Giant wine ‘udders’ for Loire festival

A French design studio is installing a set of giant ‘udders’ which willl serve wine to visitors at an art installation in a Saumur vineyard in the Loire.

As reported on dezeen.com, the installation is being set up inside the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud in the vineyards of Saumur, and is made from five conical wooden structures, similar to inverted versions of the Abbey’s external spires.

The ‘udders’ are suspended in alcoves in the Abbey’s former kitchens, and will dispense 2,000 litres of wine and apple juice to festival goers from June to November this year. The pointed tip of each cone will be fitted with a teat. Visitors will squeeze the teat to fill their glasses with red, white or rosé. Water and local apple juice will also be available. The ‘udder’ design is inspired by the Roman myth of Romulus and Remus, who were suckled by a she-wolf after they were abandoned by a river, and went on to found the city of Rome.

The installation has been created by design studio Barreau et Charbonnet for the Cité Idéale festival.