a couple of months back a group of us ended up at a mate’s flat in order to continue drinking after a night out and at some point, before the sun told us to go to bed, i was shown an incredible book featuring the best of modern winery architecture. i remember being astounded at the time, completely in awe of buildings i’d never even considered as interesting before, but when the memory surfaced a few days later i assumed that night’s fascination to be a result of drink itself.

needless to say, i started looking into it, and the fascination was warranted. from the looks of it there’s some kind of race on between wineries across the globe to seek out super-architects willing to design their ultra-funky wine production facility. here are some of the best i’ve come across
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note: just for the record, i am completely uneducated when it comes to wine itself. to prove it, i like my white wine medium-sweet and my red wine topped up with coke and ice (i believe it’s called a calimocho). i can think of no reasonable defence. 

1. dominus winery, napa valley, u.s.a. :: website

architect - herzog & de meuron



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2. bodegas ysios, rioja, spain :: website

architect - santiago calatrava valls



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3. peregrine winery, queenstown, new zealand :: website

architect - chris kelly



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4. cantina petra, suvereto, italy :: website

architect - mario botta



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5. bodegas lópez de heredia viña todonia, rioja, spain :: website

pavillion architect - zaha hadid



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6. weingut leo hillinger, jois, austria :: website

architect - gerner°gerner plus






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7. mission hill family estate, westbank, british columbia :: website

architect - olson sundberg kundig allen



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so that’s just 8 of the many superbly designed wineries on earth. special mention must quickly go to frank gehry’s recent addition to the marques de riscal winery in spain. he was commissioned to design a hotel to compliment the winery, the extravagant results of which can be seen in the video below.



i’ve included a link below to the book on amazon in case you were curious. it’s fascinating.

wine by design: the space of wine (interior angles)