The Wine Museum (Luxembourgish: Wäimusée; French: Musée du Vin; German: Weinmuseum), located in Ehnen on the Luxembourg side of the Moselle, illustrates the art of wine-making with exhibits of traditional vintner's tools and bottling equipment together with old documents and photographs. The property was acquired by the state in 1974 and opened as a museum in 1978.[1] It occupies the home of a former vintner with winemaking antiques and furnishings.[2]
Musée du Vin | |
 Wine Museum, Ehnen | |
  Location of the Wine Museum in Ehnen, Luxembourg | |
| Established | 1978 |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 49°36′2.37″N 6°23′11.13″E / 49.6006583°N 6.3864250°E |
The museum
editStanding close to the banks of the river, the 18th-century house belonged to the prosperous Wellenstein family. The premises also house a cooperage showing how barrels were made, a large wine press, a smithy and the former Ehnen office of weights and measures. The museum exhibits demonstrate the process of wine-making from growing the grapes to bottling the wine. Many of the items in the museum have been donated by local vintners.[3] There is also a small vineyard with all the local grape varieties. As these grapes are grown on government land, the wine made from them is served at official functions such as embassy dinners.[3]
The museum is open from April through October,[2] and is one of the main sites of the annual Riesling Open wine festival.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Villages". Privatwenzer.info. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
- ^ a b "The Wine Museum in Ehnen", Luxembourg Tourist Office in London. Archived 1998-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Skelton, Tim (2012). Luxembourg. Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 127–130. ISBN 978-1-84162-424-2.
- ^ "Riesling Open". Tastingeurope.com. Retrieved 23 January 2017.