Top 10 wine museums of the world

14th July, 2015 by Lauren Eads

Koutsoyannopoulos Wine Museum, Santorini, Greece

wine_museum_koutsogiannopoulos_3_20111102_1796422097 Located inside a natural cave eight metres below ground, it took the Koutsoyannopoulos family 21 years to fund and build The Koutsoyannopoulos Wine Museum – the only museum of its kind in Greece.

A labour of love by the family, visitors are taken on a tour of wine and the life of vine growers in Santorini since the 1600s with the help of an audio guide, available in 14 languages, while perusing the museum’s collection of wine-related artefacts.

“The rare exhibits, including winemaking machinery and tools, will take the visitors back in time to another era”, promise the Koutsoyannopoulos family.

At the end of the tour, visitors are invited to taste four wines produced by the Koutsoyannopoulos Winery in its tasting room.

Admission is €8 with the museum open Monday through Saturday.

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9 Responses to “Top 10 wine museums of the world”

http://vivancoculturadevino.es/en/foundation/vivanco-museum-of-wine-culture/ says:

July 14, 2015 at 1:22 pm

Great overview. But I miss the Vivanco Museum of Wine Culture in Rioja, Spain.

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Peter Zelek says:

July 14, 2015 at 1:36 pm

Recently visited the Vivanco Museum of Wine Culture in Briones, Spain and it certainly deserves to be included in this list. It is a fantastic wine museum.

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Al Sewell says:

July 14, 2015 at 2:31 pm

No World Wine Museum list can be complete without the Vivanco Museum in Rioja. It is truly outstanding. I haven’t been to the 10 mentioned here but believe the Vivanco museum is as good as any, anywhere. Have a look at http://www.vivancoculturadevino.es !!

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Keith Grainger says:

July 14, 2015 at 3:31 pm

Yes, the Vivanco Museum of Wine Culture is truly excellent.

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F. Saverio says:

July 16, 2015 at 1:03 am

I really love the Torgiano (Italy) wine museum by Lungarotti’s Family!
I wrote about it on my http://www.wineblogroll.com

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Javier Lorenzo says:

July 17, 2015 at 6:54 pm

An incredible museum of wine is Museo del vino in Maipú, Mendoza, Argentina, At Bodega La Rural. This is an fantastic museum to see the vineyard grape growing and winemaking. activities of the area. All the information provided is essential to understanding the history of all the other wineries of the different regions. The museum is well preserved, with different modern and ancient tools used in the production of wine. The Museo del vino has many wine making equipments. Meanwhile the guide explains about vinification throughout the history of Bodega La Rural, the tour takes you around oak barrels and stainless steel tanks. Some parts of the way you can smell the aroma of alcohol from the fermentation process. For those who like history and wine, this tour would be great.

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Kryj Maciej says:

July 3, 2016 at 9:40 am

I have the collection of tin plates with a theme of wine making This collection is the largest collection in Europe.

The collection shown on my website http://www.galerialamp.com/tal
is part of a bigger collection. New tin items are continuously being added to the collection and the webpage is then updated. The collection mainly consists of items made of tin but there are few items made of copper as well. The whole collection is wine themed showing the whole cycle of making wine from growing and picking grapes to the final stage of tasting and distribution of wine. Therefore the items have been divided into two themed groups:

1.Wine production,
2. Enjoyment of wine.

There are various tin plates, cups, chalices & wine carafes. The tinware has all been crafted by tinsmiths which depict people working in vineyards, the different stages of wine making, people consuming wine in an inn, cellars with wine barrels. The theme originates from the XIXth and XXth century traditions of wine making and enjoyment. The unique compositions made of one or few plates have been enhanced by adding a metal or wooden frame

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Kryj Maciej says:

July 3, 2016 at 9:47 am

I invite you to visit my website This is the collection of tin plates with a theme of wine making It is the largest collection in Europe. . The whole collection is wine themed showing the whole cycle of making wine from growing and picking grapes to the final stage of tasting and distribution of wine.
http://www.galerialamp.com/tal

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Brian McD says:

September 28, 2016 at 6:20 am

Check the Shanghai Wine Museum out! it’s just been recently opened but it is really massive. I wouldn’t say that wine tools collection is wide yet, could be better as for this kind of investment, but I must admit that everything is managed very professionalyl. Definelty worth visiting if you once get in Shanghai! http://siwsm.org/en/

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