Old Corking machines Museum
Address and contacts
Via Repubblica, 2 - 42024 Castelnovo di Sotto 0039 0522 682018 - Mr Silvano Perseguiti
Museo delle Tappatrici d'epoca
Opening times
Everyday upon phone arrangement only.
Prices
Free entrance
How to get there
Castelnovo di Sotto
By car
A1 motorway, exit Terre di Canossa/Campegine: follow signs for Castelnovo di Sotto/Poviglio.
A22 motorway, exit Reggiolo: follow signs for Guastalla and Gualtieri. Castelnovo di Sotto can be reached from Gualtieri through the districts of Santa Vittoria and Meletole.
By bus
Daily service from Reggio Emilia, Piazzale Europa bus No. 93
Historical notes
The corking machines are the tools used to cork the bottle of wine that means, in this area, mostly Lambrusco e Malvasia, the most bottled, well known and 'drunk' wines of the Province.
The Museum gathers more than 300 corking machines from different times and places and it is an authentic rarity in Italy.