18 Weird, Wondrous Places for Wine-Lovers Around the Globe
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Babae
Restaurant · Santo Spirito
"Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition."
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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."
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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."
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Khaim Menakhem Bassok
Ṣummeil
"Gan HaGat (Wine Press Garden): A 2,000-year-old wine press hidden in an overlooked park in Tel Aviv."
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Daizen-ji
Buddhist temple · Koshu
"A monk-run winery inside a Buddhist temple celebrates Japan's crown grape varietal."
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Cricova
Winery · Chișinău Municipality
"Seventy-five miles of limestone caves host more than a million bottles of wine beneath a sleepy Moldovan town."
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Waddesdon Manor
Manor house · Waddesdon
"The luxurious English estate houses the world’s largest private collection of French Rothschild wines."
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NK'MIP Cellars
Winery · Osoyoos 1
"North America's first Indigenous-owned winery is located within Canada's only desert-like ecosystem."
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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."
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Shallon Winery
Temporarily Closed
"This solo operation offers the world's only whey wines in flavors such as chocolate-orange."
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Edivo Wine Bar
Temporarily Closed
"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
"This medieval wine press is one of the oldest in Cyprus."
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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."
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Free Red Wine Fountain
Winery · Chieti
"An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free."
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Sleeping in a wine barrel
Indoor lodging · Sasbachwalden
"You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel."
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