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8Charles & Fille Estate. 9Saint-Aubin Castle. 10Domaine Rocault. 01. Patriarche Cellars. Simply put, these are the largest wine cellars in Burgundy. The 5 kilometers of vaulted galleries, some of which date back to the 13th century, are the legacy of a Visitandine convent, or the female monastic order of the Visitation.
Feb 19, 2024 · Burgundy Day 1: Beaune. Our time in Burgundy was spent in the Cote d’Or, which is the most prestigious of Burgundy’s winemaking regions, and contains the famous subregion, Cote de Nuits. We spent the first day exploring Beaune, which is the regional centre in this part of Burgundy, and is a beautiful, historic Burgundian town.
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Our situation was slightly different than most, as we arrived in Europe via Spain and ended months later in Italy. If you should find yourself in a similar situation, I highly recommend the long-term car rental program through Renault. We had unlimited mileage, an English GPS system, and insurance. And as a bonus, we were also able to rent an autom...
Obviously, I recommend Hotel Le Home, but Airbnb and TripAdvisor also provide numerous options for your stay from luxury accommodations including Hôtel Le Cep & SPA Marie de Bourgogne to more family-friendly, budget options like Accor Hotels’ Ibis in the city center(with prices this low, splurge and opt for two rooms to offer a little more space wi...
Marché aux Vins
7 Rue de l’Hôtel Dieu, 21200 Beaune, France +33 3 80 25 08 20 A boutique wine shop located in Beaune’s city center, the Marché is a wonderful place to browse a plethora of regional wines, but also to take a self-guided tour through the caves beneath the shop. Although not a personal tour in the least, it’s a great option with kids. Upon purchase of the tour you receive a tastevin – a traditional tasting cup designed in Burgundy. Although not practical, it is rather romantic. You’re then direc...
Patriarche Père Et Fils
5-7 Rue du Collège/r Paul Chanson, 21200 Beaune, France +33 3 80 24 53 78 A well-known producer in the region, Patriarchealso offers self-guided tours which are often a great option with children as you can move at their pace. Interactive video terminals placed throughout the route will guide you through the wine cellars, their history and the great wines aged there. You can also taste a range of 10 Burgundy wines and seek advice from the wine consultants on-hand.
Louis Jadot
62 Rte de Savigny, 21200 Beaune, France +33 3 80 26 31 98 A mere 10-minute walk from Hotel Le Home, Louis Jadotis a name synonymous with Burgundy and Beaujolais. Depending on your time and energy, you can opt for a guided tour or simply walk-in and taste as we did. The tasting room is open to all from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays, and 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturdays. At 3 p.m. Mondays to Fridays, and 10 a.m. on Saturday, scheduled visits to the winemaking and maturation cellars — followed b...
Château de Pommard
15 Rue Marey Monge, 21630 Pommard, France +33 3 80 22 07 99 Although today American-owned, Château de Pommardoffers an exquisite wine tasting and fascinating tour of the caves and vineyards. We arranged this tour by appointment through our hotel and arrived a few minutes early. As we waited for the tour host, we were shown to a waiting area which doubled as a winemaking museum with years of wine making tools and equipment, including one of the largest wooden wine presses I’ve ever seen. It’s...
Maison Joseph Drouhin
7 Rue d’Enfer, 21200 Beaune, France +33 3 80 24 68 88 Honestly, for me, it doesn’t get much better than the wines of Joseph Drouhin. For the last 139 years, Maison Joseph Drouhin has been in the hands of the Drouhin family, not an easy accomplishment with French estate laws. Today, however, the fourth generation leads the winery with a focus on terroir, exquisite quality and elegance. Production is also completely organic throughout their 90 different appellations. With a tasting room and cel...
Marché de Beaune
The weekly market at Beaune is a haven for foodies, held every Saturday morning in the town center. Local producers gather to showcase their finest cheeses, meats, fresh fruits and vegetables, and a wide variety of other mouthwatering delicacies. This is the perfect opportunity to indulge in the Burgundy region’s culinary culture, chat with the locals, and even pick up some ingredients for a picnic in the nearby vineyards.
Hospices de Beaune
Next, we continued with a visit to the famed Hospices de Beaune, a hospital that opened in the mid-15th century and was still treating patients as recently as the 1980s. The hospices were designed as a place to treat the poor and served as a model for the hospitals that would come afterward. The Hospice tour came with an audio guide for both adults and children, the children’s version is narrated by a fly and a snake. The fly — quite a morbid creature — described what it was like to drink the...
Edmond Fallot Moutarderie
Fallot makes Dijon-style mustard in the last family-owned Moutarderie in Burgundy and offers tours of the operations facility and museum, complete with a mustard tasting at the end. We must have tried more than 20 different flavors of mustard, most of which were very good and all packed a wallop of spice. The tour itself is entertaining with a decent amount of science and history lessons built in for the kids.
Burgundy reds are made entirely from Pinot Noir grapes and the whites from Chardonnay, so it’s easy to understand what you’re drinking and it’s a very distinctive experience focused on terroir. Compared to Bordeaux, the classification system is based on region rather than vineyard. The most prestigious wines are single-vineyard, but many other wine...
For many, Volnay makes the finest reds of the Côte de Beaune. There are no Grands Crus, but the best vineyards, towards the border with Meursault (Clos des Chênes, Cailleret, Taillepieds and Champans) make wines of translucent delicacy and heady violet fruit that implausibly build in intensity through the palate.
Aug 15, 2023 · From Lyon, you can transfer to a train to Beaune. This route bypasses central Paris, providing a smoother transition with a total travel time of around 4 hours. If driving is more your style, Beaune is easily accessible via the A6 autoroute. Car rentals are available at all three major airports and within Beaune itself.
Chablis (a white wine) is the most famous name we tend to hear from Burgundy with 7 grand crus, but the nearby Côte de Beaune also has an equivalent 7 white grand crus in the area. For red wines, Côte de Nuits has 24 grand crus, which are mostly pinot noir reds that are some of the most expensive wines in the world.
Sep 26, 2019 · Eating in Beaune should be top of your to-do list, given that many Parisian bistro classics originated in Burgundy, including escargots, coq au vin, and bœuf bourguignon. For less than €40 (US$44) a head you can feast on a wine-soaked menu of œufs en meurette (eggs poached in red wine) and bœuf bourguignon at cozy Brasserie Carnot .
