Terra Vinea is an old mine converted into a wine cave. It’s located in Portel des Corbieres, near Narbonne and Perpignan France in the Languedoc-Rousillon region. The mines closed in 1992 and the wine cave opened in 1999. I have a suspician that someone from the winery visited some of America’s attractions like Disneyland when they thought up the idea of Terra Vinea. The caves are filled with light and music shows, talking walls, representations of a Medieval dining room and Roman villa, and a mining cave. It was still interesting and entertaining. The wines however were not the best. We tasted several but only bought one bottle that we found to be of good quality and taste.
If you want to visit it yourself, check out their website at: www.terra-vinea.com
Here’s a video of the Terra Vinea wine cave experience.
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June 12th, 2010 at 2:24 am
Thanks, for sharing this video. Yes, it’s telling that the wine writer Richard James, who is based near Perpignan and writes the Languedoc-Roussillon guides for our website, has included Terra Vinea NOT as a wine producer to visit, but as a Wine Attraction. Your experience certainly confirms that we have this in the right section!
June 12th, 2010 at 2:55 am
Glad to know that my wine quality radar is not off. Thanks for visiting the blog and I look forward to future comments. Cynthia