Overview

Program Highlights:
  • Cruise personally hosted by Rebecca Robinson of ZAP and top Zinfandel vintners Doug & Nancy Beckett, Founders of Peachy Canyon Winery and Miro Tcholakov, Winemaker for Trentadue Winery and Proprietor of Miro Cellars and Mark Vernon, CEO of Ridge Vineyards
  • Onboard University of Zin Wine Education Program
  • Onboard welcome reception, tastings and group dinners with wine hosts
  • Food & Wine Trails optional private-to-the-group wine-themed shore excursions in select ports
  • $200 per person River Heritage Discount (past Uniworld guests)
  • $100 per person shipboard credit bonus
Includes:
  • Accommodations aboard Uniworld’s S.S. Beatrice
  • 2-nights pre-cruise hotel stay in Bucharest with breakfast and transfers
  • Visit to 2 UNESCO World Heritage sites
  • Shipboard gratuities
  • All meals & entertainment on ship
  • Unlimited wine, beer, spirits, soft drinks, specialty coffee, tea and bottle water
  • All scheduled airport transfers on arrival / departure dates
  • Uniworld complimentary shore excursions
  • Complimentary Internet & WiFi
  • Complimentary use of bicycles onshore

If you are seeking something new, off-the-beaten path destinations, ZAP has your next adventure: Eastern Europe & the Danube River.

Follow a path forged by crusaders, kings and conquerors through Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria with your congenial hosts and Zinfandel experts – Doug Beckett and his wife Nancy, Miro Tcholakov and Mark Vernon.  Join fellow Zin enthusiasts as you travel from dynamic Bucharest to splendid Budapest, discovering the best that the revitalized nations of Eastern Europe have to offer along the way.

While onboard your luxury river-ship, experience ZAP’s unrivaled University of Zin activities, including receptions, seminar & tasting and group dinners with your onboard hosts sharing their passions for winemaking and some of their favorite Zins’.

For reservations call Food & Wine Trails at 800-367-5348 or download the Registration Form below.

Download ZAP 2022 Danube River Registration Form Here
  • Cruise Line

    Uniworld Boutique River Cruises

  • Ports of Call

    Bucharest to Budapest

Experts

Doug & Nancy Beckett

Founders, Peachy Canyon Winery

Miro Tcholakov

Owner of Miro Cellars and Direct of Winemaking, Trentadue Winery

Mark Vernon

CEO, Ridge Vineyards

Itinerary

ZAP 2022 Danube River Tour & Cruise

Destination: Eastern Europe
To & From: Bucharest to Budapest
Dates: April 11 – 20, 2022
Length:  10 Days
Ship: S.S. Beatrice

April 11
2022
Bucharest, Romania

HOTEL STAY: Check into hotel provided by Uniworld for overnight

April 12
2022
Bucharest, Romania

Hotel Stay: Full day and overnight at hotel provided by Uniworld

April 13
2022
Bucharest/Giurgiu, Romania
Embark S.S. Beatrice

Uniworld Included Tour: Check out of hotel.  Enjoy Bucharest Communist tour with People’s Palace tour.  Transfer to S.S. Beatrice in Giurgiu

F&WT Onboard Event: Welcome Reception

 

April 14
2022
Rousse, Bulgaria

Uniworld Included Shore Tours, Choice of: Veliko Tarnovo & Arbanassi with authentic Bulgarian lunch OR Rousse walking tour with Ivanovo and Basarbovo

April 15
2022
Viden, Bulgaria

Uniworld Included Shore Tour: Belogradchik red rock valley

April 16
2022
Cruising the Iron Gates
April 16
2022
Donji Milanovac, Serbia

Uniworld Included Shore Tour: Lepenski Vir archaeological park and Golubac Castle

April 16
2022
Golubac, Serbia

F&WT Onboard Event: Winemaker’s Dinner

April 17
2022
Belgrade, Serbia

Uniworld Included Shore Tours, Choice of: Belgrade city tour with visit to the Royal Grounds of Karadjordjevic Dynasty Palace OR “Let’s Go” bike Belgrade tour

April 18
2022
Vukovar (Osijek), Croatia
April 18
2022
Batina, Croatia

Uniworld Included Shore Tours, Choice of: Vucedol Culture Museum and lunch at a family winery OR Home-hosted lunch with Karanac Craft Museum visit

F&WT Onboard Event: Seminar & Wine Tasting

April 18
2022
Mohacs, Hungary
April 19
2022
Budapest, Hungary
Overnight on ship

Uniworld Included Shore Tours, Choice of: Budapest Communit Tour OR Budapest panoramic highlights with synagogue visit

F&WT Onboard Event: Farewell Reception

Captain’s Farewell Reception and Dinner

April 20
2022
Budapest, Hungary
Disembark AM

Per Person Fares - Limited Availability

Category DescriptionDouble OccupancySingle Occupancy
Classic River View$4,449$7,823
French Balcony$5,549$9,748
Deluxe Balcony$5,949$10,448
Suite$7,649$15,348
Grand Suite$9,649$19,348
Royal Suite$11,949$23,948

Prices are per person based on double occupancy and include shipboard accommodations, all scheduled airport transfers, two night pre-cruise hotel stay in Bucharest, port charges of $200 per person, onboard meals, gratuities, unlimited beverages of select wines beers and spirits, unlimited soft drinks, specialty coffee beverages and teas, complimentary Uniworld shore excursions, wines served with dinners provided by host wineries, onboard wine program and limited travel management services.  Prices do not include roundtrip air, premium wine and spirits, Food & Wine Trails’ optional pre-cruise program and shore tours, travel insurance, or all items of a personal nature.  F&WT reserves the right to correct pricing errors or omissions,  Prices will not increase after deposit received, except for fuel surcharges and any taxes, charges or levies imposed by government agencies.

About The Ship

Uniworld’s Super Ship – S.S. Beatrice

Click Here for Deck Plan

The S.S. Beatrice boasts yacht-style light wood with blue and white finishes throughout, a renovated lobby featuring elegant mirrors, marble floors, a white Murano chandelier with blue shads and a grand staircase made of  of nickel and black iron – a signature design element of Uniworld’s Super Ships.  She offers four dining options all inspired by famous Austrian composers, including Mozart’s, the ship’s main restaurant; Wolfgang’s bar and lounge and newly added Schubert’s and Max’s – offering intimate cooking classes where guests can create local European cuisines alongside the chef.


UNIWORLD: Book & Cruise with Confidence
  • Smaller ships, fewer guest capacity
  • Optional Travel Protection Plans: cancel for any reason up to 1 day prior for a full refund (restrictions apply)
  • Elevated hygiene standards onboard and ashore
  • New shipboard air filtration systems
  • All public areas touch points and hot spots disinfected throughout the day
  • Staterooms and suites thoroughly cleaned each day
  • All crew receives professional health and hygiene training by an outside consultant
  • Hand sanitizers readily available throughout the ship and mandated for use in all crew areas

 

Sample Suite #415

Sample Stateroom #424

Max's Cooking Class

Sun Deck

Lounge

Main Restaurant

Terms & Conditions

  • Terms & Conditions

    Click Here for Food & Wine Trails’ complete Terms & Conditions


    ITINERARY:
    The itinerary port and shore tour schedule as provided by Uniworld Cruises is based on their 2019 itinerary – please note it is likely this will change and be updated a few months prior to departure.  Schedule and times are subject to change without notice due to water levels, wind factors and other conditions.

    REGISTRATION FORM
    To book a stateroom on this sailing, you must submit a completed registration form with deposit. For your convenience the registration form can be completed and electronically signed online by all passengers traveling.

    For PC users the PDF form can be completed online, saved and returned via email to receptionist@foodandwinetrails.com.

    For MAC users, the process for properly filling in and saving a PDF form is slightly different than on a Windows machine. By default, the Mac’s Preview application is set to open all PDF files, but Preview will not save the data you put into the forms. Right-click on the pdf or hold down the Control key on your keyboard and click on it. A menu will appear, select “Open With”. Choose Acrobat Reader from the list of programs. From within Acrobat you will be able to fill in the fields and save the file with your text and submit the completed form via email.

    PAYMENT METHODS
    If you are paying for the deposit by check, mail to: Adelman Travel/Food & Wine Trails, 6980 N. Port Washington Rd., Milwaukee, WI  53217

    If you are paying for the deposit with a credit card, include your card information on page two of the registration form and FAX to (707) 526-9147.

    REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION
    All Guests will be required to check‐in online to complete and submit their PASSENGER INFORMATION FORM before final documentation will be processed. Check‐in online at www.uniworld.com/before‐you‐go/expresscheckin. Please complete Express Check‐in as soon as possible after making your booking.

    ZAP MEMBERSHIP
    Please note that at least one individual traveling in a couple must have a valid ZAP membership as of the dates of travel. The price of an annual ZAP membership starts at $50.00 For more information or to join ZAP visit: www.zinfandel.org

    TRAVEL INSURANCE
    F&WT strongly recommends the purchase of (Allianz) travel insurance to safeguard your trip investment.

    FAQs


    Please note: Cruise escorts, experts scheduled to appear and onboard programming are subject to change with or without notice. For a complete listing of all tour conditions, please refer to the registration form.