Penafiel Castle Wine Museum

Penafiel Castle stands sentinel like on an isolated outcrop of rock in the middle of the Duero Valley floor, dominating the little town beneath it from which it takes its name. They take winemaking seriously here, so what better place to locate the museum of wine. The museum has been inserted into one of the finger like courtyards of the castle over three floors. The intermediate floor, where one enters, and the first floor contain the actual museum, while the lower floor contains meeting and conference facilities, together with some competition wine tasting booths. The materials palette. A basic white painted steel structure sits on the concrete lower level - non of which interferes with the original structure. The intermediate and upper levels reveal the original cold limestone castle walls, while the floors and ceiling are finished in a rich, warm lapacho timber. On the lower level, honed and polished limestones are used, with white ceiling.