Museu do Vinho, Azores, Portugal
4.0 (140 reviews) Sunday: Spent Ranking #2 in Terceira Speciality Museums
Educational and Tasty
My half island tour stopped in Biscoitos at this wine museum and I found it to be an interesting place displaying the history of local wine making on the island. You walk amongst the various vine types, enclosed in rocky squares, which help maintain a constant temperature for growth. The flower garden is beautiful also. Around the gardens and inside one of the buildings, you see the many tools they used and the displays describe the evolution of them over the years. We finished in the old cask storehouse where some casks still line the walls and were treated to samples of their wines. You can also purchase bottles to take with you. A good place to visit and see and hear about the local wine production. I will go back.
Address
Canada do Caldeiro 3, Biscoitos, Terceira 9760-054 Portugal
Mobile
Website
http://jfbiscoitos.pt/a-freguesia/patrimonio/edificado/museu-do-vinho
Working hours
Monday :
Tuesday : 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday : 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Thursday : 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Friday : 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Saturday : 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Sunday :
Current local date and time now
Sunday, May 12, 2024, 18:38
User Ratings
4.0 based on (140 reviews)
Reviews
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5Andrew N 5:00 PM Jan 2, 2023
Educational and Fun Self-Guided Museum
A short and fun self-guided tour or the Azores' "other" wine island. The tour shows off lots of history, but the best part is the discussion and presentation of the old vineyard setups and a live replica showing a number of the grapes currently grown in the Azores. Also a small shop at the end, doesn't sell wine by the glass, but available to drink or takeaway by the bottle
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4AMsays 5:00 PM Feb 13, 2020
Another wine perspective.
Learnt the origin of the town name (hard biscuits) and how a once prominent viticulture continued in a rough, unforgiving terrain due to adaptions. Very small museum that started in tiny sample plots showing the local varieties of grapes. The tour continued with a visit to the small museum displaying barrels, carts that transport barrels, various spigots and all sorts of wine paraphernalia, some 300 years old. Quite interesting. Maria is passionate in describing all that is wine related in this region. I am glad I stopped – I think it is worth a visit. Besides, its free and you get a small sample of wine grown locally. The sample I received was a sweeter wine, similar to an Oloroso. Maria said that the best wines made here are white in keeping with the temperate climate.
