How to attend the Single Vineyard Summit 2024

The summit is designed for professionals only. If you are a wine journalist, sommelier, wine retailer or importer, restaurateur, hotelier or otherwise involved in the wine trade anywhere in the world, this is a must-attend event and we look forward to welcoming you to Grafenegg.

Participants need to register for the summit online so a place can be reserved for them.
Please click here to register

Participation in the tastings is free of charge, plus a small lunch is served every day and a free shuttle is offered:

• Departing from Wagram train station to Grafenegg parking lot at 08:25, 08:40, 13:25 & 13:40

• Departing from Grafenegg parking lot to the Wagram train station at 13:10, 13:25, 18:10 & 18:25

There are numerous benefits to attending the Single Vineyard Summit. It offers the opportunity of tasting the latest single vineyard vintages before they are released on the market. In addition, producers from all of Austria’s key wine regions are represented at the summit: Kamptal, Kremstal, Traisental, Wagram, Wien (Vienna), Carnuntum and Thermenregion. The summit also features the guest regions of Eisenberg and Leithaberg, as well as the STK wines from Styria and Vinea Wachau, and thus is a unique opportunity to taste Austria’s most renowned single vineyard wines in one place. This is also an event designed specifically around the needs of professionals rather than consumers, including access to the vintners themselves, many of whom serve their own wines.

Absolutely not! In 2023, more than 450 guests from more than 15 countries attended the summit. Most vintners are fluent in English, and a few other languages besides.

There are two tasting slots each day – one starting at 9 am and the other at 2 pm. They are held in the former Riding Hall at Grafenegg castle. After registering and receiving confirmation, participants can then reserve their tasting slots in advance to ensure a place is available. This is largely done on a first-come, first-served basis so registering early will ensure you can attend when you want.

Depending on availability, each participant can book as many slots as they like during the week. However, the slots must be booked online in advance and are reserved only after the participant has received a confirmation email.

You do. After you have signed up to attend the Single Vineyard Summit but before the event starts, you will be sent a spreadsheet list with information about all the wines that are available for tasting. This will allow you plenty of time to consider the flights and the order you would like to taste in. Once you arrive at your pre-booked tasting slot at Grafenegg, you can request six wines per flight, they will be delivered and served to you at your place. This personalised service is one of the (many) great features of the summit.

To allow participants to taste the wines in a calm environment that promotes concentration, the tastings are held in a so-called ‘silent format’. To help minimise disturbances to the other attendees, admission to each tasting slot will only be granted at the beginning of each slot, i.e. at either 9 am or 2 pm. During the day, we insist on silence in the tasting room.

Grafenegg is just 60 km west of Vienna. It is accessible both from central Vienna and Vienna International Airport by public transport to Wagram-Grafenegg, as well as from Krems. From Wagram-Grafenegg station, there is a free shuttle service each day during the Single Vineyard Summit.

• Shuttle departs from the Wagram train station to Grafenegg parking lot at the following times:
  8:25 (Train from Vienna arrives at 8:21)
  8:40 (Train from Krems arrives at 8:37)
  13:25 (Train from Vienna arrives at 13:22)
  13:40 (Train from Krems arrives at 13:37)

• Shuttle departs from Grafenegg parking lot to the Wagram train station at the following times:
  13:10 (Train departs for Krems at 13:22)
  13:25 (Train departs for Vienna at 13:37)
  18:10 (Train departs for Krems at 18:22)
  18:25 (Train departs for Vienna at 18:37)

Useful links:
Austrian railway ÖBB https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket

There are a small number of places to stay near Grafenegg in Lower Austria, Please note the earlier you book your accommodation, the more likely you are to secure a room in your desired location.
You can find more information here: https://www.grafenegg.com/en/gastronomy-hotels/on-the-site/accommodation

You can also stay in Krems, which has a greater variety of accommodation options, and from there, take the train to Wagram Grafenegg and continue with the shuttle. 
You can find more information on accommodation in Krems here: https://www.krems.info/en/accommodation

Contact details for accommodation providers at Grafenegg are available here.

Contact details for accommodation providers in Krems are available here.

Attending the tastings is free of charge, and a small lunch is also provided.
Travel, overnight stays and dinners are organised by the tasters themselves.

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