In France, can not be a museum of wine! Paris Museum about the history of wine, was created specifically to maintain the traditions and standards of quality.

It is a museum in the vaulted cellars that were once the underground gallery of the Franciscan monastery. In the XV century Abbey of Passy was surrounded by terraces leading down to the Seine, which rose gardens and vineyards. Monks at the monastery found an old quarry, remaining after the extraction of limestone in the old days, and turned them into cellars for wine storage. They say he loved Louis III after hunting in the Bois de Boulogne to call in the Abbey of Passy and enjoy the local red wine.

During the French Revolution, the monastery was plundered and destroyed. Only in the XX century we were talking about these cellars and opened them in the museum.

In the cellars of a length of about 2,000 kilometers of exposed subjects: wine tools (many of them are no longer used), a solid collection of barrels, bottles and labels for them, corkscrews, ceramic vessels, glasses. Wax figures depict Bacchus, Dionysus, the famous wine connoisseurs Napoleon, Balzac, Louis XIII, and the very monks at work - at different stages of production. The tour price includes a glass of wine (for children - grape juice).

Here, the restaurant hosts tasting of vintage wines, the sommelier lessons, theme nights.

The museum belongs to the "Council of French butlers" - an organization created in 1954 to protect and promote the best French wines. The Council has several thousand professionals and wine lovers who do not just keep the knowledge and experience of past centuries, winemakers, but also organize lots of activities in France and abroad.