Austrian Vineyards Are All in the Family

[lsanderson]

A bike ride along the Danube from Dürnstein to Weissenkirchen in Austria’s Wachau Valley, known for its wines.
By LAURIE LICO ALBANESE
Published: October 13, 2010

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 style under a walnut tree overlooking the valley. My group had been cycling and sipping our way through local vineyards all morning; we were famished, and we were tipsy. We filled our plates with grilled meats and cold salads and washed everything down with more wine from the Denk vineyard. More