Wine Tasting at Schönbrunn Palace: Experience Vienna's Unique Winemaking History

Experience Vienna’s unique winemaking history with a wine tasting at Schönbrunn Palace. Explore the palace with an audio guide and indulge in local wines from the region.

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Joseph II. - Das Schloss-Restaurant Schönbrunn - At our wine tasting you will get to know and distinguish between 5 traditional wines - what makes them so special and what this has to do with Vienna. The experience is made complete by a small „Heurigenjause“ – a snack traditionally enjoyed with a glass of wine.
    Before the wine tasting, you have…
What's Included
  • Receive an informative booklet on Viennese wine history
  • Enjoy a complimentary snack along the way
  • Sample five distinct Viennese wines
  • Small group for a personalized experience
  • Optional: Explore Schönbrunn Palace with an audio tour
What's Not Included
  • Additional drinks and meals
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

The history of winemaking in Vienna extends all the way to the Roman era, with vineyards dotting the city’s scenic hills. As the only world capital that can claim substantial vineyards within its confines, Vienna offers an unparalleled oenological experience that is too unique to pass up.
Join us for an exceptional wine-tasting event at the Schönbrunn…

Location
Joseph II. - Das Schloss-Restaurant Schönbrunn
Schönbrunner Schloßstraße
The restaurant is located between the Orangery and the main entrance of Schönbrunn Palace, opposite the Schönbrunn bus parking lot. Schönbrunn Palace is about a 5 minute walk away.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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811eldbj_rgs
Aug 12, 2024
Fun wine tasting (Taylor's version) - The wine tasting was so much fun! We were supposed to see Taylor Swift, but had to drown our sorrows in wine instead when that was cancelled. Good wines, especially the red wine! Got an amazing cheese board and lots of delicious bread as well. This was a life saver for us as we arrived on an empty stomach after tanning all day in 30+ degrees and almost succumbing to the heat. As Norwegians we are obviously morally obligated to take advantage of the sun when we are so lucky to see her out and about, even though that means hours of sweating and suffering. I can highly recommend doing this when hungry and dehydrated, because the wine will taste so, so, so much better. Trust me on this one! The waiters were also super friendly and so kind to let all the wine stay in the room after the official tasting was over so that we could do the only right thing at that moment: to finish all the bottles and make sure not one drop of wine was wasted. Marco greeted us good night on our way out and made us laugh even more than the wine did, lol. Would recommend, 10/10.
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Perm484
Aug 26, 2023
Nice wine experience - The wines were mostly of good quality, one below average and one top : Gemischter Satz. The presentation was good and we were given time to assess and enjoy each glass. 5 wines were presented. Was amazed that only 10 people had chosen to spend time on this offer.
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Victoriaw858
Jan 1, 2024
Good experience - Good experience, just the two of us doing the wine tasting. Nice cheese board provided as well. Lost a point because we bought two bottles of the wine for 24Euro each, then found them for 7Euro in a supermarket. Also, realised once we got home that we didn't get the booklet mentioned in the listing. Still a good experience, just don't buy your wine from there!
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Ann-marie
Nov 24, 2023
Wine and cheese selection perfect - The staff are very welcoming, the wine is extremely good and paired beautifully with the cheese selection . Unfortunately you are not at the Palace or palace views, only a restaurant on the outside facing the road
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Annsofiep401
Sep 11, 2023
Very good! - Very good - despite a guide who was either a beginner or didn't know much about wine! Good wines and very nice wine tasting group!
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Mariah_d
Aug 10, 2024
Lots of fun, but a little disorganized - While we had a great time, the process for this activity is a little unclear. What you do is meet at the Joseph II Restaurant, which is outside the palace grounds, to the left of the main entrance across from the bus parking lot. You will be given tickets to walk through the palace, there is an option for an audio tour when you get in. This tour is sanctioned by the restaurant, not the palace, so if you have questions, you must ask the restaurant directly. We were only given 4 tickets for our 6 person group, and this was not acceptable. You must have the same number of tickets as people. Once you’re done, you’ll return to the restaurant and do a wine tasting that includes a cheese plate. Because so many groups finished the tour at the same time, we waited about an hour at the restaurant for the tasting. Overall, this was a nice experience, and we had fun. However, it was a little disorganized.
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Samantha
Aug 9, 2024
Meh, I probably would not recommend - Not great communication. Meetup instructions say to meet at a restaurant but they don’t tell you that the bar manager is the person who you need to talk to. Other employees of the restaurant knew nothing about the tour. Also meetup is at 14:00 for the palace tour with the wine tasting at 16:46. Unfortunately it does not take that long to do the palace tour so you’re stuck waiting around for the wine tasting. I skipped the wine tasting portion because I did not want to wait 1.5 hours for it to start.
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240jorunns
Jan 6, 2024
Wine tasting with a visit to the castle - This was not worth the money. The man who was supposed to tell us about the wines spoke very poor English. Had to have help from one of the guests to translate. Poor planning and execution. Might as well put a case of wine on the table and say drink and enjoy yourselves and do something else.
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Dfarerrn
Oct 19, 2023
Don’t waste your koney - Literally the worst! The gentleman who was running the tasting had no clue about the wines, the grapes or the regions. He only gave us the name of the wine, the date and alcohol content all of which he read off the bottle. It came with a cheese pairing but he also didn’t know which cheese to pair them with. He had a clipboard with descriptions of the wines but after spending 5 min trying to find the first wine he gave up on that. Don’t waste your money - just go to a wine bar instead.
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Diane
Sep 29, 2023
Totally UNACCEPTABLE! - This experience was a total failure . We were denied at the wine tasting - told that it was not scheduled and offered a light lunch instead. This was at 3pm when we had already eaten lunch, so the offer of a light lunch instead of the promised wine tasting was not acceptable. Furthermore, we were given tickets for the Schonbrunn Palace tour for 2 hours before we were told to arrive, so that was moot as well. Viator/TripAdvisor can and should do better than this. We have requested a full refund and await resolution.
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From $48
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).