France's foremost wine university, established in 1978 inside a medieval chateau in the Drome. Degree-level oenology and WSET programmes attract students from 40+ countries; the Rhone Valley specialist module is the reference course for the appellation.
The Universite du Vin's wine museum and library inside the medieval Chateau de Suze-la-Rousse, housing the region's most comprehensive oenological archive. The permanent collection covers the history of Rhone Valley viticulture from Roman times to the present, alongside the largest Rhone Valley library of technical wine literature in France.