With a capacity of about 228,000L, the mid-18th-century Great Wine Barrel, shaped from 130 oak trees, is the world’s largest wine cask. Describing it as being ‘as big as a cottage’, Mark Twain bemoaned its emptiness and mused on its possible functions as a dance floor and a gigantic cream churn.
The adjacent cafe serves beer, wine and, in winter, Glühwein (hot mulled wine).
