Burgundy tours from Paris are twelve-hour days by road that spend their hours in Chablis, the region's northern vineyard. Choose a shared van from avenue de Wagram, or a private car that adds Beaune.
The van leaves café La Flamme, 6 avenue de Wagram, for Chablis: Domaine Jean-Marc Brocard, lunch at your own cost, Domaine Bersan, then a Crémant tasting at the Bailly Lapierre cellars. More than ten wines; back about 8 pm.
From $269 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Your own driver-guide collects you in Paris at 7:30 am. Brocard and a Chablis grower pour with cheese, the Château de Pommard pours five wines, and the Hôtel-Dieu's entry is in the fare. One price for a car of up to two.
From $1,510 per group, up to 2
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Blue Fox Travel's van leaves 6 avenue de Wagram for Domaine Jean-Marc Brocard, Domaine Bersan and the Bailly Lapierre cellars, with more than ten wines in the fare.
Check availabilityIt is a whole day on the road, bought in Paris as one fare. You leave in the morning and are back in the evening, about twelve hours later. On the shared day the van drives about 110 minutes before its first tasting, so close to four hours of your day are in the car.
Both days go to Chablis, not to the Côte d'Or. The BIVB lists Chablis and the Grand Auxerrois first of Burgundy's six wine areas, north to south, and its wines are white, from Chardonnay. The private day drives on south to Pommard and Beaune on the Côte de Beaune.
Chablis lies outside the UNESCO listing of the Climats, which covers the Côte de Nuits, the Côte de Beaune and the centres of Dijon and Beaune. So a day from Paris shows you Burgundy's whites and its sparkling Crémant, not the red Grand Cru villages.
The shared van meets you outside café La Flamme at 6 avenue de Wagram, and the private car collects you at your Paris hotel or rental at 7:30 am. Either way you sleep in your own bed and leave the planning to the driver.
You taste at Domaine Jean-Marc Brocard, and then at a family domaine: Domaine Bersan on the shared day, a Chablis grower on the private one. The BIVB's own example of a Premier Cru label comes from here: Chablis Premier Cru Montée de Tonnerre.
The shared day pours more than ten wines, and the private day pours at least fifteen across three domains. With a driver-guide at the wheel, nobody in your party has to stay sober for the road back.
The private day adds a guided visit and five wines at the Château de Pommard, free time in Beaune, and your entry to the Hôtel-Dieu. The hospital was founded in 1443 and is known for its roof of glazed tiles.
The alternative is to take the train yourself and join a day that starts in Dijon. À La Française's own note gives the 7:56 am from Paris Gare de Lyon, in Dijon at 9:29, for its 9:45 am start. Here is how the two ways compare.
| A day from Paris | TGV + a day from Dijon | |
|---|---|---|
| What the tour costs | $269 per person shared; $1,510 per car of up to two | Your rail fare, plus from $166 per person |
| Where you start | 6 avenue de Wagram, or your Paris hotel at 7:30 am | Paris Gare de Lyon, then a kerb in Dijon |
| Wine area | Chablis, plus Pommard and Beaune on the private day | The Côte de Nuits, the Côte de Beaune or both |
| Lunch | At your own cost | In the fare on the À La Française days |
| Back in Paris | About 8 pm, traffic allowing | When your train arrives: the Dijon days end between 5 and 5:30 pm |
| Best for | White wine with nothing to plan | The Grand Cru villages of the Côte d'Or |
If the red Grand Cru villages are why you came, take the train: Gevrey-Chambertin, Vosne-Romanée and the Clos de Vougeot are all on the Côte de Nuits south of Dijon, and Burgundy wine tours from Dijon go there. If you want Chablis's whites and a door-to-door day, stay on the road.
Tour Up in Europe collects you at 7:30 am in Paris for Brocard, a Chablis grower and the Château de Pommard, with your Hôtel-Dieu entry in the fare, for a car of up to two.
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