What is on the top floor?

The Belvedere tasting room with views

Cité du Vin Quiz: Bordeaux's Swirling Wine Museum

This Cité du Vin quiz visits Bordeaux's striking wine museum on the banks of the Garonne. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on its 2016 opening, architects XTU, a shape inspired by swirling wine, gold-tinted glass and metal panels, interactive galleries, the Belvedere tasting room, Bordeaux's UNESCO Port of the Moon and the city's wine trade.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

City
Which city is the Cité du Vin in?
River
Which river does it overlook?
Opened
When did the Cité du Vin open?
Architects
Which firm designed the building?
Shape
What does its curving shape suggest?
Skin
What covers the building?
Exhibits
What are the galleries like?
Top
What is on the top floor?
UNESCO
What is historic Bordeaux called as a World Heritage Site?
Trade
What has Bordeaux long been famous for?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which city is the Cité du Vin in?
Answer: Bordeaux
It sits in southwest France.
Q2: Which river does it overlook?
Answer: Garonne
Bordeaux grew along its banks.
Q3: When did the Cité du Vin open?
Answer: 2016
It quickly became a landmark.
Q4: Which firm designed the building?
Answer: XTU architects
Anouk Legendre and Nicolas Desmazières led it.
Q5: What does its curving shape suggest?
Answer: Wine swirling in a glass
It also evokes vine stems.
Q6: What covers the building?
Answer: Glass and shimmering metal panels
It changes color with the light.
Q7: What are the galleries like?
Answer: Interactive and multimedia
Visitors explore wine cultures worldwide.
Q8: What is on the top floor?
Answer: The Belvedere tasting room with views
Tickets include a glass of wine.
Q9: What is historic Bordeaux called as a World Heritage Site?
Answer: Port of the Moon
The river bends like a crescent.
Q10: What has Bordeaux long been famous for?
Answer: Wine
Its wines are traded worldwide.

Swirling Glass and the World of Wine

The Cité du Vin opened in 2016 on the banks of the Garonne in Bordeaux, a city famous for wine for centuries. Designed by architects Anouk Legendre and Nicolas Desmazières of XTU, its curving shape suggests wine swirling in a glass, gnarled vine stems and eddies in the river.

The building is clad in glass and shimmering metal panels that change color with the light. Inside, interactive and multimedia galleries explore wine cultures worldwide, from ancient trade to modern winemaking, with smells, films and touchscreens rather than only bottles in cases.

On the top floor, the Belvedere offers a glass of wine with views over the city and river. Historic Bordeaux is a UNESCO World Heritage Site called the Port of the Moon, after the crescent bend of the Garonne. Trams link the Cité du Vin with the elegant 18th-century city center.

What This Quiz Teaches

Wine and design fans will enjoy these questions.

Where the museum stands
Who designed it
What its shape suggests
What visitors experience inside
How it fits Bordeaux's history

Did You Know?

The Water Mirror reflects Bordeaux's grand facades nearby.
Bordeaux's wine regions include Médoc and Saint-Émilion.
River cruises leave from near the museum.
The museum hosts workshops and tastings.
Its library holds books about wine.