The 1472 cask
Among the oldest barrel-kept wine in the world, drawn from only three times in its history.
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It is a working wine cellar that sells the product, so anyone who prefers to avoid such places entirely will find it unsuitable. Anyone visiting for the architecture and history alone can walk the vaults without buying or tasting. The decision is personal, but you should know what the place is before entering rather than after.
Half an hour to an hour. The space is limited and what you see are the vaults, the casks and old equipment. Hours follow commercial trading times and it may close on Sundays, so check before going.
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A wine cellar beneath Strasbourg's civil hospital, in operation since the fourteenth century. The original arrangement sounds strange today: medieval patients sometimes paid for their care in land or in wine, so the hospital came to own its own vineyards and cellars. What distinguishes the place are the vast wooden casks, some carved and centuries old. The best known holds wine from 1472, among the oldest barrel-kept wine in the world, drawn from only three times in its entire history on exceptional occasions. Entry to the cellar is normally free, and you can walk between the casks and see the stone vaults and old equipment. The place also trades commercially and sells Alsatian wine, which a Muslim visitor should know before going in: this is a working wine cellar rather than a neutral museum. Historically and architecturally the vaults themselves are worth seeing, and they are a short walk from the cathedral and the Petite France quarter.
Among the oldest barrel-kept wine in the world, drawn from only three times in its history.
The underground architecture is what merits looking at, regardless of what is stored in it.
A working commercial cellar selling wine — worth knowing for a Muslim visitor before entering.
Cellars of the civil hospital, Strasbourg