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An exceptional event organised by IWFS in conjunction with Winekeller and celebrating the wines, food and culture of Austria. The 6 day Austrian festival starts in capital city Vienna, then onwards to the spectacular Wachau Valley, Austria’s most celebrated wine region. Based in Krems for 2 nights, the days will be spent at private tastings and cellar visits at some of Austria’s most respected estates, including Domäne Wachau, Weingut Prager, Schloss Gobelsburg and Nikolaiho

Berkshire Branch enjoyed a fascinating introduction to the wines of Ukraine, a country whose wines were new to almost everyone present. Special guest Svitlana Tsybak described the extraordinary challenges facing Ukraine’s wine industry and the determination of its producers to continue making high-quality wines despite the war. Just 2 weeks before our tasting, her company’s warehouse in Kyiv had been struck by a Russian drone. The evening demonstrated the impressive breadth

IWFS members attempt to blend a Bordeaux wine against the estate’s bottling