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Wake up your senses to wine tasting thanks to a fun and ol-factory journey.

Fly over stunning landscapes sculpted by winemakers over generation.

Discover how climates affect vine cultivation and go back in time to follow the spread of v ines with conquests throughout the ages.

Ten winegrowing regions with contrasting natural conditions: listen to winemakers telling you their stories.

On this model grapevine, ex-plore how winemakers select grape varieties, prune vines and look after their grapes…

Explore the big bottles to dis-cover the major wine types: dry whites, sweet wines, rosés, sparkling wines, red wines, for-tified wines…

Relive the great history of Bor-deaux, a wine port for more than 2000 years.

Discover the mark which wine has left on the city and lands-capes of Bordeaux.

Discover the major river and sea routes used for centuries to transport wine.

Put yourself in the winema-ker’s shoes and discover the secrets of winemaking : in the stainless steel, in the cellar and in bottles.

Board a ship for a sea voyage through the centuries and ac-company wines merchants all over the world.

Travel through time in search of the great civilisations of wine.

In the 21st century our world continues to change, as does the image of wine. See how wine is capitalizing on current trends.

Attend to the encounter between great wine enthu-siasts from all times: Voltaire, Napoleon, Churchill…

Paintings, texts and music in-terweave to evoke the wine of mythology and religion.

Stretch out on the circular sofa to contemplate pictures of the wine of love on the ceiling.

Men and alcohol, an ambi-valent relationship brought to light in the arts.

Discover the wine service throughout the ages, from Greek slaves to modern star sommeliers.

Learn connoisseurs’ secrets and test your knowledge.

19. The epic tale of Bordeaux! 18. Bordeaux: the city and its wines

17. Divine wine

16. Bacchus and Venus

7. Wine over water

10. The trend wall9. The gallery of civilisations

8. All aboard!

11. The buffet of the 5 senses

13. Drinking at the darside

12. The banquet of legends

15. Meet the experts

14. The art of living

2. The worlds of wine

3. The terroir table

1. The world wine tour

4. E-vine

5. The metamorphoses of wine

6. Wine portraits

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