Vineyards & Brewhouses

The Netherlands' oldest vineyard, its steepest wine slopes and the brewery that defines Limburg beer — one easy e-bike loop.

Dutch wine stopped being a joke in these hills decades ago. Pedal from the Apostelhoeve — the country's oldest commercial vineyard, pouring crisp Müller-Thurgau above the Jeker valley — to St. Martinus in Vijlen, where winemaking pushes altitude records. Between tastings, balance the grape with the grain at Gulpener's brewhouse, where the beer is brewed with barley from the surrounding fields. E-bikes recommended: these are real hills.