Originally Posted by
bhrubin
Planning a day trip with my mother to the Wachau Valley in early October while staying 3 nights in Vienna. Planning to visit the Melk Monastery and 2-3 top wineries in the valley--I'm a major wine aficionado.
Any recommendations on good lunch options in the Valley, either near the Melk Monastery or near any of the following wineries:
Prager
F.X. Pichler
Nikolaihof
Anyone know of the restaurant Schlosshotel Dürnstein?
Thanks for any advice!
We were vacationing in the Wachau last September, primarily to visit wineries. We ranged a little farther than you are planning. We have wines from the 3 (among other Austrian wineries)that you've mentioned currently in our home, but have only visited F.X. Pichler, of those three. Prager and Nikolaihof were bought at our local wine shop.
My recommendation would be to visit Pichler, but substitute Emmerich Knoll in Dürnstein for one of the others. His wines are very highly regarded by those who "know" Austrian wines. We had lunch at his extended family's restaurant, Loibnerhof.
Other wineries that we visited were Bernhard Ott, Nigl, Domäne Wachau and Stadt Krems.
Enjoy your winery visits. The scenery is beautiful along the Donau.