Private Burgundy Wine Tour from Lyon

A private wine tour from Lyon begins at the door of your hotel. No meeting point on a busy square, no minibus waiting to fill up, no group to wait for: your chauffeur-host greets you, the electric saloon is ready, and the road to southern Burgundy opens up to the north, by motorway or by the back roads depending on the weather and your mood. About an hour later, you are among the vines.

Mathis comes from Mâcon. He knows the estates of the Mâconnais and the Beaujolais crus, which ones are happy to welcome guests in English, where to eat well on a weekday, which cellar is worth the detour for a lover of white wine or a devotee of Gamay. Our team builds the programme around your tastes, books the tastings and the table in your name, then sends everything to a private web page. Some stops remain hidden there: you discover them on the day, one by one.

On the Mâconnais side, the day might pass beneath the Rock of Solutré, the limestone spur that gave its name to the Solutrean, a period of prehistory, then through the villages of Pouilly-Fuissé, whose premier cru vineyards have been officially recognised since the 2020 vintage. On the Beaujolais side come the granite hills, the old windmill of Moulin-à-Vent, Fleurie or Morgon. Many guests choose a little of both: Chardonnay in the morning, Gamay in the afternoon, and the road in between told like a chapter of a book.

The rest is a matter of thoughtful touches. Cold drinks on board, a small local gift when you least expect it, instant photographs taken by your chauffeur in front of a vineyard or a cellar door and handed to you straight away. In the cellar Mathis translates; on the road, with his love of local history, he tells of the Dukes of Burgundy, the monks of Cluny, the harvests of yesterday and today. Your bottles ride in the boot all the way back to Lyon.

At the end of the day you are dropped back at your hotel without having opened a map or checked a timetable. Paid tastings and lunch are settled on site, at the public price. Design, bookings, your chauffeur-host, the vehicle and the surprises are all included in a per-person rate confirmed before anything is booked.

• Pick-up from and return to your hotel in Lyon
• No group: the car and the day are yours alone
• Bilingual chauffeur-host from Mâcon who knows the estates
• The road told as a story, tastings translated
• Cellars and lunch booked in your name
• Surprise stops and small local gifts
• Instant photographs taken and given by your chauffeur
• Fully electric saloon, or partner van for up to 8 guests

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