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Montenero d'Orcia, Piazza Centrale - Castel del Piano |
opening
Open on request
price
Free
disabled facilities
yes,the museum also has an audio guide for
persons with sight disabilities
history and purpose
The Museum of the Vine and Wine is housed in a renovated building in the main square atMontenero d'Orcia and lets visitors relive the history of viticulture of the local area and itsinfluence on the landscape.The museum comprises various exhibit sections which follow the wine-making process fromthe grape to the glass.Local,traditional tools used in the past for vine cultivation and wine making,discovered in thesurrounding countryside,are on display,including vine pruning sheers,scissors for cuttinggrapes,tools for treating the vines,such as a pump for spreading copper,and bottle corkingtools and corkscrews.Other exhibits include a grape crusher on a tun,several vats,demijohns,bottles of varioussizes,a restored eighteenth century wine-press,complete with its original casing,levers andgrates,which was probably still in use until 1910.
opening date
2002
exposure surface
100
exposure hall
2
pezzi esposti
70
director: Stefania Ulivieri
phone: 347/1260421
phone: 0564/969602
fax: 0564/967093
sistemamusealeamiata@cm-amiata.gr.it
www.stradadelvinomontecucco.it
www.sistemamusealeamiata.it
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