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Based in Austria and New York, Karakterre is one of the world’s leading wine festivals & communities showcasing organic, biodynamic, and natural wines & farming practices from Central and Eastern Europe. With nature at its core, Karakterre promotes those commited to values of sustainable living >>

Testimonials

“Karakterre has changed the way I think about wines from this region and elevated them to the place they should have always been in my brain.”

Justin Chearno, Wine Director/Partner, The Four Horsemen

[One of] the best wine festivals in America according to drink pros. This annual festival…gives American consumers the chance to try Central and Eastern European grape varieties and wines that are rarely seen in the States.

Janice Williams, Writer, Wine Enthusiast

“Karakterre manages to bring Austrian Gemütlichkeit to NYC–no better way to celebrate that than with natural wines, good company and an epic location.”

Verena Erhart, Advantage Austria

“ I wanna go to Karakterre!”

Gaggan Anand, Celebrity Chef, Gaggan restaurant

“What Karakterre does so well is reframing the wines of countries throughout Europe as products of much larger, deeper movements—transcending borders of all kinds.”

Valerie Kathawala, Co-Creator & Writer, Trink Magazine

“Just to see this excitement here, shift my energy, to see something different and to bring this to a larger platform–that’s just beautiful. It’s just chapeau to what Karakterre has done.”

Jorge Riera, Wine Director, Frenchette & Le Rock

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