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Museum of Wine "Villa Canestrari", based at Colognola ai Colli, is in reality the outcome of a merger between two family businesses — Bonuzzi and Franchi — both engaged in producing and marketing wines since the early 1900s.


This Museum was created not only as a witness to the accomplishments of growers spanning no less than four generations, but also to show young people something of the arduous, yet always colourful working life carried on by our grandparents and great-grandparents; older visitors, on the other hand, may experience a little nostalgia on recognizing items of machinery and equipment that date back to the pioneering years of what is now an industry: the first steps in the process of mechanization.



The tour of the museum takes in five rooms: the biggest houses a number of implements dating back to the beginning of the 20th century:
besides a section dedicated to the vine, there are structures for drying and raisining grapes, filters of various kinds, and bottling machines.






Another room presents a "reconstruction" of an office in the 1920s, where visitors can see business machines of the period, and old ledgers in which the accounts were kept.
A special nugget is the exercise book containing notes on wine and wine-making, dated 1886 and kept by Carlo Bonuzzi, who at the time was attending the Royal School of Viticulture and Oenology in Conegliano. Stairs lead down to the underground cellar, currently being restored, which has stone vaulted ceilings.



There is also a reconstructed wine analysis laboratory, where original items of equipment are displayed in an evocative setting.


The old "grain loft”, where grapes for making Recioto wines used to be dried, has been converted into a conference hall and classroom, where from January onwards there will be wine-tasting courses and themed evenings, of which the purpose is to discuss the many aspects of wine, learning about flavours, scents, aftertastes and food pairings.

The museum is also an Educational Centre, and accordingly, a special welcome will be given to schools.

Visits — strictly by appointment — are open to all.

To book, telephone +39 045 7650074

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Azienda Agricola Villa Canestrari - I - 37030 Colognola ai Colli - Verona - Via Dante Broglio 2 - Tel. +39 045.7650074 - Fax +39 045.6170120 - e-mail: info@villacanestrari.com

museo del vino valpolicella