Heritage Sites certified "Vignobles et Découvertes" label

Heritage Sites certified “Vignobles et Découvertes” label

“Vignobles & Découvertes”, the national wine tourism label in France, has managed French oenotourism since 2009. The label currently covers 36 territories in France.It is attributed to each territory and lasts 3 years.

Montpellier invites you, travellers and families to a unique experience, to meet its winegrowers, who are committed to sustainable, quality viticulture, and to discover its unique cultural heritage based on the knowledge of wine.

Find the heritage sites certified “Vignobles et Découvertes” label.

In the historical centre

Square Planchon

The surprising statue of Jules-Emile Planchon stands proudly in this square.
This academic from Montpellier saved the vineyards in the 19th century thanks to his work on phylloxera and re- introduced American vine plants.
This disease of the vine was the ruin of small and large winemakers alike.
Place Auguste Gibert – 34000 MONTPELLIER

Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry moved in 1920 into the former surgical amphitheatre created by the architect Jean-Antoine Giral. On the ground floor, the stained glass window by Jacques Grüber, a remarkable example of Art Nouveau in Montpellier, highlights the importance of the wine industry in the local economy.
32 Grand Rue Jean Moulin – 34000 MONTPELLIER

Place de la Comédie

On Place de la Comédie, go back in time and imagine yourself in the early 19th century, on a Tuesday on a café terrace at the wine market, where the Monoprix store currently stands.
Opposite, on the façade of the building known as the “Scaphandrier” diving suit due its onion-shaped roof with round windows, you can see the capital which evokes on each side of the carved stone balcony the alliance between wine-growing and industry (bunch of grapes, press and locomotive).
You can imagine you are in 1907, among the 500,000 people gathered on the square to protest against the wine crisis.
10 place de la Comédie – 34000 MONTPELLIER

Esplanade Charles de Gaulle

On 9 June 1907, a historic demonstration brought together around 500,000 workers and smallholders from the region, demanding regulations on wine imports. The sculpture by Raoul Cuadrado installed in 2007 evokes the leader of this movement, Marcelin Albert, known as Lou Cigal,
perched on a tree, megaphone in hand.
Allée Jean de Lattre de Tassigny – 34000 MONTPELLIER

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Musée Fabre

The Fabre Museum’s collections, including works by Frédéric Bazille and Gustave Courbet, evoke the vine and wine. Oenological visits are organised every month in partnership with the AOC Languedoc Grés de Montpellier.
Montpellier, an opportunity to discover the symbolism of wine in art and to taste the local production.
39 boulevard Bonne Nouvelle – 34000 MONTPELLIER

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Faculty of Medicine

Created in 1220, the Faculty of Medicine moved into the former episcopal palace during the Revolution, with the support of the doctor and minister Jean-Antoine Chaptal. Chaptal, whose bust can be seen in the inner courtyard, theorised the process of adding sugar to increase the alcohol content of wine.
2 rue de l’École de Médecine – 34000 MONTPELLIER

Jardin des Plantes

In 1593, the botanist doctor Pierre Richer de Belleval founded the first Jardin des Plantes de France, which was intended for the study of medicinal plants. A few decorative vines bear witness to the expansion of these early fields of research, which today are devoted more broadly to botany and agronomy.
Boulevard Henri IV – 34000 MONTPELLIER

In the metropolis of Montpellier

Site Archéologique de Lattara

The cultivation of vines and the production of wine appeared in Lattara as early as the 5th century BC, as evidenced by a wine press used to press the grapes and extract the juice. A few grapevines unearthed by excavations are also among the earliest evidence of this culture in southern Gaul.
390 route de Pérols – 34970 LATTES

Cave Coopérative La Vigneronne

After the crises at the beginning of the 20th century, the winegrowers understood the importance of grouping together to reduce production costs. The Vigneronne, characteristic of the work of Paul Brès, was created in 1937 and enlarged in 1950. The sgraffito decorations on the pediments by Armand Pellier evoke the harvest and the pleasures of sociability.
Route de Cournonterral – 34570 PIGNAN

Château de l'Engarran

Henri d’Engarran founded the estate in 1632 around a smallholding and a vineyard of nine hectares. In the 18th century, the “folie” was built, with its French-style park. The vineyard then began to expand. A vaulted room now houses tools and machines, which
which have been used since 1885 in the vineyards or the cellar of the estate.
Route de Lavérune D5E – 34880 LAVÉRUNE

Maguelone peninsula

From the first centuries of our era, a farm cultivated vines on the island of Maguelone. As the seat of a bishopric, it had a growing influence from the 6th to the 16th century, before finally being abandoned. In the 19th century, Frédéric Fabrègue excavated, restored and replanted the site, which was bare of Mediterranean species. Today, the site is home to an 18-hectare vineyard.
Domaine de Maguelone – 34750 VILLENEUVE-LÈS-MAGUELONE

CAVE COOPÉRATIVE LES VIGNERONS DU CHEVALIER GEORGES

The cooperative cellar was built in 1947 by the architect Jean de Richemond. At that time it was the only place in the village where wine could be made. In the centre of the gable, a stone medallion sculpted by Paul Guéry represents Saint George, the knight slaying the dragon.
21 avenue de Montpellier – 34680 SAINT-GEORGES-D’ORQUES

Château de Flaugergues

The remains of a Roman villa attest to the presence of vines from ancient times. In 1696, Etienne de Flaugergues, a councillor at the Court of Auditors, bought the estate. He enlarged and embellished a house in the fields, described as a “folly”. Flaugergues is one of the last wine estates still in operation in Montpellier.
1744 avenue Albert Einstein – 34000 MONTPELLIER