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One of the world’s great centres of art and music, Vienna is also in the centre of Austria’s winemaking regions, between the beautiful Danube Valley vineyards and Burgenland on the Hungarian border. The city itself also contains nearly 1,500 acres of vineyard which are now making award-winning wines. During this new tour we will enjoy the very best of all that Vienna has to offer, from the art of the Vienna Secession to the Old Masters and a performance at the celebrated Vienna State Opera.
In the company of wine expert Tim Clarke, we visit Austria’s wine regions, and meet some of the country’s best winemakers. We’ll enjoy tastings of fine wines with some splendid meals including dinner at a magnificent castle. Interwoven with this, we visit the Mozart House, have lunch in the wine tavern where Beethoven produced some his greatest symphonies, and explore the baroque splendour of the Esterházy Palace, where Joseph Haydn lived and worked.
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Flights with British Airways:
Depart Heathrow 11:00, arrive Vienna 14:20
Depart Vienna 19:20, arrive Heathrow 20:40
Flight times subject to change – regional departures and business class supplement available on request.
The sister hotel of the Imperial, the Bristol is traditional and elegant and has been the focal point of Vienna’s cultural life for over a century.
Tim was co-founder of the UK’s leading wine tours company, which he ran for nearly 30 years leading numerous tours to wine regions worldwide. Having sold the company some years ago, Tim has been busy with other projects, including making a delicious passito wine on the Greek island of Samos.
In addition to his huge breadth of wine knowledge, Tim is a keen historian and provides a fascinating historical context to his wine talks. His other many interests include opera, cooking and wild food foraging.
23 April
Tosca by Puccini
First performance given at Teatro Costanzi, Rome on 14 January 1900. Margarethe Wallman’s much loved classic production was first seen more than sixty years ago in 1958. Yoel Gamzou conducts with Bulgarian soprano Krassimira Stoyanova in the title role, Riccardo Massì as Cavaradossi and Mongolian baritone Enkhbatyn Amartüvshin as the villainous Baron Scarpia.
Optional Performance: 25 April
Carmen by Bizet
First performed by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875. This production by Spanish director Calixto Bieito was first staged by the San Francisco Opera in 1999, and stars Vasilisa Berzhanskaya in the title role and Kristina Mkhitaryan as Micaëla. Asher Fisch conducts.
2nd Category Ticket: £240
Tour Lecturer
Tim was co-founder of the UK’s leading wine tours company, which he ran for nearly 30 years leading numerous tours to wine regions worldwide. Having sold the company some years ago, Tim has been busy with other projects, including making a delicious passito wine on the Greek island of Samos.
In addition to his huge breadth of wine knowledge, Tim is a keen historian and provides a fascinating historical context to his wine talks. His other many interests include opera, cooking and wild food foraging.
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