Housed in a 17th-century wine merchant cellar in the Chartrons district, the Museum of Wine and Trade traces Bordeaux's role as the world's most influential wine merchant city. Permanent collections cover the Dutch-influenced Chartrons merchants, the 1855 classification genesis, and the global trade of Bordeaux bottles.
Address: 41 rue Borie, 33300 Bordeaux, France
The world's premier wine-culture museum, opened 2016 in a striking wave-form building on the Garonne. Permanent interactive exhibition covers 20 wine civilisations across 3,000 square metres; Belvedere tasting bar on the 8th floor with Garonne panorama and rotating global wine flights.
The world's foremost museum of wine-related art inside a working first-growth estate. Five millennia of wine culture: Babylonian ewers, Roman glass, medieval tapestries, Picasso label art, 20th-century commissions.
A unique double museum at Chateau Lanessan in Haut-Medoc: the Musee de la Vigne et du Vin traces 19th-century Medoc winemaking with original equipment, and the Musee du Cheval displays an exceptional collection of horse-drawn carriages used on the estate.
