18 Weird, Wondrous Places for Wine-Lovers Around the Globe
Babae
Restaurant · Santo Spirito
"Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition."
Cave Historique des Hospices de Strasbourg
Wine cellar · Strasbourg
"This 14th century wine cellar is home to the oldest barrel-stored wine in the world."
Kelleys Island Wine Co.
Winery · Kelleys Island
"These beautiful wineries were at the center of Lake Erie's "grape belt" back when the Midwest dominated American wine production."
Khaim Menakhem Bassok
Ṣummeil
"Gan HaGat (Wine Press Garden): A 2,000-year-old wine press hidden in an overlooked park in Tel Aviv."
Daizen-ji
Buddhist temple · Koshu
"A monk-run winery inside a Buddhist temple celebrates Japan's crown grape varietal."
Cricova
Winery · Chișinău Municipality
"Seventy-five miles of limestone caves host more than a million bottles of wine beneath a sleepy Moldovan town."
Waddesdon Manor
Manor house · Waddesdon
"The luxurious English estate houses the world’s largest private collection of French Rothschild wines."
NK'MIP Cellars
Winery · Osoyoos 1
"North America's first Indigenous-owned winery is located within Canada's only desert-like ecosystem."
Historical Museum of the Palatinate
Museum · Speyer
"Speyer Wine Bottle: Aged nearly 1,700 years, the world's oldest bottle of wine is probably still drinkable."
Shallon Winery
Temporarily Closed
"This solo operation offers the world's only whey wines in flavors such as chocolate-orange."
Edivo Wine Bar
Wine bar · Inland waters of Croatia
"Dive for drinks at Croatia's first and only underwater winery."
The Red Hook Winery
Winery · Red Hook
"Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards."
Winehaven
Permanently Closed
"Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore."
Linos Tou Charilaou
Winery · Limassol District
"This medieval wine press is one of the oldest in Cyprus."
Vrbice 345
Vrbice
"Vrbice Wine Cellars: A mesmerizing landscape of 18th-century cellars carved out of the land."
WiMu Museo del Vino a Barolo
Museum · Barolo
"Barolo Wine Museum: A stunning medieval castle houses this eclectic, interactive tribute to all things wine."
Free Red Wine Fountain
Winery · Chieti
"An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free."
Sleeping in a wine barrel
Indoor lodging · Sasbachwalden
"You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel."