Overview
The Wine Exhibition Marlborough Museum
Open at the Marlborough Museum in Blenheim, The Wine Exhibition is a permanent modern museum exhibition, showcasing the history of wine and viticulture in Marlborough, New Zealand.
Exhibits include iconic, old, rare, and unusual wines, interesting viticulture and winemaking equipment, educational audio visuals, interactive displays, oral histories, memorabilia, photos, stories, wine company stories and more.
There is plenty to entertain and educate the visitor including:
A wine bottle shaped oral history feature where visitors can listen to industry pioneers such as Jane Hunter and Gerry Gregg tell their story.
An environment display that shows soil profiles of the region that match Sauvignon Blanc flavours.
A cultivars wall showing differences in cultivars and wines made from them.
A technology section that highlights innovation and kiwi ingenuity: a home made wine bottle labelling machine, corkers, tipping tanks, leaf plucker, screw presses, pumps and more.
A contemporary Change wall, that demonstrates how the face of Marlborough has changed through the years.
A decades wall showcasing society and wine' over the years, from the 1800s.
Displays showcasing twenty four individual wine companies, who sponsor the exhibition.
