Gourmet Tours

burgundy wine Tasting Lunches

Instead of wine to go with the food, here the food is chosen around the wine.

The sommelier will guide you to understand and appreciate the wines of Burgundy while you sit and eat traditional Burgundy fare in very convivial surroundings and in some of the most famous wine villages in the world.

olivier leflaive

Olivier Leflaive in Puligny Montrachet has made a success of offering a wine tasting lunch or dinner with a selection of his wines under the guidance of his sommelier. Open every day except Sunday from February to December, there is a choice of meal including wine for 65 or 80 euros per person. Grand Crus have an additional supplement applied. Charming accommodation is also available.

Aloxe-Corton

Domaine Comte Senard began life over 150 years go with Clos des Meix. Other prestigious names have been added to the domain over the years including Corton Clos du Roi, Corton Bressandes, and Corton Charlemagne.

Count Philippe Senard, great grandson of the founder directs the estate in Aloxe-Corton. Here there is a tasting room and shop, or, you can enjoy a leisurely tasting lunch - a three course meal of traditional Burgundian fare with paired wines, 49, 69, or 95 euros. Domaine Comte Senard is open from 10.00 – 18.00 Tuesday to Saturday.

ChAteau Chassagne Montrachet

Michel Picard has transformed this chateau into a boutique hotel. Each lunchtime from Monday to Saturday, a tasting lunch is offered of a regional menu matched with wine, 65 euros.

Demaine Debray

Located close to the ring road of Beaune and within easy walking distance of the centre, Yvonnick Debray has his vat rooms and cellars. Here you are invited to taste the wines, Monday to Friday 8.00-11.30 and 13.30-17.30. By appointment at the weekend.
Domaine Debray 1 Place St. Jacques, 21200 Reservations 00 33 (0)380 22 62 58

Also see: Wine Tasting in the centre of Beaune and Chablis