Burgundy is long and narrow: 230 km from Chablis to the Mâconnais, with the famous slope in the middle. The tours start in five places, and Beaune has two tourist offices. Get the layout straight here before you choose between the burgundy wine tasting tours.
The BIVB splits the region into six wine areas, north to south. The tours reach only three of them, so the table shows you which part of the map your day covers.
| Area, north to south | What you find | Days that go there |
|---|---|---|
| Chablis & Grand Auxerrois | Chablis's white wines and the Crémant cellars | The two days from Paris |
| Châtillonnais | A small northern vineyard | None of the tours |
| Côte de Nuits & Hautes Côtes de Nuits | Gevrey-Chambertin to Nuits-Saint-Georges, the Clos de Vougeot | Most days from Dijon and Beaune |
| Côte de Beaune & Hautes Côtes de Beaune | Beaune, Pommard, Meursault, the Montrachets | Most days from Dijon and Beaune |
| Côte Chalonnaise & Couchois | The villages south of Santenay | None of the tours |
| Mâconnais | Solutré-Pouilly and the Roche de Solutré | The Land Rover day |
So when you book a day from Dijon or Beaune, you spend it on the Côte d'Or. When you book a day from Paris, you spend it in Chablis. The Mâconnais is its own day, from Mâcon.
The Côte d'Or is a single slope of vines running south from Dijon. Its road, the Route des Grands Crus, starts at kilometre zero in Dijon and runs to Beaune and Santenay. You can follow it on your own map village by village.
The northern half is the Côte de Nuits, from Gevrey-Chambertin to Nuits-Saint-Georges. The southern half is the Côte de Beaune, with Beaune in its middle and Meursault and the Montrachets further south. Above both runs a second, higher band of vines, the Hautes Côtes, which the private route day from Beaune drives into.
UNESCO's Climats cover this whole slope, 50 km south of Dijon as far as Maranges. So a day between Dijon and Beaune is spent in the listed vineyards, whichever way it drives.
Every shared day names its own start. The table gives each address and time, so you can find yours on a street map before the morning.
| Where | Address | Time | Who meets there |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place Darcy, Dijon | Maison Divia, 16 Place Darcy | 9 or 9:45 am | The Authentica and Ophorus days |
| Saint-Bénigne, Dijon | In front of the church | 9:45 am | The À La Française days |
| Rue Monge, Dijon | 78 rue Monge | 9:30 am | The e-bike day |
| La Cave du Palais, Dijon | Hôtel du Palais, near Place de la République | Your slot | The cellar tasting |
| Beaune tourist office | Porte Marie de Bourgogne, 6 boulevard Perpreuil | 9:30 am | The Grand Cru route day and the 2CV half day |
| Hospices de Beaune | The Hôtel-Dieu, Beaune | 11 am | The Beaune option of the À La Française shared day |
| Paris | Café La Flamme, 6 avenue de Wagram | Morning | The shared day from Paris |
| Mâcon | Mâcon station, 1 avenue de la Gare | 9:30 am | The Land Rover day |
The private days skip the table: they collect you from your hotel, between Dijon and Beaune, in Paris, or at Mâcon station. The radius of each one is set out on where to stay.
Beaune has two tourist offices, and your tour uses one of them. The Grand Cru route day and the 2CV half day both meet at Porte Marie de Bourgogne, 6 boulevard Perpreuil.
The Hospices de Beaune, the other Beaune start, is the Hôtel-Dieu in the centre. The À La Française shared day picks up its Beaune guests there at 11 am.
Chablis sits far north of the Côte, in the Chablis and Grand Auxerrois area. The shared day from Paris leaves 6 avenue de Wagram and spends about four of its twelve hours on the road. It returns about 8 pm.
The private day from Paris collects you at 7:30 am, tastes in Chablis, then drives on to Beaune and Pommard. That is the longer road, and it gives you both ends of the map in one day. Both are on Burgundy tours from Paris.
The Mâconnais is the southern end of the map; the BIVB puts the region an hour from Lyon. The Land Rover day meets you at Mâcon station, 1 avenue de la Gare, at 9:30 am. It sends you train tickets from Lyon.
From there the day drives to Vergisson and the Roche de Solutré, then south across the border of the Beaujolais to Fleurie and Juliénas. It ends back at the station.
The Côte d'Or, Dijon to Beaune
The two towns and the vineyards between them
The map loads from Google only when you press the button. It is centred on the Côte d'Or: Dijon is to the north, Beaune to the south, and the wine villages lie in a line along the slope between them.
The areas and the region's length come from the BIVB, the Climats from UNESCO, the route from Destination Dijon, and each start from its tour's own booking page. Verify before you travel.
Meets at 16 Place Darcy in Dijon at 9:45 am, with a view over the Corton hill, a family estate's cellars and a walk in the Côte de Nuits vines. Lunch is yours to buy in Beaune.
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From Saint-Bénigne church in Dijon at 9:45 am to the white-wine villages: two hours at a Puligny-Montrachet winery, two in Meursault's cellars, and lunch of charcuterie and cheese in the fare.
From $257 per person
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An electric bike through the Côte de Nuits from 78 rue Monge in Dijon: Gevrey-Chambertin cellars, the Romanée-Conti vineyard, then lunch. Adults only.
From $585 per person
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