Burgundy On A Plate-Wine & Gastronomy in Burgundy

Beaune, France Wine Tasting

Beaune, France Wine Tasting

Activity/Tour

Burgundy on a Plate offers wine tasting and gastronomy tours from one day to one week - it's up to you!
As an example, this is the itinerary for our 5 night, six day Heart of Burgundy tour. Apart from the tour described below, we offer a range of one day tours from 185 euros which you can view on our Burgundy on a Plate website on the one day tour page.

Heart of Burgundy Tour

Day 1 - Arrival day will include an introduction to wine tasting in Burgundy before a great first night dinner in an exceptional location. Day 2 takes us off to the medieval village of Flavigny sur Ozeraine where ‘Chocolat’ was filmed. We taste local bonbons and some wines from the Auxerrois. Lunch is in a Ferme Auberge run by a group of farmers’ wives using local produce. Burn off some calories with a walk around Flavigny’s ramparts. The stunning village and 12C castle in Chateauneuf en Auxois is on the menu for the afternoon. We return home via the picturesque Ouche Valley running alongside the Burgundy canal.

Day 3 – Your first tasting of the red wines of the Cotes de Nuits is in Nuits St Georges in a small family owned domaine. Lunch today is in Hautes Cotes de Nuits where hams are baked over the fire. A drive back through the vineyards takes us to meet our chef in his Beaune restaurant for a really fun, interactive cooking class. We return to his restaurant for a delicious meal that we might have helped to prepare!

Day 4 - Today it’s the turn of the Cote de Beaune. You will taste at a small family cellar in Meursault before going on to the renowned village of Puligny Montrachet. Here you will visit the cellar and vineyards of a well known winegrower. This is followed by a leisurely, informal tasting lunch in their restaurant. Take a break from tasting on a spectacular drive up into Hautes Cotes de Beaune where you will be entirely surrounded by vineyards. If time permits, you have a choice for our last event of the day – a further wine tasting or a visit to a pottery in one of the villages.

Day 5 – Market Day in Beaune. Meander around Beaune’s wonderful market, full of colourful vegetables and fruits, delicious cheeses, olives and pates. There will be a visit to the mustard museum for those interested. After lunch we go cheese tasting in a farm in the hills and a visit to the red fruits farm where berries are transformed by hand into a wealth of delicious products. The last night dinner is at a Michelin starred restaurant in wonderful surroundings. Day 6. Departure day and we take you back to Dijon station during the morning to fit in with your personal travel arrangements.

Typical Day

A typical wine tasting day would start around 9.30 when you will be collected from your hotel or the local train station if you are coming from Paris. We go to our first tasting of the day and en route, your guide will find out your level of wine knowledge and go through some of the basics of Burgundy's wine region, so that when we start the tastings, the knowledge will be reinforced during the day. Our winegrowers are predominantly family owned domains with plenty of history behind them. If they don't speak english, your guide is there to translate. We taste through three of the four levels to premier cru quality with the occasional tasting of grand cru. If you require a grand cru tasting specifically, this can be arranged at additional cost. After the first tasting we move on to the second cellar before an excellent lunch in a wine village, renowned for its specialities of the region. The afternoon is reserved for a final cellar visit and a drive through the renowned vineyards and village of the region including the upper slopes. We would normally drop you back at your hotel or station around 17h30.

Check also our One Day Tours here!!

One Day Wine & Gastronomy Tours

Tour A - Vineyards of Côte & Hautes Côtes de Beaune

Two private tastings/cellar visits in Meursault, Puligny Montrachet, Chassagne Montrachet or St Aubin
Drive up into the upper slopes with its stunning vineyard views, past the castle of La Rochepot and the beautiful vineyard landscape across St Romain
Lunch in Volnay for some of the best regional cuisine of the area
Final wine tasting of the day in either Auxey Duresses, Pommard or Volnay with artisanal wine grower

185 euros per person inclusive


Tour B - Vineyards of Côte & Hautes Côtes de Nuits


Private tastings in three different domains in Côte de Nuits wine villages.
Delicious 3 course typically Burgundian lunch with glass of wine Leisurely drive through the famous vineyards of Côtes de Nuits, Nuits St Georges,Vosne Romanee, Chambolle Musigny, Gevrey Chambertin etc
Visit and stroll around the site of the legendary Romanée Conti vineyards

185 euros per person inclusive


Tour C - Wine & Vineyard Workshop & Tasting Lunch in Puligny


Visit the vineyards of the famed white wine village of Puligny Montrachet where all your questions will be answered, followed by a visit to the winemaker’s cellar for an in depth tour.
Learn to appreciate colours, aromas and flavours in a three course commented tasting lunch, tasting up to 14 wines
Drive through renowned villages & vineyards of Côte de Beaune for some stunning vineyard views
Final tasting of the day with an artisanal winegrower, enjoying some of the reds of Côte de Beaune

195 euros per person inclusive


Tour D - New ! Luxury Wine & Gastronomy Tour


A chance to sample some great vintages at some exceptional Domaines including a tasting of Grand Cru. Your tasting/cellar visits will be in Cote de Nuits and Cote de Beaune, with the addition of a special gourmetlunch at a Michelin starred restaurant

245 euros per person inclusive


Tour E - Cheese and Wine in Côte de Beaune


Tasting of some excellent artisanally made cow’s milk cheeses , with a glass of local wine at a farm outside of Beaune Cellar/tasting visit in Meursault or St Aubin
Three course lunch with typically Burgundian specialities Second cellar visit and tasting in Volnay or Pommard OR
Visit to a goats cheese farm, sampling cheese & wine, meeting the goats and admiring some of the best views in Burgundy

195 euros per person inclusive


Tour F - Cheese and Wine in Côte de Nuits


Two private wine tasting/cellar visits in renowned villages of the Côte de Nuits
Delicious typically Burgundian 3 course lunch with local cheeses and a glass of wine as fresh hams are baked over the fire
Visit to a goats’ cheese farm high up in the hills, learning each stage of artisanal cheese making & sampling excellent cheese with our hosts in their 300 year old farmhouse
Scenic drive through vineyards & villages of Nuits St Georges, Gevrey Chambertin, Vosne Romanée, Chambolles Musigny etc

220 euros per person inclusive (2/3 people)
199 euros per person inclusve (4/6 people


Tour G - Wine & Cooking In Cote de Beaune


Half day cooking class at a 1* Michelin restaurant including wine tasting with a winegrower or the sommelier of the restaurant. After lunch an exceptional private cellar/wine tasting experience in Cote de Beaune or Cote de Nuits and a tour of some of the famous vineyards in the area.

245 euros per person


Tour H - Medieval Burgundy (Flavigny & Chateauneuf)


Visits to two of the prettiest medieval villages in France, Flavigny sur Ozerain (of 'Chocolat' fame) and Chateauneuf en Auxois
Lunch at a Ferme Auberge run by local farmers’ wives
Fun and informative tasting of wines of the Auxois region Optional walking tour through Flavigny’s delightful streets Chateau visit and stroll through picturesque Chateauneuf and return to Beaune via the beautiful Ouche Valley

185 euros per person inclusive


Tour I - Truffles & Wine in Autumn


Come and join us for our one day wine tasting and truffle hunting in the beautiful Cote de Nuits. Spend the morning in the beautiful Burgundian countryside watching the dogs find the precious truffles and learning about the Burgundy truffle from the expert.

Afterwards, a visit to the local 17th C. chateau with the owner for a tasting of wine and truffle based delicacies in one of the beautiful period rooms. After a light lunch locally, a private vineyard and cellar visit in either Gevrey Chambertin, Chambolle Musigny, Nuits St Georges or Vosne Romanee and a visit to the site of the famous Romanee Conti vineyards with a drive through the Grand Cru vineyards of the Cote de Nuits.

235 euros per person inclusive

Next Truffle Tours ! 5th October and 14th October.

Age range, type of group

Our age range seems to be 20's to 70's. As these are wine tours, they are not suitable for children under 16. We have groups of friends or colleagues, singles, couples, young people to seniors. On our one day wine tours we take from 2 to 8 people. If a group is larger than 8, please contact us in advance as we have to arrange a bus with a driver as well as a wine guide. As a very flexible company, we do our best to accommodate your requests.

Sleeping and meals

We only use 3 and 4 star hotels in and around Beaune. If you are staying just for a night or two, we can give you our recommended accommodation list to enable you to make your own choice. In this list we also include bed and breakfast accommodation.

Policies & Restrictions

Our restrictions are few! No pets, no smoking in any of the venues or in the bus - but you can sneak a cigarette outside in the vineyards! We would prefer not to take minors under the age of 14 because of the nature of the tour, but we have taken the occasional baby around the vineyards!

Rates

One Day Tours from 185 euros (Check our one day tour page)

Heart of Burgundy Tour from 2,225 euros for 5 nights, 6 days.

Please see the website for other costs and note that we have a whole variety of different tours.
You can also contact me for private tour information.

Other Information

Look at our website for testimonials - we have a whole page of them!

Here's just a few

Many thanks for all your help during our ( too brief ) stay . We are all agreed that you got it spot on with our visit , mixing the size, variety and quality of visits/wine tasting perfectly.. Certainly your reputation seems very good as they all seemed happy to see you and of course that makes the visits much more personal and thus enjoyable. All in all great fun and much enjoyed by us all. David Sibree for the Benfield Group, UK

We can't stop talking about what a great time we had with you in Burgundy. As Rich said, this weekend we shared a fabulous dinner with our friends and dazzled them with our new found knowledge of wines and food. The prior weekend, we went to a party where I brought a platter with Epoisse cheese and french bread. It was devoured quickly! Thanks again for your warmth and hospitality. ……..Patti & Richard Eisenberg – USA

The two days that we spent with you in December - one day for a wine tour and one day for the truffle hunt were exceptional. The wine tour was "THE REAL THING", talking and tasting with the actual winemakers in small historic cellars. It was delightful and we were so pleased that the tastings were not the commercial kind open to everyone. You were obviously respected by the wine makers we visited and the truffle hunt was not only entertaining, but also very educational. We would take both tours again and would recommend them to anyone wanting to get a true insider's view of Burgundy.
Sue and Bob Guthrie – USA

Thank you for a wonderful tour of Burgundy. As Ralph and I recount the experiences we feel as though we truly enjoyed the best of Burgundy…..We look forward to returning with our children and introducing them to Burgundian hospitality.. Jenni del Rio - USA

Discounts Offered

These are offered from time to time, depending upon the circumstances.

Beaune, France Wine Tasting