03/06/2017
The Wine was opened in the summer of 2005 to display the history of Samian and the Union of Cooperatives of Samos. The building housing the museum was once a private , then the Union’s cellar/warehouse and cooperage. Even the huge wooden casks, currently museum , were once in use. Traditional wine making, its tools, its vats and tubs and its chemistry equipment, even the art of fashioning a barrel come to life through exhibits that spin visitors back into remote fragments of centennial time. Documents, prizes and , bottles of wine, photographs, desk mementos and objects all contribute to complete the historic puzzle. An ingenious simulation depicts the cultivation of grape vines on their steep terraced perches (as it is customary on the island) from the moment they take root to the moment they are tenderly picked. The ’ imagination can be excited by a at the two still in use, one reserved for barrels, the other for bottles of wine. The Wine Museum also offers fully-equipped conference facilities for use by the Union of Vinicultural Cooperatives of Samos or other parties. Finally, visitors can or buy the Union’s wines, at the Museum boutique.
ΕΟΣ Σάμου / UWC Samos
