The Wine Museum located in Ehnen

Ehnen

Ehnen is a small town in the commune of Wormeldange, in south-eastern Luxembourg. , the town has a population of 504.Ehnen is home to Luxembourg's Moselle Wine Museum which is open from the beginning of April to the end of October....

 on the Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...

 side of the Moselle, illustrates the art of wine-making with exhibits of traditional vintner's tools and bottling equipment together with old documents and photographs. Opened by the State in 1978, it occupies the home of a former vintner

Vintner

A vintner is a wine merchant. You pronounce it like this In some modern use, in particular in American English, the term is alsoused as a synonym for winemaker....

 with wine-making antiques and furnishings.

The museum

Standing close to the banks of the river, the old house belonged for generations to the prosperous Wellenstein family. The premises also house a cooperage

Cooper (profession)

Traditionally, a cooper is someone who makes wooden staved vessels of a conical form, of greater length than breadth, bound together with hoops and possessing flat ends or heads...

 showing how barrels were made, a large old wine press, a smithy

Forge

A forge is a hearth used for forging. The term "forge" can also refer to the workplace of a smith or a blacksmith, although the term smithy is then more commonly used.The basic smithy contains a forge, also known as a hearth, for heating metals...

and an old weights and measures office. There is also a small vinyard with all the local grape varieties.

Visiting times

The museum is open from April to October every day except Mondays from 9.30 to 11.30 am and from 2 to 5 pm.