Wine Tasting - Cote de Nuits Region with Two Cellar Visits

Dijon, France

Today you will journey through the vineyards of the Cote de Nuits wine district, traveling through the villages of Fixin, Gevrey Chambertin, Morey Saint Denis, Chambolle-Musigny, Vougeot, Vosne-Romanee and Nuits St Georges on the Route des Grands Crus and along small vineyard roads.

Your wine specialist-guide will explain the different varieties and wine qualities as well as different tasks performed throughout the year to care for the vines, the harvest, and historical aspects of the vines and villages.

The tour stops for two guided cellar visits and comprehensive wine tasting where everything you've learned throughout the day comes together.
Enjoy the delights of Burgundy - one sip at a time!

Hotel pickup is available, please click on 'View Additional Info' below for full list of hotels included.

USD $83.00

Review by:   Stephen P,    October 2017
Our tour guide, Chistopher Viardot, arrived to pick us up the morning of our tourn and informed us his other 4 guests had cancelled last minute so we had him all to ourself! What great luck - Christopher was a wonderful host and shared with us the history of the Dijon wine region and brought us to two cellars. The first was Domaine Armelle et Bernard Rion. We met one of the daughters who works at the vineyard her father and then toured through their cellar with a tasting of their amazing wines following that. We must have spent an hour in their company - with it being a morning visit, we were the only guests at that time. We really enjoyed our visit there.

Review by:   dwvonfischer,    October 2016
Our guide, Chris spoke excellent English and gave us great information about thearea, the wines, how they were made, etc. We were lucky to have him all to ourselves.

Review by:   David W,    September 2016
Fantastic tour. Our tour guide Christopher was fantastic. Very friendly and knowledgeable. The tour is great value and a good introduction to burgundy wine and the region.

Review by:   Helen M,    June 2016
Christopher was an excellent guide... Full of knowledge of the region and wines. I was picked up from my B and B and he was before time so I wasn't waiting which I like. He also gave me the option of being dropped off in the town or back at my B and B. Very helpful and I would thoroughly recommend this tour.

Review by:   dorothy b,    September 2015
very good on time very professonal the guide was very informative and didnt try to push the sale of any wines loved the whole experience watched the sorting and looked in the cellars.

Review by:   George C,    September 2015
Our guide Christopher grew up locally and was really knowledgeable about the wines of the Burgundy region, and was very flexible with great communication. We tasted some very delicious wines with the two cellars that we visited and had a relaxing time. Thanks Christopher!

Review by:   Peter M,    September 2015
Outstanding tour with Christopher. He was extremely informative, friendly, a good driver and the wine was wonderful. A great way to experience the area.

Review by:   Bela B,    June 2015
Stephane was a great tour guide. Full of knowledge and enthusiasm. The route through the wine villages was memorable

Review by:   Mark C,    June 2015
Fantastic tour guide. He was very knowledgable and personable. He also had the thoughtfulness to bring along extra drinks/ snacks for our kids. The tour itself led us through some beautiful parts of the countryside to some nice wine cellars.

Review by:   Sarah K,    May 2015
We had a wonderful tour with Christopher. We drink a lot of wine and are very familiar with California's Napa and Sonoma but his explanation of the French methods was still hugely helpful to us and helped us navigate wine lists throughout the rest of the trip. Shipping wine home was a breeze, and coordinating the tour was simple. He and his company were extremely responsive to any questions. Highly recommend it.

Review by:   Jennifer L,    October 2014
Great fun. Christophe our guide was informative and friendly.

Review by:   carl n,    September 2014
this tour was fabulous. Isabella, our guide was very knowledgable, interesting and delightful. we tasted a number of white and red wines which were delicious and well priced. we bought multiple bottles and brought them home. the countryside was beautiful and I would like to go back and stay for a we

Review by:   Krystal M,    May 2014
Our tour guide was very helpful and knew a lot about the area and wine. The tour ended up being a private tour as no other groups were scheduled for the day. This is a great tour if you are interested in seeing the wine region quickly and if you do not have a lot of time in the area. We stayed in Dijon for one night and did not have a car, so this was a great option to see the wine country and learn a lot about the region.

Review by:   Patricia A,    April 2014
I would highly recommend a day trip with Christopher to this beautiful region of France._br/_ His knowledge of the area and of the wine was superb. I learned more on this little trip than in all of my days in France._br/_ I would recommend requesting Christopher if you are thinking of booking this trip._br/_ Patricia Acker

Review by:   Ken K.,    April 2014
This tour was our first as wine novices. We only knew what the basic types of grapes were......until this trip and Christopher, our guide._br/_ Since this was off-season, we were fortunate to have been the only two people on this tour. But there was no less attention to the quality of the explanation and the attention to detail in educating two amateurs. We understood enough about the history, the culture and the classification of the wines and the areas geology and the geography as we watched the vineyard workers burn the winter foliage preparing for the spring.

Review by:   Rebecca P,    December 2013
We thoroughly enjoyed this wine tour.. It was very informative and covered a good range of both wines and topics. Our guide was very knowledgeable and shared this well with our group.

Review by:   alan h,    September 2013
We had a day where the guide was just trying to get through the tour. As he was French his mastery of English was fair and therefore difficult to understand. Upon answering questions he would go from English to job bearish very quickly. Beautiful countryside!

Review by:   Suzanne P,    August 2013
Excellent and knowledgeable tour guide._br/_ This tour allowed to see this beautiful region as we did not rent a car._br/_ Two excellent wineries were visited.

Review by:   Deena N,    June 2013
Highly recommend.. Thanks Adrian for taking us through the country side and giving us 11 wines before lunch :) very informative..

Review by:   John B,    June 2013
We could not have had a better tour. Our guide was knowledgeable and friendly, and made the experience one we will never forget.

Review by:   JAIME E F,    September 2012
Great trip and very informative. The guide was really nice and friendly. It was my first time wine tasting like this and I really enjoyed it.

Review by:   Russell R,    September 2012
Excellent tour! My fiancé and I had a great time. Our guide was very knowledgeable, and this is a very personal tour. Recommended!

Review by:   tommi_leung,    July 2012
the wine tour is excellent. The tour guide Christopher is very informative and helpful in explaining the details about wine production and tasting. We have tasted in total 13 wines (mostly red, 2 wine cellars).

Review by:   John B,    June 2012
Guide very friendly and knowledgable. Good range of wines sampled. Could have been a little longer, perhaps, but maybe long enough. My wife and I did have a very good time.

Review by:   Kelly M,    April 2012
Our guide, Chris, was very informative and interesting. We learned so much, and had a great time. The wine was wonderful, and the scenery even better.

Review by:   Debra R,    August 2011
Fantastic guid,great things we saw and wine was beautiful

Review by:   Debra R,    July 2011
Fantastic guid,great things we saw and wine was beautiful

Review by:   Melissa F,    June 2011
This was a great tour. Lou Lou was our guide and he was very friendly, enthusiastic and extremely knowledgeable about french wine. The meeting spot for this is tour is about 100 yards from the train station (coming directly out of the train station and walking straight up the street in front). The drive to the wine area is about 30 minutes. During that time Lou Lou gave us a wealth of information about the wine region, who owns the vineyards, how the bottle labeling works, the good growing areas, the varietals grown. Lou Lou was a great tour guide especially since he had schooling in grape growing and wine making. We made two winery stops including one stop where we made a brief stop in the cellar to see how the bottling process works. The wines that we tasted were pinot noir and chardonney, which are typical for the region. Lou Lou made sure to include a stop that had shipping boxes for those that wanted to take wine home with them. It is also a great tour because they keep the size of the tour small, there were only 5 people on my tour so there was lots of personal attention and time for questions. I would recommend this tour as a great option for exploring this wine region. I have done a number of tours in the California wine region and Lou Lou was much more knowledgeable than any guide I had ever encountered there.

Review by:   Verge,    April 2011
The tour guide was very good and the wineries we visited was good in providing an idea of wine making in the region.

Review by:   Philip R,   United States of America, March 2010
Emily was was knowledgeable and enthusiastic. Pickup at the train station was easy and the trip through the wine country was interesting and the scenery was what you would expect from Burgundy. The tour was better than I expected.

Review by:   TINA Y,    August 2008
Good explanation of the wine-making process was thorough and detailed. The pickup service is nice. It would be better if it could be easier for us to contact the local office when we arrive in Dijon and try to call the local contact number to confirm the trip.

Review by:   ,    August 2008
Excellent tour, small group, lots of special attention. Really enjoyed this!

Review by:   Tina Y,   Taiwan, June 2008
Good explanation of the wine-making process was thorough and detailed. The pickup service is nice. It would be better if it could be easier for us to contact the local office when we arrive in Dijon and try to call the local contact number to confirm the trip.

Review by:   TINA Y,    June 2008
Good explanation of the wine-making process was thorough and detailed. The pickup service is nice. It would be better if it could be easier for us to contact the local office when we arrive in Dijon and try to call the local contact number to confirm the trip.

Review by:   Robert H,   United States of America, August 2006
Excellent tour, small group, lots of special attention. Really enjoyed this!

Review by:   Anonymous,    August 2006
Excellent tour, small group, lots of special attention. Really enjoyed this!