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WINERIES FROM AUSTRIA, SLOVENIA & HUNGARY

The new wine regions of Europe (Vienna - Danube Valley - Krems - Eisenstadt - Pöllauberg - Graz
- Maribor - Balaton - Pecs - Eger - Tokaj - Budapest)

DAY 1 VIENNA with typical Viennese music, which sings of where we will be welcomed by the imposing
Arrival at the airport in Vienna (Austria) and nostalgia, love, Vienna and is accompanied abbey, an example of Baroque architecture
transfer to the hotel. Then we will go out to by a guitar and an accordion. Return to the in Austria. Built in the years 1702 - 1746, it
celebrate the welcome dinner in one of the hotel and overnight. belongs to the UNESCO World Heritage List,
typical wine taverns in the districts of Neustift together with the whole Danube Valley area.
am Walde, Nußdorf or Grinzing, among DAY 2 VIENNA – DANUBE’S VALLEY Lunch on board.
others, on the outskirts of the city. – KREMS Then we will visit the vineyards of the area,
These taverns are called “Heuriger” in Departure to the Danube Valley. Our first mainly dedicated to the production of
German, which refers to the new wine of the stop will be Dürnstein, a beautiful village white wine, which we will be able to taste
season, the young wine produced with the with 1,000 years of history on the banks in the visit of some wine cellars. There is
last grape harvest and which can be sold of the Danube River. Guarded by the ruins evidence of wine cultivation in the area since
until December 31 of the following year. The of the fortress Burg Dürnstein, where King 3000 BC, but it was not until the Roman
“Heuriger” may only serve wine produced Richard the Lionheart from England was Empire that it spread and became one of
in-house and typically Viennese food, such taken prisoner for two months in the 12th the main agricultural activities throughout
as bread spreads, sausages and breaded century, it is surrounded by vineyards and history. The typical grapes of the area are
meats (including the famous “Wiener its medieval walls. The symbol of the town is “Grüner Veltliner”, “Welschriesling” and
Schnitzel”), with potato salads, vegetables or the blue steeple of the church of the former “Riesling”. In smaller proportions are the
legumes. The “Heuriger” hang a branch of a abbey of the Benedictine monks in the “Gewürztraminer”, “Gelber Muskateller” and
bush above their doors to indicate that the center. “Gemischter Satz”, among other specialties.
young wine of the year has arrived. In Dürnstein we will embark on a boat trip on Overnight in Krems.
During dinner two musicians will entertain us the Danube River, which will take us to Melk,
DAY 3 KREMS – EISENSTADT – JOIS
– HALBTURN – PÖLLAUBERG
Today we will head for the province of
Burgenland, unknown to the public but
Krems Vienna highly appreciated for the cultivation of wine,
especially red wine.
Danube’s Valley Tokaj Passing through Neusiedl am See, the
Eisenstadt Halbturn largest lake east of Vienna, and the village
Jois of Rust, a natural shelter for storks, we will
AUSTRIA Budapest Eger reach Jois and Halbturn, where we can see
the contrast between modern and traditional
Pöllauberg vineyards. Visit of two wineries with tasting.
Balaton HUNGARY In the area to the north and east of Lake
Neusiedl am See are most of the vineyards
dedicated to the cultivation of the best
Maribor grapes for red wine, being the predominant
SLOVENIA grapes of the “Zweigelt”, “Blaufränkisch” and
Pecs “St. Laurent” types.
Today we will stay in a hotel surrounded by
vineyards. Dinner at the hotel and overnight.

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