Burgundy Day Tours & Overnight
Reserve a private driver guided wine tour in the Burgundy region.
Tours depart from Paris by car, or take the train to Dijon, Beaune or Chablis for Northern Burgundy or to Lyon for tour in Beaujolais or Northern Cote du Rhone.
All routes are personalised to your preferences and budget by a vineyard tour expert with 20 years experience.
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The Burgundy region runs from Auxerre in the north down to Macon in the south, or down to Lyon if the Beaujolais area is included as part of Burgundy. Chablis, a white wine made from Chardonnay grapes, is produced in the area around Auxerre. Other smaller appellations near to Chablis include Irancy, which produces red wines and Saint-Bris, which produces white wines from Sauvignon Blanc.
Burgundy is in some ways the most terroir-oriented region in France; immense attention is paid to the area of origin, and in which of the region's 400 types of soil a wine's grapes are grown. As opposed to Bordeaux, where classifications are producer-driven and awarded to individual chateaux, Burgundy classifications are geographically-focused. A specific vineyard or region will bear a given classification, regardless of the wine's producer. This focus is reflected on the wine's labels where appellations are most prominent and producer's names often appear at the bottom in much smaller text.
South of the Cote d'Or come the lesser-known Cote Chalonnaise and the Macon regions. Macon vineyards use Chardonnay grapes and you will probably find as good wines as those on the Cote d'Or at a fraction of the price. Most wines from here carry the Macon appellation but 36 villages have the right to call themselves Macon-Villages or to append the name of their village to the world "Macon". The most famous of all wines from Macon is the dry, soft Pouilly-Fuisse wine, which vies with the top white Burgundies in quality and price
The most famous wines produced here - those commonly referred to as Burgundies - are red wines made from Pinot Noir grapes or white wines made from Chardonnay grapes. Red and white wines are also made from other grape varieties, such as Gamay and Aligote respectively. Small amounts of rose and sparkling wine are also produced in the region. Chardonnay-dominated Chablis and Gamay dominated Beaujolais are formally part of Burgundy wine region, but wines from those subregions are usually referred to by their own names rather than as "Burgundy wines". Burgundy has a higher number of Appellation d'origine controlees (AOCs) than any other French region
