River cruises have a culinary flair unlike anything at sea.
Make macarons with celeb chefs, select the freshest leeks with the ship’s top toques, sip grand cru wine? Sign me up. Better yet, sign yourself up for an eating and drinking extravaganza on your next river cruise. The season unfolds this minute with multiple new food and wine adventures ahead. We’ve got the scoop on the best, calling your name and mine.
SING FOR YOUR SUPPER
Modern American riverboat American Song features three food-and-wine-themed cruises on the Columbia and Snake Rivers, in May, June, and September. Imagine eight days of tasting and drinking Columbia Valley wines, both aboard and during vineyard outings, and discovering how the region’s wine-making unfolds. Education is the key word, from learning wine tasting basics, to more advanced pairings with food, and sensory evaluations. Tuck into regionally sourced and inspired cuisine, with a focus on small artisanal producers of craft food. American Cruise Lines’ paddle-wheelers American Pride and Queen of the West offer similar cruises from June through September.
Starry Night
Hop aboard Crystal Mahler for a 7-day Vienna round-trip wine cruise that departs October 6 and positively exudes culinary allure. This voyage features a dazzling evening at Vienna’s Michelin-starred Das Loft restaurant — a jaw-dropping setting with an illuminated, multi-hued ceiling designed by a famed multimedia artist. More foodie fun includes a workshop on baking Linzer torte in Linz, Austria, a culinary walking tour of Bratislava, and an intensive 2-hour cooking class at Vienna’s five-star Palais Hansen Kempinski hotel.
This story is from the June 2019 edition of Porthole Cruise Magazine.
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