Private Beaune and Côte de Beaune Wine Tour

A Beaune wine tour with your own chauffeur brings you close to the Burgundy of famous wine-list names. North of Chalon-sur-Saône the slope rises, villages follow one another at the foot of the hillside, and every plot, every climat, carries its own name and story. Since 2015 the Climats of the Burgundy vineyards have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. We set off from Mâcon, Tournus, Chalon or Lyon, and take care of everything else.

The morning often begins in Beaune, at the Hospices. The Hôtel-Dieu was founded there in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salins, to care for the poor. You explore it freely with the site's audio guide: the great Hall of the Poor, the glazed tile roofs with their bright patterns, the Last Judgement polyptych by Rogier van der Weyden. Mathis, your chauffeur-host with a passion for local history, tells you what to look out for before you go in, then leaves the visit to you.

The Hospices also own their own wine estate, whose wines are sold at auction every year on the third Sunday of November, for the benefit of the institution. In the afternoon the road heads south through Pommard and Volnay, villages of Pinot Noir, then on to Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet, where Chardonnay gives some of the most sought-after white wines anywhere. Our team books one or two tastings in your name, to suit your tastes and curiosity, and Mathis translates every exchange with the winegrower.

Between stops a surprise is waiting, revealed as the day unfolds: a viewpoint over the vines, an address we love, a small Burgundian gift. Mathis takes a few instant photographs and hands them to you on the spot, to take home alongside your bottles. Cold drinks are on board, your purchases ride in the boot, and you never have to think about the road or the clock.

This is an extended day: about an hour on the road from Mâcon, nearly two from Lyon, made quiet and restful by the electric saloon. Entry fees, tastings and lunch are settled on site, at the public price. Design, bookings, your chauffeur-host, the vehicle and the thoughtful touches are all included in a per-person rate confirmed before anything is booked, on your private page.

• A self-guided visit of the Hôtel-Dieu, introduced and explained beforehand
• The villages of the Côte de Beaune: Pommard, Volnay, Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet
• One or two tastings booked in your name
• Bilingual chauffeur-host who tells the road and translates in the cellar
• A surprise of the day and a small Burgundian gift
• Instant photographs taken and given by your chauffeur
• Fully electric saloon, water and cold drinks on board
• Departure from Mâcon, Tournus, Chalon-sur-Saône or Lyon

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