Pumpkins and gourds from Le Rivau’s vegetable heritage collection become material for food, sound and craft. Tastings and gardening activities share the festival with sculpting, storytelling and jugglers handling ornamental gourds. Cougourdonniers bring specialised gourd crafts to the gathering, while a gourmet market adds flavours to a family programme rooted in Touraine’s gardens.
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Vignobles en Scène: Bourgueil’s Wine Landscape
Bourgueil takes part in Vignobles en Scène, a wine-tourism gathering built around the Vignobles & Découvertes destinations. Tastings, walks, performances and encounters form the wider programme, bringing wine into contact with landscape and cultural heritage. The Bourgueil setting gives that national initiative a Loire perspective, rooted in a place identified with its vineyards and their wines.
La Chopinière du Roy: Cellar Tour and Loire Wines
Old vintages rest in the rock-cut cellar of Domaine de la Chopinière du Roy, part of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil’s wine landscape. A tour leads into this setting before a tasting compares older wines with the estate’s current cuvées. Cabernet franc from Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil and Bourgueil sits alongside Chenin Blanc, rosé and Crémant de Loire in the estate’s range.
Bouchard Aîné & Fils: Normandie Wine Tasting
A Normandie-themed tasting with Bouchard Aîné & Fils unfolds across nine stops, from historic salons to wine cellars. A welcome glass precedes eight Burgundy wines, including a white drawn from the barrel, two Hospices de Beaune cuvées and two Grands Crus. Six gourmet pairings accompany the sequence, with Corton-Charlemagne and Charmes-Chambertin among the featured wines.
Domaine Marguerite Carillon: Wine and Food Pairings
Domaine Marguerite Carillon joins forces with Le Charlemagne for a tasting of eight Burgundy wines in Meursault. Chef Rudy Villien creates surprise food pairings for cuvées from the Hospices de Beaune and Grands Crus such as Corton-Charlemagne and Clos de Vougeot. A visit to the winery and vaulted cellars adds a look at the production setting to the tasting programme.
Château Philippe le Hardi: Seven-Wine Tasting and Tour
Château Philippe le Hardi combines a château and cellar tour with seven Burgundy wines in Santenay. Three whites and four reds range across Mercurey, Saint-Aubin and Santenay appellations. The selection also brings together a Beaune Premier Cru Cuvée Guigone de Salins from the Hospices de Beaune and a Nuits-Saint-Georges Cuvée des Sœurs Hospitalières from the Hospices de Nuits.
Fantastic Picnic: Burgundy on the Plate
Build a picnic course by course from producer stalls in Dijon. Gougère, Charolais beef and Époisses appear among the choices, alongside a selection of Comté, Époisses and Charolais cheeses. Les Produits Gourmands de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté brings the producers together, with blind cheese tasting and a seasoning workshop adding ways to compare flavours and make a personal spice blend.
Cellier de la Cabiote: Cellar Tour and Burgundy Tasting
Cellier de la Cabiote opens its historic wine cellars in Beaune for Vignobles en Scène. An introduction to Burgundy’s vineyards leads into a guided tasting in French of five wines, mainly Villages and Premiers Crus, all made by winegrowers. Homemade crème de cassis closes the visit, which is free and carries no obligation to buy.
Nuiton-Beaunoy: Hospices de Beaune Wine Tasting
Nuiton-Beaunoy’s winegrowers mark the Hospices de Beaune Wine Auction with a tasting of eight Burgundy wines. Four samples come straight from cask, introducing the new vintage alongside a further four selected wines. Canapés accompany the tasting, while the cellars are specially lit for this gathering with the winegrowers.
Millésimes à la Carte: Voyage en 1ers Crus
Millésimes à la Carte traces Burgundy through six Premiers Crus, served with gougères. The tasting moves between Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, with wines from appellations including Pouilly-Fuissé, Meursault and Gevrey-Chambertin. Commentary explores the estates, their Climats and the character of the wines in a seated group limited to ten people. No previous wine knowledge is required.