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.
When to come
Open all year (even bank holidays), Monday to Sunday from 10:00 - 18:00.
