THE GODLIKE ADVENTURE CONTINUES.
The ultimate hike & wine experience – DIONYSUS will start on the of October 2023, from Serbia and the charming Matalj winery in the landscape of Negotin. Some things remain the same, such as hiking through the spectacular nature, amazing wine, mouth-watering, local food, good crew, perfect ambiance and all this crowned with music and a festive mood.
This time, catching up with the remains of summer still refusing to give in to autumn, we’ll set the next Dionysus in the landscape of Negotin city. If you have participated in Dionysus Experience before you already know how it goes. We’ll start with a 3 to 4 hours long hiking tour. It is on you what vehicle you will use – foot or bike, walk or run. There is no race it’s just you against stress and a hectic lifestyle.
If you have participated in Dionysus Experience before you already know how it goes. We’ll start with a 3 to 4 hours long hiking tour. It is on you what vehicle you will use – foot or bike, walk or run. There is no race it’s just you against stress and a hectic lifestyle.
After the hike, we’ll station in the Matalj winery. Breathe in the freshness of nature and vineyards that surround us. Oh, well of course, breathing in the smell of the wine in your glass too. Even though there will be some bites along the trail, the main dish will be in the winery. We’ll have pulled pork or sausage…mmmm…yumm!
What we suggest at this point after lunch is to lay down on the ground, stretch your back and legs, chill, hands under your head, and absorb the sky’s blue.
We know what you are going to say – Where is the wine?
Patience our friends. We will have all sorts of wine for you to taste!
Once you’ve rested and wine tasted, we can continue to our matinee part of day. If you haven’t found your God, now you will. The music, the sunset reflecting in your wineglass, people swaying in the godlike rhythm…so sexy.
PROGRAM & TIMELINE
In the next pages find out what you can expect on the event day.
Date: Saturday, 7th October 2023.
Location: MATALJ winery, Negotin (Google map)
Timeline:
- 09:00 Opening the gates and check-in
- 10:00 Start of the Hike
- 13:00 The Matinee
- Lunch and wine are served
- Winery history
- Little wine school
- 17:00 The Party
- 20:00 End of the event
6 WINE CHOICES, PULLED PORK & SAUSAGE, LOCAL CHEESE & SO MUCH MORE & VEGAN ALTERNATIVES
After you have completed the active part and returned alive and well, Matalj will once again welcome you with their hands wide open.
Each participant will receive 3 coupons for 3 glasses of wine, and the wine menu includes:
- Sauvignon Blanc
- Terasa Chardonnay
- Dušica
- Kremen
- Bukovski Cuvee
- Crna Tamjanika
Lunch
On the menu is sausage or pulled pork. For vegans, there will be grilled vegetables with mushrooms with fresh, seasonal salad.
A seating area will be organized within the winery, but feel free to bring a blanket and get cozy on the ground if it suits you. After sports, you can change into your favorite summer wardrobe in the changing rooms that will be installed near the winery.
After lunch, chill, meditate, radiate with positive energy and gather strenght for some dancing.
CHILLIN’ OUT UNDER THE OCTOBER SUN
…or in case of rain, chillin’ under the Matalj’s roof in a sophisticated, wonderfully crafted interior.
Nevertheless, the DJ will be there for you, inside or outside, the groove will make you move, shake, and awake your Olimpian spirit. If you could be one Greek god/goddess who would it be? Zeus? Aphrodite? Demeter? Ares? You pick!
Dress accordingly and let the music and wine take you to a state of ecstasy. The wine will be served and we’ll call this gathering the symposium. Because it sounds posh and well, we can call it how we like!
ABOUT MATALJ
Before we introduce you to the Host Winery, let us just say that before we’ve fallen in love with everything that this winery represents and the landscape that surrounds it, one of us fell in love with Kremen wine. It was love at the first glass. That’s how our story began with Matalj.
Matalj is located near Negotin, a city near the triple border of Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria. What we didn’t know before we’ve reached out to Matalj, and started exploring the region is that Negotin has one very interesting logo. Logo of the city literally has grape as a central element.
Vineyards have seen a lot of history in this region, but time takes its toll, and many of the plantations were neglected and forgotten. It is this century that’s giving hope for rebuilding, nurturing the tradition, and helping the prosperity of the region. New generations didn’t discard the tradition. The craft was passed on, and once again the vineyards are looking as the history is in the making once again.
The family that’s cherishing the tradition through hard work, and dedication, knowledge is the family behind Matalj. Producing wine is very difficult and meticulous work that requires a lot of dedication and patience, yet it is so easy to enjoy a good glass of fine wine.
ABOUT THE VINEYARDS
Today the Winery owns three geographic moves, each characterized by different geological composition serving the purpose of each wine having a unique trait.
Vineyard Dunavska terasa
Area: 13 ha
Soil: river deposits of gravel, sand and clay
Precipitation: 550 mm/year
Average age of the vineyard: 10 years
Altitude: 110 m
Varieties: Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc
Kremenjača Vineyard
Area: 5 ha
Land: the thesis of gajnjača and smonica with a lot of stones
Precipitation: 550 mm/year
Average age of the vineyard: 10 years
Altitude: 220 – 250 m
Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot
Vineyard Bukovo
Area: 3.5 ha
Soil: sandy loam formed on sedimentary rocks
Precipitation: 550 mm/year
Average age of the vineyard: 3 years
Altitude: 250 m
Varieties: Bagrina, Začinak, Prokupac, Četereska (Kadarka) and Chardonnay
ABOUT WINE
TBD
CONTACT
MATALJ VINARIJA
Bukovo BB – Negotinska krajina – Srbija
office@mataljvinarija.rs
RESERVATIONS
Tel. +381 60 544 72 20
E-mail: degustacija@mataljvinarija.rs
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READY FOR AN ADVENTURE?
FIND OUT WHAT YOUR NEXT STEP IS
A week before the event, via email, you will receive all the information, tips, and tricks for the best possible atmosphere.
TRANSFER
TBA
PARKING
Parking will be provided for participants within the winery itself.
HIKING EQUIPMENT
Please bring water with you and dress appropriately for the weather. Hats, sunglasses, sunscreen in the sun and a waterproof jacket. All participants should have hiking or running shoes.
WARDROBE AND CHANGING
A cloakroom and separate changing rooms for men and women are available at the start. They will be open from the beginning to the end of the event.
ON ARRIVAL
You go directly to the registration desk to collect your welcome pack.
HERE IS WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN YOUR WELCOME PACKAGE
You will get your welcome package at the registration desk at the location, once you show an identification document to our volunteers.
Your starting package consists of a:
- Printed route map
- A wine glass you will bring with you during the event and to your home after the event.
- 2 refreshment points on a hiking route with water, small bites, and wine to taste
- 3 coupons for 3 wine glasses to choose
- Coupon for the lunch with a dessert
- Wine during the Party with live DJ session.
- Ticket for the wardrobe
- Entry to fun and educative sessions about winemaking and the history of Šumadija wine region
- Medical support during the event
- Our best will to make you happy :)
TRANSFER
If you want to transfer your registration to another participant, please read below and follow the rules.
PARTICIPANT TRANSFER
Transfer to another person is available for individual and group registrations. Once the registration is transferred, the new participant forfeits their eligibility for the right to:
- Participant re-transfer
- Event transfer
- A full or partial refund
- Defer
For participant transfer there will be an extra fee of €10 (+ 5% Registration fee) which will be paid by the new participant, not the participant who originally paid the registration fee. Participant transfer is available until 15 days prior to the start of the event.
TRANSFER PROCESS
Please contact us if you want to transfer you fee to another participant.
WITHDRAWAL
If you want to withdraw your registration, please read below and follow the rules.
WITHDRAWAL FROM THE EVENT
If you need to withdraw from the event, please note that you must submit the request before the deadline.
- Until 45 before the event: 50% refund of the entry fee
- After 45 days before the event: no refund possible
The money will be refunded to the Credit Card used during the registration. If the credit card has expired, please chose the bank transfer refund. Please note that a credit card refund can take up to 3-5 days, and up to 1-2 weeks for the bank transfer.
WITHDRAWAL PROCESS
If you want to withdrawal from the event please contact us.
DEFERRAL
If you want to deferral your registration, please read the rules written below.
DEFERRAL OPTION
Deferrals are only allowed to events in the same event country organization in the next calendar year. Option to defer registration to next year is available for individual registrations and group registrations (only if the entire group will defer). Once deferral has been redeemed, the participant forfeits their eligibility for the right to:
- Participant transfer
- Event transfer
- A full or partial refund
- Re-defer
Deferral option is available until 45 days prior to the start of the event.
DEFERRAL PROCESS
Please contact us if you want to defer from the event.
EVENT CANCELATION
Participant will get no refund: if the Event producer defers, changes or cancels the event from cause beyond the control of Event Producer (acts of God and the elements, including without limitation, wind, rough water, rain, hail, hurricane, tornado, earthquake), acts of terrorism, fire, threatened or actual strike, labor difficulty, work stoppage, insurrection, war, public disaster, flood, unavoidable casualty, race course conditions, or any other cause beyond the control of Event Producer).
BY REGISTERING PARTICIPANTS UNDERSTAND AND CONFIRM:
All the Terms of Service written above.
Event Producer reserves the right, in its sole and complete discretion, to deny entry, revoke the entry application of any applicant at any time, and/or to disqualify any individual from the Event. Applicant expressly waives any claim for damages arising from the denial or revocation of an entry application exceeding the amount of the entry fee.
In no event may participant (or anyone else on their behalf) without the prior written consent of Event Producer, SportIT d.o.o., its assignees, or its designees: (a) use any intellectual property of Event Producer, SportIT d.o.o. and/or its affiliates, including, but not limited to, the DIONYSUS marks and names (COLLECTIVELY IPs) and/or any words or marks that refer to, or are suggestive of, or confusingly similar to, the Event, any Event logo, Event name, Event location, Event date, or Event distance (collectively, “Event IP”), or (b) sell, market, distribute, or produce any products, events, merchandise, websites, or services that are Event-branded, or branded or marked using (i) any Event logo, (ii) any Event name, (iii) any Event IP, or (iv) or any IP (including without limitation the word “DIONYSUS” or any foreign translation thereof as a prefix for, or component of, any event, trade name, trademark, organization name, club name, or brand of any kind, in each case in any way related to training, coaching, or any hiking sports).
This Terms of Service are drafted in the English and shall be subject to application of the Serbian law and shall be interpreted in accordance with the provisions of the Serbian law. All disputes arising from this Agreement, including disputes pertaining to the issues of lawful creation, breach or termination of this Agreement, as well as legal consequences arising thereof, shall be instructed to resolve the matter through conciliation in accordance with the Rules of Conciliation of the Serbian Chamber of Economy in force. In case these disputes are not resolved through conciliation within 30 (thirty) days from the day of submitting the motion to initiate conciliation procedure or within a different deadline agreed to by the parties, these disputes shall be resolved through arbitration in accordance with the Rules of Arbitration of the Permanent Arbitration Court of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce. For disputes whose value amounts up to (including) EUR 100.000,00 (in writing: one hundered thousends euro), the number of arbitrators shall be one. For disputes whose value is greater than EUR 1,000,000.00 (in writing: in writing: one hundered thousends euro), the number of arbitrators shall be three. The applicable law shall be the law of the Republic of Serbia.The language of the arbitration proceeding shall be Serbian. The place of arbitration shall be Serbia, the Republic of Serbia.
Participants acknowledge and confirm their liability for compensation for any damage to others’ property and/or material and/or non-material damage caused by injury or death of third persons (including, but not limited to other Event participants, employees/representatives of the Released Parties and similar) that may result from their actions and/or inaction.
FULL DAY OF ACTIVITIES AND FOOD
Price
EARLY PRICE
79.00* EUR
Until September 14
REGULAR PRICE
89.00* EUR
From September 15 to September 26
*There is a cost of the registration platform “Njuko.net” in the amount of EUR 2.35 per transaction.
Discount
GROUP DISCOUNT “4+1”
The fifth ticket is free. Just keep adding friends on the registration page to take advantage of this discount.
Watch the tutorial here.
The event is limited to 150 participants.
Register HERE!
RESERVE YOUR PLACE ON TIME
The event is limited to 150 participants.
Group discount
There is a group discount “4+1”. The fifth ticket is free. Just keep adding friends on the registration page to take advantage of this discount. Watch the tutorial here.
Price
EARLY PRICE
59.00 EUR
Until September 14
LATE PRICE
79.00 EUR
From September 15 to September 26
*There is a cost of the registration platform “Njuko.net” in the amount of EUR 2.35 per transaction.
Click HERE to register!
