Timing is everything, and it couldn’t have been more true than during our trip to Austria and Austrian Wine Country.
We managed to hit the peak of the autumn color – the time when most of the leaves have changed color, but the rain and wind of early winter hasn’t yet arrived to destroy them.

This is the time of year that in German is called “Goldener Herbst” – Golden Autumn.

Here are a few pictures from some of the towns and vineyards we visited. All of the areas shown here are along the Donau (Danube) river; Langenlois in the Kamptal valley, and the villages of Weissenkirchen, Unterloiben, and Oberloiben in the Wachau area.