Bordeaux is sometimes named the world capital of wine, and indeed, the one can dive in the world of wine here, thanks to numerous events and tastings, estates openned for visits and selections of fine wines in bars in city center.
Several years ago Bordeaux received an another wine sightseeing – La Cité du Vin – an impessive museum, dedicated to wine: to its history, culture and winemaking regions. An impresive building, which form is compared with wine, swirling in a glass, comprises a modern and colorful “Parcours Permanent” – a permanent exhibition, offering an immersion to the world of wine, from its first appearence thousands years ago till modern time. You can walk through e-vigne, telling you about the growing cycle of the vine and work in the vineyard and about the most planted international varieties; you can listent to the winemakers from all around the world, talking about their terroir with love and passion, you can watch a lot of small movies and presentations in every corner of the exhibition; you can touch and turn the globe and get a perfect illustration of world winemaking; and, finally, you can even smell the typical aromas of wines (particularly usefull for students in wine industry).
I visited the Parcours Permanent two times with my annual card (again, thanks to my husband for this present), but this place is worth to return. After a dive into an ocean of information, each visitor can go up on the 8th floor, to the Bar Belvédère, for a tasting of a wine from an original selection, admiring a splendide view on Bordeaux. Read about the wine I chose in the next article.
The amazing building of the wine museum La Cité du Vin
Near the museum
Globe illustrating the history of winemaking
Map of the distribution of different grape varieties
A room with different aromas that can be found in wine
And here you can listen some interviews with winemakers
My annual subscription
Huge selection of wines at Latitude 20 boutique in the museum
Expensive legendary wines in the boutique of La Cité du Vin
View from the window of the bar on the eighth floor, la Belvédère…
…where you can try wines from all over the world
