A combined archaeology and wine museum in Scansano's Palazzo Pretorio. Etruscan and Roman wine-making artefacts displayed alongside contemporary documentation of the Morellino di Scansano DOCG.
Address: Palazzo Pretorio, Piazza del Pretorio 4, 58054 Scansano, Italy, Tuscany
The Antinori museum and art gallery inside the Bargino cellar covers 26 generations of family winemaking. Permanent exhibits trace the Marchesi Antinori archives back to 1385 alongside contemporary art commissions and amphorae from the Etruscan period.
Vernaccia di San Gimignano Wine Experience housed in the Rocca di Montestaffoli at the top of the medieval town. Three rooms cover Vernaccia history, the DOCG (created 1993) and a sommelier-staffed tasting room with 500+ bottles.
Housed in the former Niccolini wine cellars, this Carmignano museum traces local viticulture from Etruscan amphorae and a medieval jug to 800+ vintage bottles from the Federigo Melis collection. Displays cover the Carmignano DOCG region.
The Bottle and Glass Museum inside the 14th-century Poggio alle Mura castle holds a collection of historic wine vessels spanning Roman amphorae, Renaissance flasks and 19th-century Sienese terracotta. Combined with the Banfi cellar tour.
