at your price point I would order a VSF Farhradmanufaktur TX-400 30-speed. it's ready to roll with excellent equipment and should exceed all of your demand as it's the lowest level of the Expedition bikes these guys make (1299€)
http://www.fahrradmanufaktur.de/bike...e-xt-30-gang/#
most bike shops can/will import it from England (Chrisbikes.co.uk)
for a little more money, I'd highly recommend the Tout Terrain Silkroad. It's extremely well designed and configurable ... can be ordered from Peter White cycles ... they'll configure it for whatever you wants (drops/straight/rohloff/30-speed/etc...)
http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/tout-terrain.asp
that would be money EXTREMELY well spent
edit: you can run 700c or 26 inch with the silkroad frame, i linked to above.