Museo della vite e del vino

About the museum

The museum is in Donnas, in the Lower Aosta Valley, in the brick vaulted cellars of the school building named after Anna Caterina Selve, mother of Federico Selve, built for the benefit of the people of Donnas. The cellars were first used as a warehouse and, between 1971 and 1976, housed the Caves Coopératives de Donnas, where the first Valdostan wine with a controlled designation of origin (DOC) was produced.

The municipality of Donnas restored the premises in 2003 to set up the museum. The collection consists mainly of simple tools made for use in the vineyard and cellar, many of which are still used today in Donnas and are known by patois names that are often difficult to translate.

The route presents tools and objects linked to the grape harvest and winemaking, accompanied by touchscreens that explain the techniques for processing must and illustrate the wines of the area.

Highlights

• Vineyard and cellar tools with patois names
• Vaulted brick cellars of the Anna Caterina Selve school
• Seat of the Caves Coopératives, the first to produce a DOC Valdostan wine
• Touchscreens on winemaking and local wines
• Free admission

Permanent exhibition

• Museo della vite e del vino – Tools for the grape harvest and winemaking, with touchscreens on the processing of must and on local wines.

Founded

2003

Operated by

Comune di Donnas

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission.

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Getting there & parking

The museum is in Donnas, in Piazza XXV Aprile, in the hamlet of Perroz.

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