Bardolino is also home to a wine museum. It is hosted by one of the wineries and shows how water (and sunshine and the right plants: grapes) are turned into wine.
The display starts with a whole wall covered in small panels, each displaying a different grape variety. Just like apples, the varieties are quite different. The Garganega variety in this picture was one of the wines I enjoyed drinking while at Lake Garda.
Moving the grapes from the vine to the press house used to be done in these wooden carts. They were registered and taxed and only taxed vehicles were allowed to transport grapes!
Once in the press house, they would be dried for a period and then pressed.
Lots of different tools were needed to manage the bottling process once the grape juice had fermented into wine. It was very important that the wine did not come into contact with much air or worse, human hands during the bottling process. To make it increasingly efficient, these bottling machines were developed, to fill 4 bottles at once.
The winery also allows a glimpse into the current bottling process they use – no air or human hands!
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