Musee du Vin et du Negoce de Bordeaux (Museum of Wine & Trade), City of Bordeaux
Discover the history of Bordeaux & the appellations in this museum
Museum located in an elegant and prestigious building, built around 1720 for the Irish merchant Francis Burke. Consisting of two parts, the first residential with several apartments and a façade adorned with a beautiful balcony, and the second and technical part where wines were matured and worked.
"Art and wine brings people together." -Goethe
Behind the beautiful facade of 41 ‘Rue Borie’, you will find the museum in the vaulted cellars which previously housed the barrels for the ageing of wine. Various artefacts and archival documents trace the exceptional careers of the great merchant families as well as the ancestral knowledge of workers in the cellars.
Visitor comments
- "It was a bit of an accident us finding this place! we were looking for somewhere to go wine tasting on a Sunday afternoon and it seemed that what would probably have been a much larger and more commercial set up was being renovated, so the tourist office recommended this museum. Really interesting, and good tasting - there were 8 of us and they looked after us well! worth seeking it out and making the trip." - Trip Advisor
- "This beautiful wine merchant's house in the Chartrons area houses these wonderful historical wine exhibits. There is an English guide. Wine tasting at the end! There is a lovely gift shop." - Trip Advisor
- "I was very well received with a team consisting of professionals! A place full of history and a wine cellar filled with treasures! The most important piece of advice I can give you, if you are looking for a place in which you would like to discover wine History, do no hesitate to go to The Wine and Trade Museum; it will be your new sanctuary." - Trip Advisor
When to come
Open all year (even bank holidays), Monday to Sunday from 10:00 - 18:00.
