Wine Tasting Tours & Trips in Vienna Budapest Prague

Bar-hop through San Sebastián's coastal streets to sample Basque pintxos paired with local wines, then head to Avignon's markets to try Provençal foods with regional wine pairings and aged cheeses. Vienna offers Austrian flavors with optional orchestra concerts at Schönbrunn Palace.

During your cruise through the UNESCO-listed Wachau Valley, you'll stop at a 15th-century winery in Dürnstein to sample local apricot wines. In Regensburg's medieval center, try a Bavarian sausage tasting. Throughout your 7-night journey, enjoy complimentary wine, beer, and soft drinks with lunch and dinner aboard your Emerald Cruises Star-Ship, which accommodates 182 passengers.

Take a Danube steamboat from Krems to Dürnstein, a historic village in the UNESCO-listed Wachau Valley where vineyards slope down to the river. After checking out the medieval ruins of Dürnstein Castle, head to town to sample locally produced wines at traditional Heuriger wine bars.

Sip wines in Germany's Franconia region when you visit Würzburg's vineyard-laden hills, one of the country's largest wine-producing areas. Try traditional Hungarian dishes paired with local wines during an onboard folklore performance after boarding in Budapest. Sample Czech brews and regional spirits during a coffee and cake stop at Lobkowicz Palace within Prague Castle's walls.

Taste wines at a Franconian winery in Wertheim where local vintners walk you through their craft, then head to Austria's Wachau Valley to sample Rieslings and Grüners at a family-run estate. Check out authentic 16th-century windmills in Schermerhorn before meeting the Baron and Baroness.

Sail through Europe's top wine regions with tastings in the UNESCO-listed Wachau Valley near Dürnstein and Melk, where you'll sample famous Austrian whites at local vineyards. Visit Siegfried's Mechanical Music Cabinet Museum in Rüdesheim, located in Germany's Rheingau wine region.

Sample beers brewed since 1050 at Weltenburg Abbey during a Bavarian brewery tour, then taste bold red wines in the historic cellars of Villány wine village near the Croatian border. Slovakia's wine region offers tastings in Bratislava's underground cellars, where you'll find flavors shaped by Danube soils and cold-weather viticulture praised across Central Europe.

Take photos of Prague's Baroque quarter in Josefov, Bratislava Castle perched above the Danube, and Budapest's UNESCO-listed cobbled medieval quarter. Get shots of Slovak National Theatre, Passau's hilltop Mariahilf church, and ancient St. Severin from the Ottonian dynasty.

Cruise the Danube on the MS Vivaldi or MS Douce France with French cuisine and complimentary wine at meals, plus an Austrian dinner in Vienna and a gala night in Bratislava. Stop at Vienna's Rathausplatz Christmas market for mulled wine and gingerbread, then Bratislava's festive market.