Maison des Vins de l'AOP Corbieres ★ 4.2
Corbieres consortium discovery centre at the Chateau in Boutenac, with permanent exhibits on the appellation's old-vine Carignan heritage and a tasting hall pouring Boutenac and Corbieres reds.
Heritage museum and cellar at the Abbaye Saint-Hilaire, where Benedictine monks documented methode traditionnelle sparkling wine in 1531, with the original wine cellars open year-round.
Address: Place de l'Eglise, 11250 Saint-Hilaire, France, Languedoc
Corbieres consortium discovery centre at the Chateau in Boutenac, with permanent exhibits on the appellation's old-vine Carignan heritage and a tasting hall pouring Boutenac and Corbieres reds.
Mas de Daumas Gassac's grape-variety museum vineyard and underground vinotheque preserving 40 years of legendary IGP Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert vintages from the Guibert family estate.
Departmental wine library inside the Zaha Hadid-designed Pierresvives building, with around 3,000 Herault bottles in a 14-square-metre climate-controlled space at 16 degrees Celsius.
Saint-Chinian wine museum and Maison des Vins in an 18th-century building, with ancient viticulture tools, seasonal vintner displays and 250+ AOC Saint-Chinian wines on sale.