18 Weird, Wondrous Places for Wine-Lovers Around the Globe

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 on 2021.10.13
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"Delve into humanity’s age-old obsession with viticulture." By Diana Hubbell, Gastro Obscura Editorial Fellwo

Babae

Restaurant · Santo Spirito

"Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition."

LISA HARVEY

"This 14th century wine cellar is home to the oldest barrel-stored wine in the world."

BLUDGUSC

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."

STEPHEN J TAYLOR

"Gan HaGat (Wine Press Garden): A 2,000-year-old wine press hidden in an overlooked park in Tel Aviv."

BUKVOED

Daizen-ji

Buddhist temple · Koshu

"A monk-run winery inside a Buddhist temple celebrates Japan's crown grape varietal."

TAKASIONUMA

Cricova

Winery · Chișinău Municipality

"Seventy-five miles of limestone caves host more than a million bottles of wine beneath a sleepy Moldovan town."

ANN_BLEIH

Waddesdon Manor

Manor house · Waddesdon

"The luxurious English estate houses the world’s largest private collection of French Rothschild wines."

GLEN BOWMAN

NK'MIP Cellars

Winery · Osoyoos 1

"North America's first Indigenous-owned winery is located within Canada's only desert-like ecosystem."

OLGAWOODLAND

"Speyer Wine Bottle: Aged nearly 1,700 years, the world's oldest bottle of wine is probably still drinkable."

CAROLE RADDATO

Shallon Winery

Temporarily Closed

"This solo operation offers the world's only whey wines in flavors such as chocolate-orange."

SPLASHY.PHOTO

Edivo Wine Bar

Wine bar · Inland waters of Croatia

"Dive for drinks at Croatia's first and only underwater winery."

COURTESY OF EDIVO VINA

The Red Hook Winery

Winery · Red Hook

"Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards."

US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

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."

FLICKR USER: SANFRANMAN59

Linos Tou Charilaou

Winery · Limassol District

"This medieval wine press is one of the oldest in Cyprus."

DICKELBERS

"Vrbice Wine Cellars: A mesmerizing landscape of 18th-century cellars carved out of the land."

MAX CORTESI (ATLAS OBSCURA USER)

"Barolo Wine Museum: A stunning medieval castle houses this eclectic, interactive tribute to all things wine."

JAMIE CORNISH (ATLAS OBSCURA USER)

Free Red Wine Fountain

Winery · Chieti

"An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free."

CARLOTTA BALENA

Sleeping in a wine barrel

Indoor lodging · Sasbachwalden

"You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel."

CARINA