• Restaurant Loibnerhof - Knoll - In Austria, a cherished tradition on St. Martin’s Day is to enjoy a roasted goose dinner. According to legend, St. Martin, in an act of humility, hid in a barn full of geese to avoid being ordained as a bishop, but the geese’s honking gave him away. To honor St. Martin, children participate in lantern processions while singing Martin songs, the new wine is blessed and sampled, and people gather to savor roasted goose.
• Weissenkirchen in Der Wachau - The parish church of Weißenkirchen in the Wachau Valley is a Roman Catholic church dedicated on the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The church stands prominently in the village with its impressive west tower visible from a distance. It is encircled by a significant 16th-century fortification featuring three round corner towers, embrasures, breech embrasures, key embrasures, and spy holes at the battlement level. On St. Martin’s Day, a holy mass is celebrated at 6:00 p.m., during which the new wine, brought by locals and placed before the altar, is blessed.
• Teisenhoferhof Wachaumuseum - After the blessing of the new wine at the Weißenkirchen parish church on St. Martin’s Day, a ceremony with wine tasting takes place at the Teisenhoferhof. This expansive, castle-like four-winged complex surrounds a wide, irregular courtyard with two-story arcades topped by a monopitch roof. The ground floor features deep round-arched niches on sturdy console pillars, while the upper floor boasts a continuous arcade with round-arched openings. Built by Heinrich Teisenhofer in the mid-15th century, the Teisenhoferhof is situated at the western base of the church plateau, with a massive, fortress-like west front comprising a crenellated blind wall towering over two stories high. The Teisenhoferhof houses the Wachau Museum, showcasing traditional Wachau costumes. During St. Martin’s Day festivities, locals don their traditional Wachau attire, with the stone-feathered hats being particularly striking.

• Private transportation
• Wine blessing in the Weißenkirchen parish church with Weißenkirchen men’s choir performing the music
• In-vehicle air conditioning
• Dinner
• A ceremony in the Teisenhoferhof with tasting of the new wine from the Wachau wine-growing region

• Bottled water

This private tour allows you to immers into the St. Martin’s Day festivities in the Wachau valley that includes having an early roasted goose dinner before the mass in the Weißenkirchen parish church, a fortified church from the 13th century, which is surrounded by a tower fortification. The mass is attended by women wearing their costumes with typical Wachau valley golden caps.

The music for blessing of the new wine from the Wachau wine-growing region is performed by the Weißenkirchen men’s choir dressed in their local costume. In addition you get the chance to taste the light, fragrant new wine served in the Teisenhoferhof following the blessing in the church. The Teisenhoferhof is an extensive, castle-like four-winged complex around a wide, irregular courtyard with two-storey arcades that was built in the middle of the 15th century. There you can see men in their local costumes wearing typical “Steinfeder” stone feathers on their hats. Steinfeder is the name given to light wines.

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