The autumn season of wine, music and literary events at the lodge was launched with style by celebrated saxophonist and composer Grzegorz Piotrowski at an event for international guests organised by Travel Consulting from Warsaw. Backing Grzegorz were singer and cellist Tamara Behler and guitarist Shachar Elnatan.
Events are without cost to weekend guests at Kania Lodge and open to day visitors with confirmed reservations (58 681 0677)
See the full calendar below.
Tired of Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and reds like Primitivo? Then join us as one of Poland’s best-known sommeliers and wine educators, Andrzej Strzelczyk, introduces some stunning wines made from little-known grape varieties from around the world. If you’ve never heard of or tasted wines made Hungarian Furmint, Italian Schioppettino, Ribolla Gialla, Pecorino and Nero di Troia, Portuguese Susao or Chilean Sauvignon Gris, then Andrzej’s tasting is the place to be. You’ll be setting out on an exciting voyage of discovery of an entirely new world of wine, one which incorporates scores of largely unknown and unsung grape varieties enjoying a revival at the hands of some of the world’s best and most interesting wine makers.
We've invited Kasia back for the third time because few people know more about Polish wine and those making it it than winemaker, educator and now author, Kasia Korzeń. Her recently published book, “Polskie Wino, ludzie, miesjsca, historie”, tells the story of more than 20 vineyards the length and breadth of Poland. It's a great read and Kasia will tutor a tasting of wines from six of them during this Saturday event. She also talk about how Polish wine is doing in general and how climate change is slowly allowing growers to plant new grape varieties in places once regarded as too cold to support them.
A fireside encounter with the author of Depth (Ton), a novel which tells the absorbing tale of several commingled Polish, German and Lithuanian families from East Prussia from the time of the Soviet capture of Koningsberg and Rastenburg, now Ketrzyn, as World War II drew to a close. Ishbel, born and raised in Olsztyn and now a playwright living in Krakow, honed her novel from carefully researched historical material and family lore. The book was longlisted for two prestigious literary awards and is to be published in German next year. During the fireside meeting with Ishbel, you'll get to taste several great wines from the Kania Lodge cellar.
Best known for centuries for its sweet, amber coloured wines, the Tokaj region of Hungary is forging a new reputation for stellar dry white wines made from the same Furmint grape used to produce the finest six puttonyos aszu dessert wines. The new internationally acclaimed dry Furmints have complex flavours with distinctive notes of honey, wildflowers and apricots and just 2-3 grams/litre of residual sugar compared to well over 100 in a Tokaj dessert wine. Learn more from Laszlo and Marianna Pelle, pioneer dry Furmint producers, who'll be flying in specially for this tasting of their finest sweet and dry Furmints and to tell you much more about how Hungarian wine production has changed and developed since the end of the communist era.
Kania Lodge voucher is the perfect gift. It’s a thoughtful and much appreciated way of saying thank you to family and friends as well as business associates and outstanding employees. Our gift vouchers can be personalised with your own unique message and we’ll send them to you or directly to a designated recipient in a special gift envelope. The vouchers can be for any amount you choose and redeemed anytime at the lodge on accommodation, food and wine.
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