white wine. It is the dominant grape in Wachau, the small, but amazing wine region in Austria. It is millions of miles away from the glycol, methanol and sugar laden disasters of my youth. Austria got its act together. Wachau is a crown jewel. And Erhard Mörwald is the Emperor. Too bad that he hasn't figured out how to ship to the US. We went to the winery as an add-on to our Viking Cruise. It was the best add-on tour of the whole trip.