Insider Wine Trip to Austria

Kamptal, Wachau, Burgenland, and Vienna
June 28 to July 1
 
Secure an entire community (300 families)
 
Travel with award-winning Sommelier and ARK FutureMaker Jhonel Faelnar as we head into the hills, the sounds and the vineyards of Austria.
 
With him, you will meet the owners and winemakers leading the regions of Kamptal, Wachau and Burgenland who will share insights to the past, their wine making tradition, the return to biodynamic ways, and the nuances and sheer triumphs of producing world class wine in the time of fast-changing climate. You will get unparalleled access to private collections and maybe first to taste wines yet to be released to the public. There will be a focus on gastronomy, art and nature. The lodging will be chic, relaxing and truly welcoming. As is the case in ARK, you will meet only the kindest and most awesome people, and will be delighted with the music and magic that you will create together. 
 
June 28 - Welcome Dinner in Kamptal Valley
June 29 - Day time wine visits 
June 30 - Day time wine visits 
July 1 - Thank you dinner
 
We have already lined up Markus Altenburger, whose "tremendous dedication and passion, has turned [his] winery into an internationally renowned and one of the most exciting wineries on the Leithaberg within just a few years." - Falstaff  
 
Even his fellow winemakers are wow'd by him. "Marcus' devotion to [blaufrankisch] this incredible grape is nearly total and his red range consists of its different expressions. Leithaberg Kalk, chalk, schist, old vines, young plantings, lighter or age-worthy, I love to get lost in the purity and precision of Altenburger Blaufrankisch." - Nestarec
 
It's not only his reds, his whites will dazzle you too. I cannot wait to be back. We are already dreaming of picnics in his vineyards and possibly, if the gods (and weather) are in our favor, a sail down the lake to the next vineyard we visit. 
 
The trip covers 3 nights in the Kamptal Valley/Burgenland, 1 night in Vienna. Lodging, breakfast, lunches and the Welcome and Thank You dinners, as well as local transport to wine houses and back to Vienna on the last day are included. 
 
There will be free moments for you to have your own private dinners or excursions in the area. 
 
This trip is $8,000/person, $15,000 for a couple with shared room. It’s a benefit trip where a percentage goes to ARK to enable an entire community of 300 farming families who chronically struggle with hunger to be food secure for life and be the producers of nourishing and affordable produce for their area. Read more about what we do and our proven program Feed Back at arksolves.org.
 
A portion of the trip above the cost of travel will be tax deductible.