We invite you to join this Grand Chapitre of the Bailliage of Poland for a unique weekend in the city of Kraków including a Gala Dinner at Sieraków Manor in the presence of top Bordeaux wine producers: Château Kirwan, Château Latour-Martillac, Château La Fleur de Boüard and Château Pichon Baron.

Kraków is a stunning city on the Vistula River. Capital of Poland until 1596 it is still the spiritual and artistic heart of Poland.

The outline programme is:

Thursday 21st “Welcome!”
Dinner at Sieraków Manor, Polish gentry cuisine, top wines from Uruguay (Bodega Garzón), tasting led by Échanson Pawel Gasiorek, Chairman of Dom Wina, owner of Sieraków Manor.

Friday 22nd “Emotions”
Visit to the Auschwitz concentration camp
Tour of the Slowacki Theatre from behind the curtain
Visit to the Czartoryski Museum
Walk in the illuminated Market Square and Holy-Mary Basilica
Dinner at Szara Gęś, paired with wines from Poland & Hungary

Saturday 23rd “High-Life
Visit to the Salt Mine in Wieliczka
Sightseeing in Kazimierz, the Jewish Quarter
Lunch at Kaplony i Szczeżuje with Israeli wines
Presentation on the history of Jews in Krakow
Gala Dinner at Sieraków Manor

Sieraków Manor Hotel stands on a foothill, 20 km south of Kraków. The Manor, built in 1847, is surrounded by a park. Its cachet is its 30 cosy English-style hotel-rooms, a restaurant distinguished by Slow Food and Gault & Millau, the largest wine collection in the region (over 400 labels) and friendly staff. Sieraków Manor is close to the Wieliczka Salt Mine and the Royal Golf & Country Club.

Sunday 24th “Royal Spirit”
Tour of Wawel Royal Castle
Lunch in the Fiorentina Restaurant located in the footsteps of the Wawel Hill.

Please click this link for the full details of what is planned: programme

And please click this link to download the Excel file to book your places: reservation form

Now book your flight, it is so easy to reach Kraków! We will guide you along mysterious, emotional places where you will feel that unique atmosphere connecting history, tradition and modernity.

Michel Marbot, Bailli-Délégué
Iwona Niemczewska, Conseiller Culinaire
Pawel Gasiorek, Échanson

Photo above: The Main Square of the Old Town of Kraków with the Cloth Hall in its centre, the free-standing Town Hall Tower behind it and the Adam Mickiewicz Monument in the bottom-left