Cost: 1,245 euro per person

 

Includes:

• Visits as indicated on the programme
  
• Pick up airport, train, station or hotel in Paris
• Chauffeur-guide services during the 3 days
• Diners, nights and breakfasts in a 2-star hotel on days 1 and 2(price based on 2 people sharing, single supplement : 75 €)
• Lunches on day 1, 2 and 3
• Transport in air-conditioned minibus
• Drop off in Paris at the end of the trip

Itinerary

DAY1: Auxerre-North Burgundy vineyards

You will leave Paris for Auxerre : "Burgundy's golden gate". First, a little snack in the shopping area to taste the famous "nonettes" (gingerbread with jam) and take a sip of the local spirit… A walk from the place St Nicolas, a charming square with its Middle-age half-timbered houses, to St Etienne cathedral, beautiful Gothic building with its 1500 years' old crypt. Off to the hills of St Bris le Vineux, a small valley covered with fruit trees.. Visit of Erik Lavallée's "Domaine de La Grand Roche" for a white wine tasting.

Lunch at the restaurant "Le St Bris", in the village centre. Fabrice and Stéphanie, natives of the soil, will serve you a traditional meal and help you choose your wine.
Pass through Irancy, a colorful wine-growing village with good red and rosé wines…     

Visit of the Bailly cellars with a Crémant de Bourgogne tasting session.
Stop at Coulanges La Vineuse and visit of the cellar : light and delicate red wines of the "Pinot noir" variety, and white wines from the "Chardonay" grape variety.

Dinner and night at Vezelay at the "Hotel de La Poste"or similar. You will have plenty of time to wander down the old streets to the Basilica, watch the night falling upon the sunken lanes of the Morvan, where vineyards have not replaced the oak trees stretching as far as you can see.

DAY2: Gevrey Chambertin-Vougeot-Aloxe Corton

Vezelay-Avallon-Precy-Vitteaux-Sombernon" : a beautiful road which will peacefully take us to Gevrey-Chambertin… The"Chambertin" wine is a very full-bodied wine ; with age it gains body and nose…Tasting session and lunch.

Vougeot : their red wines, greatly appreciated since the Middle-Ages were placed under the Lord of Clos castle's authority...A very famous wine that makes you want to celebrate !

You will discover the vineyards via small roads until you reach Aloxe Corton : All these places have evocative names and the gentle slopes are covered in vineyards… Gourmet and wine-tasting dinner

Dinner and night in Beaune at Hotel “Henri II”or similar. For a long time this was the traditional residence of the Dukes of Burgundy, as it is indeed a good place to live in : wine and art together for your pleasure

DAY3: Beaune-Chablis vineyards

Visit of the Hotel Dieu, part of the Hospices de Beaune and considered as one of the marvels of Burgundian-Flemish art. The Hotel Dieu was founded in 1443 ; it was also a hospital until 1971.

Stroll and lunch in one of France's most beautiful villages : Noyers sur Serein.
In this Early Middle-Age village, the cellars open directly onto the street ; here again, there is no doubt, you are in a wine country !

Following the Serein river, we are heading for the prestigious vineyard of Chablis. This light and dry white wine has farfetched origins, going back to the Roman empire… It's the capital of the "Basse Bourgogne" (Lower Burgundy) vineyards. Visit of cellars.

Return to Paris.