Wine Museum, Ehnen

Wine Museum, Ehnen
Musée du Vin
Wine Museum, Ehnen
Wine Museum, Ehnen
Location of the Wine Museum in Ehnen, Luxembourg
Established 1978 (1978)
Coordinates 49°36′2.37″N 6°23′11.13″E / 49.6006583°N 6.3864250°E / 49.6006583; 6.3864250

The Wine Museum (Musée du Vin), 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]

The museum

Standing 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 vinyard 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

References

  1. ↑ "Villages". Privatwenzer.info. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "The Wine Museum in Ehnen", Luxembourg Tourist Office in London. date=1998-06-12 Archived 1998-06-12 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. 1 2 Skelton, Tim (2012). Luxembourg. Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 127–130. ISBN 978-1-84162-424-2.
  4. ↑ "Riesling Open". Tastingeurope.com. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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