Field Trips
Proposed Field Trips
Field Trip 1: Žatec – the Hop Region
- Afternoon visit to the town of Žatec, where the hop museum is located.
- The excursion includes a visit to the unique Renaissance building which houses the Malt House Gallery presenting the history of malt production and also to the Hop & Beer Temple, a former warehouse, where you can take a guided tour through a labyrinth, where you will wander among the hop bales.
- At the end of the excursion there is a tasting in the restaurant "U Orloje", the so-called tasting board including 4 types of beer, each 1.5 dcl.
- https://www.chchp.cz/en/
Field Trip 2: Vineyard and Wine Production Exposition, St.Claire, Prague
- Afternoon visit to the St. Claire's Vineyard located in Prague, Troja (it is a part of Prague Botanical Garden).
- The excursion includes a tour of the vineyard, which is classified as a national heritage. In the representative part you will find almost all grape varieties allowed for growing and wine production in the Czech Republic. There are also about fifty table grape varieties.
- You will also visit the wine production exposition, which is located in a newly built cellar in the lower part of the vineyard.
- Finally, there will be a tasting of the wines completely made in the Prague Botanical Garden together with their sommelier.
- https://www.botanicka.cz/en/vinice-sv.klary
Field Trip 3: Slivovitz Museum, Prague
- Afternoon visit to the Slivovitz Museum located in historic centre of Prague.
- The tour consists of four main parts, with a 5D virtual reality show in the third part.
- During the guide, guests can learn about the rich history of Rudolf Jelinek, see an interesting projection and also experience the aforementioned exclusive 5D show with virtual reality.
- Subsequently, there will be a tasting of the slivovitz (non-alcoholic version with plum lemonade is possible).
- https://slivovitzmuseum.com/