Burgundy Discovery
Who We Are
Established in 2003, in the heart of the Burgundy vineyards, we provide personal, private, or small-group wine-tasting tours to carefully selected wine cellars and vineyards in Burgundy which are not always accessible to the public. We take our guests to meet independent family winegrowers typical to Burgundy — visiting their ancient cellars, tasting their wonderful wines, and exploring world-famous vineyards.
Owners Robert and Joy Pygott, together with our colleague Patrick Carpenter, all originally from the UK, are WSET Level 3 & 4 Certified.
There is opportunity to buy wine, from the Domaine’s we visit, often unavailable outside France, and at vineyard prices. We can also arrange for wines to be shipped to most countries
Our Wine Tours
On a typical day, you will visit three, family-owned domaines and taste between 15 to 20 wines from the bottle, or where possible, from the barrel, across a range of vintages.
Throughout the day we take a closer look at the vines to appreciate ‘terroir’ and aspect, answering your questions on Burgundy and its wines. We visit ancient cellars and working wineries to explain the winemaking process and what is happening in the vineyards at the time of your visit.
In collaboration with carefully selected local restaurants renowned for their typical Burgundian cuisine, we will also enjoy a three-course lunch with wine.
The tour offers the opportunity to taste a variety of Burgundy’s Regional, Village, and Premier Cru, red and white wines during a relaxing and enjoyable day.
- Private Day Trips
- Culinary Experiences
Details
- Tours are offered any day of the week, except Sundays and French national holidays.
- Tours run from February through to mid-December (most wineries are closed over Christmas and New Year). If you have a special requirement within this period please ask us.
- All tours include a pick up and return to your accommodation in or near Beaune, or if you are travelling by train, Beaune railway station.
- A typical day begins between 9.00 – 9.15 and ends around 17.00 – 17:30.
Example Tours
All of our tours are custom created for each traveler and no two tours are alike, but here are a few examples to inspire you.
On this special full-day tour we take you to family Domaines who produce some of Burgundy’s best-known wines. We will visit three winegrowers and taste a mix of excellent Village and Premier Cru wines, as well as give you the opportunity to taste rare Grand Cru.
We drive through Burgundy’s famous wine villages and stop to take a close look at some of the regions best-known vineyards; e.g. Romanée-Conti, La Tâche, Corton, or Le Montrachet. Approximate cost: €300 per person
Includes:
- Pick up and return to your accommodation in or nearby to Beaune.
- Visits to 3 selected family Domaines within Côte de Beaune, Côte de Nuits,
- Hautes Côtes and/or Côte Chalonnaise.
- Tasting of between 15-20 of Burgundy’s top Village and Premier Cru appellation wines and opportunities to taste Grand Cru.
- Personal information pack with maps, wine label details, glossary of Burgundy wine terms, and information on the growers we will visit during your tour.
- An excellent 3-course lunch, with wine, in local highly regarded restaurants renowned for their typical Burgundy cuisine.
- Opportunity to purchase wine at vineyard prices.
This is a tour for the foodies! We’ve combined our Grand Premier tour where we taste some of Burgundy’s top Premier Cru Appellations and Grand Cru with an exceptional lunch in Le Bistrot du Bord de l’Eau at the Relais et Château Hostellerie Levernois (www.levernois.com). The Hostellerie, whose main restaurant has a Michelin star, is situated in wonderful parkland and we enjoy lunch around the log fire in winter and on the waterside terrace in summer.
This one-day tour combines superb wine tasting with exceptional food.
Approximate cost: €350 per person
Includes:
- Pick up and return to your accommodation in or nearby to Beaune.
- Visits to 3 selected family Domaines within Côte de Beaune, Côte de Nuits, Hautes Côtes and/or Côte Chalonnaise.
- Tasting of between 15-20 of Burgundy’s top Village and Premier Cru appellation wines and opportunities to taste Grand Cru.
- Personal information pack with maps, wine label details, glossary of Burgundy wine terms, and information on the growers we will visit during your tour.
- An exceptional 3-course lunch, with Sommelier selected wines, in Le Bistrot du Bord de l’Eau at the Relais et Château Hostellerie Levernois.
- Opportunity to purchase wine at vineyard prices.
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Information is subject to change. Please contact and coordinate with the tour company to receive the most current information.