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Musée de la Vigne et du vin
Set in a traditional stone building beside the church in the small Auvergne village of Vieille-Brioude, the Musée de la Vigne et du Vin celebrates a wine-growing heritage so vast that locals once said you could not toss your hat without it landing on a vine stock. Today, the museum and its hillside garden preserve the tools, techniques and stories of a time when this corner of the Haut-Allier was one of the region's most important viticultural communes. Free to visit from Easter to All Saints' Day and open every day from 9 am to 7 pm, the museum offers a compact but deeply personal portrait of rural wine life, paired with sweeping views over the Allier valley — a rare chance to taste history without paying a cent.