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Bordeaux Day 2: La Cité de Vin

Three days is the perfect time to spend in Bordeaux to taste the city. On this visit, I spent Day 1  at the Bordeaux Cité de Vin, learning the secrets of great wine. 

La Cité de Vin

The ultimate museum for wine lovers! Immerse yourself in wine history, wines of the world, and more in this ultra-modern experience made for learning and fun.

 

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La Cité de Vin

 

If you ever imagined a Disney World for wine lovers, La Cité de Vin would be it.

There are visual and sensual activities throughout, from the grand front entrance to the wine bar at the top of the towering 8-story building. 

 

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La Cité de Vin entrance

 

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The Belvedere, where you can taste a selection of the world’s best wines

 

For the ticket price of 20 euros, you can spend hours wandering through the massive exhibition spaces or focus on your area of interest. Twenty themed spaces — some within bottle-shaped stations, others with audiovisual productions — enable you to self-discover the influence of wine on world culture, history, geography, arts, and sciences.

For a special occasion, imagine lunch or dinner here. It is accompanied by a 360-degree view of the nearby area of Bordeaux and the Garonne. 

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Dinner with a 360-view

 

 

Looking for a favorite vintage? The circular “wine cellar” has a collection of 14,000 bottles on display and for sale.

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Wines from around the world

 

Simply follow the map.

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“Map” of wines for sale at La Cité de Vin

 

 

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Expensive wines for expensive tastes

 

Architects from Paris won the design competition for imaging La Cité de Vin, and the building was opened to the public on June 1, 2016. The shape of the futuristic museum symbolizes “knotted vine stocks, wine turning in the glass, the swirls and eddies of the Garonne river,” according to officials at the site. 

 

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At the top, movable glass panels aid in ventilation. A marvel of ingenuity and sustainability!

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Glass panels that move for airflow

 

If you think it can’t get any better than to visit Le Cité de Vin, it can! Temporary exhibits such as “Bistro” are scheduled throughout the year in the art gallery.

 

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“Bistro” Exhibit

 

Ready for the magnificent city? Day 3 in Bordeaux…  Stay tuned …

 

 

Wine Tour Bordeaux

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