18 Weird, Wondrous Places for Wine-Lovers Around the Globe

"Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition."

"This 14th century wine cellar is home to the oldest barrel-stored wine in the world."

"These beautiful wineries were at the center of Lake Erie's "grape belt" back when the Midwest dominated American wine production."

"Gan HaGat (Wine Press Garden): A 2,000-year-old wine press hidden in an overlooked park in Tel Aviv."

"A monk-run winery inside a Buddhist temple celebrates Japan's crown grape varietal."

"Seventy-five miles of limestone caves host more than a million bottles of wine beneath a sleepy Moldovan town."

"The luxurious English estate houses the world’s largest private collection of French Rothschild wines."

"North America's first Indigenous-owned winery is located within Canada's only desert-like ecosystem."

"Speyer Wine Bottle: Aged nearly 1,700 years, the world's oldest bottle of wine is probably still drinkable."

"This solo operation offers the world's only whey wines in flavors such as chocolate-orange."

"Dive for drinks at Croatia's first and only underwater winery."

"Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards."

"Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore."

"This medieval wine press is one of the oldest in Cyprus."

"Vrbice Wine Cellars: A mesmerizing landscape of 18th-century cellars carved out of the land."

"Barolo Wine Museum: A stunning medieval castle houses this eclectic, interactive tribute to all things wine."

"An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free."

"You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel."