Overview

 

Program Highlights 
  • Cruise personally hosted by O’Brien Estate Vintners, Bart & Barb O’Brien
  • Onboard wine education program
  • Exclusive onboard receptions, seminar & tasting, and casual wine hour
  • Optional Food & Wine Trails wine-themed shore tours and post-cruise land program
  • Unlimited wine, beer, spirits and soft drinks onboard ship
  • Complimentary Uniworld shore tours in every port
  • Shipboard gratuities included
  • Visits to multiple UNESCO World Heritage Sites
  • Early Booking Bonus: $100 per person shipboard credit (if booked by Dec. 31, 2022)

Bart & Barb O’Brien are trading in their ocean sea legs for a more tranquil, up-close and personal discovery of one of Europe’s most picturesque rivers – the Rhine.

With Germany on one side, France on the other, join your hosts and discover Alsace, whose dual French and German heritage has given it fabulous food and a winemaking traditions that goes back to the Romans. Marvel at castles that were once mighty fortresses and get an insider’s look at one of the only castles on the Rhine that has never been destroyed, Marksburg Castle. Visit historic cities, including ancient Cologne and picturesque Strasbourg; stroll through the fairytale town of Rüdesheim; and taste delightful white wines in the villages where the grapes are grown.

Uniworld’s Super Ship – S.S. Antionette – will be your “base camp” for seven delightful nights from Amsterdam to Basel.  Enjoy onboard events featuring the exquisite wines of O’Brien Estate and the company of like-minded guests.

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  • Cruise Line

    Uniworld Boutique River Cruises

  • Ports of Call

    Amsterdam to Basel

Experts

Bart & Barb O'Brien

Vintners, O'Brien Estate

Itinerary

O’Brien Estate 2023

Destination: Rhine River
To & From: Amsterdam to Basel
Dates: September 9 – 16, 2023
Length: 7 Nights
Ship: S.S. Antionette

Sept. 09
2023
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Embarkation
Sept. 10
2023
Cologne, Germany

F&WT Onboard Event: O’Brien Estate Welcome Reception

Uniworld Captain’s Welcome Reception & Dinner

Sept. 11
2023
Koblenz, Germany

Uniworld Included Shore Tours, Choice of: Koblenz walking tour OR Marksburg Castle visit OR “Let’s Go” bike the castles OR Boppard Village stroll OR “Let’s Go” Rhine hiking

F&WT Onboard Event: O’Brien Estate Wine Seminar

Sept. 11
2023
Boppard, Germany
Overnight
Sept. 12
2023
Boppard, Germany

Uniworld Included Shore Tours, Choice of: Castle Vollrads wine tasting OR Rudesheim wine village and panoramas of Niederwald Monument

 

Sept. 12
2023
Rudesheim, Germany

F&WT Onboard Event: O’Brien Estate Winemaker’s Dinner

Sept. 13
2023
Germersheim (Speyer), Germany
Overnight

SAVE THE DATE!: Food & Wine Trails optional shore tour

Uniworld Included Shore Tours, Choice of:  Mannheim vineyard tour and tasting OR Private Doktorenhof vinegar estate visit and tasting

 

Sept. 14
2023
Kehl (Strasbourg), France

Uniworld Included Shore Tour:  Strasbourg panoramic tour with cathedral and Old Town walk

F&WT Onboard Event: O’Brien Estate Farewell Toast

Sept. 15
2023
Breisach (Freiburg), Germany

SAVE THE DATE!: Food & Wine Trails optional shore tour

Uniworld Included Shore Tours, Choice of: Alstain villages OR Freiburg city tour

Uniworld Captain’s Farwell Reception & Dinner

Sept. 16
2023
Basel, Switzerland
Disembark AM

 

 

Sept. 16 - 19
2023
Munich, Germany

SAVE THE DATE!: F&WT Optional Post-cruise Munich Oktoberfest Land Program

Per Person Pricing

CategoryDouble OccupancySingle Occupancy
Classic River View $4,584$
French Balcony$5,684$
Deluxe Balcony$6,084$

PRICES ARE PER PERSON, CRUISE ONLY, BASED ON DOUBLE (OR SINGLE) OCCUPANCY, AND INCLUDE SHIPBOARD ACCOMMODATIONS, PORT TAXES, AIRPORT TRANSFERS ON EMBARKATION AND DISEMBARKATION DATES ONLY, ONBOARD MEALS, GRATUITIES, UNLIMITED BEVERAGES OF SELECT WINES, BEERS, AND SPIRITS, UNLIMITED SOFT DRINKS, SPECIALTY COFFEE BEVERAGES AND TEA, COMPLIMENTARY UNIWORLD SHORE EXCURSIONS, HOST WINES SERVED AT SELECT DINNERS, ONBOARD WINE PROGRAM AND LIMITED TRAVEL MANAGEMENT SERVICES. PRICES DO NOT INCLUDE ROUNDTRIP AIR, PREMIUM WINE AND SPIRITS, F&WT’s OPTIONAL PRE-CRUISE PROGRAM AND SHORE TOURS, TRAVEL INSURANCE, OR ALL ITEMS OF A PERSONAL NATURE. F&WT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CORRECT PRICING ERRORS OR OMISSIONS. PRICES WILL NOT INCREASE AFTER DEPOSIT RECEIVED, EXCEPT FOR FUEL SURCHARGES AND ANY TAXES, CHARGES OR LEVIES IMPOSED BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.

About the Ship

Uniworld is a proud leader in luxury river cruising

Voted #1 River Cruise Line
2021 Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards


S.S. Antionette

The luxurious décor of the 443-foot, 152-passenger S.S. Antoinette—Uniworld’s first Super Ship—features fine Brazilian marble on the walls and floors, a 19th-century Venetian glass mirror, a stylish Bar du Leopard with full-service bar, and an onboard cinema. The two-story foyer boasts a 10-foot blue Strauss Baccarat chandelier with huge sapphires—a stunning piece that once hung in New York’s famous Tavern on the Green—and a collection of original artwork is displayed throughout the ship.

 

Suite

French Balcony

Salon du Grand

Restaurant Versailles

Indoor Swimming Pool

  • Terms & Conditions

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    ITINERARY:
    The itinerary port and shore tour schedule as provided by Uniworld Cruises – please note it is likely this will change and be updated a few months prior to departure.  Schedule and times are subject to change without notice due to water levels, wind factors and other conditions.

    REGISTRATION FORM
    To book a stateroom on this sailing, you must submit a completed registration form with deposit. For your convenience the registration form can be completed and electronically signed online by all passengers traveling.

    For PC users the PDF form can be completed online, saved and returned via email to receptionist@foodandwinetrails.com

    For MAC users, the process for properly filling in and saving a PDF form is slightly different than on a Windows machine. By default, the Mac’s Preview application is set to open all PDF files, but Preview will not save the data you put into the forms. Right-click on the pdf or hold down the Control key on your keyboard and click on it. A menu will appear, select “Open With”. Choose Acrobat Reader from the list of programs. From within Acrobat you will be able to fill in the fields and save the file with your text and submit the completed form via email.

    PAYMENT METHODS
    If you are paying for the deposit by check, mail to: Adelman Travel/Food & Wine Trails, 6980 N. Port Washington Rd. Milwaukee, WI  53217

    If you are paying for the deposit with a credit card, include your card information on page two of the registration form and FAX to (707) 526-9147.

    REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION
    All Guests will be required to check‐in online to complete and submit their PASSENGER INFORMATION FORM before final documentation will be processed. Check‐in online at www.uniworld.com/before‐you‐go/expresscheckin. Please complete Express Check‐in as soon as possible after making your booking.

    TRAVEL INSURANCE
    F&WT strongly recommends the purchase of (Allianz) travel insurance to safeguard your trip investment.

    FAQ’s

    Please note: Cruise escorts, experts scheduled to appear and onboard programming are subject to change with or without notice. For a complete listing of all tour conditions, please refer to the registration form.