The Sarmentelles tasting trail introduces wines from all twelve Beaujolais appellations, presented by their winegrowers. White and rosé Beaujolais broaden the selection. Visitors can discover Beaujeu’s heritage on foot or by little train, with bandas and musical processions along the route. Admission includes the tastings, activities, a tasting glass and its holder.
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Manigod Bread-Oven Charity Walk
A marked walk from Manigod links three traditional bread ovens with local food stops. Participants encounter pink bread and jam, wood-fired bread with cheese and charcuterie, and tarts and cakes. Montpellaz Chapel opens specially for the route. Readings on resilience and poetry at Les Murailles add a literary pause to a walk overlooking the Manigod Valley and the Aravis mountains.
Domaine Nicoleau Mill and Distillery Visit
Domaine Nicoleau opens its olive mill and family distillery to visitors in Bénivay-Ollon by appointment. Olive groves and the extraction of oil form part of the visit. Tastings feature organic olives, olive oil and spirits rooted in the Baronnies. Inside the distillery, a traditional still introduces the inherited skills behind fruit eaux-de-vie, liqueurs and local aperitifs.
Picodon Farm Visit with Wine Pairing
Madame Terroir takes a small group into the mountains to meet a Picodon producer. The visit introduces the goat herd and the skills behind this regional cheese. A tasting pairs the cheeses with a selected local wine. Guests discover the farm and its production setting, though the cheesemaking room remains closed for food-safety reasons. Return minibus transport is included.
Évian Market: Savoy Cheese and Lake Fish
Local producers fill Évian’s market with foods from Savoie, including the cheeses Tomme, Abondance and Reblochon. Lake fish and charcuterie sit alongside the cheese stalls, with tasting forming part of the market visit. Artisans also take part, showing their work alongside the local producers’ food stands.
Les Sarmentelles de Beaujeu
Les Sarmentelles de Beaujeu celebrates the arrival of Beaujolais Nouveau. A tasting route introduces the vineyard’s twelve appellations, alongside white and rosé wines. Torchlight processions and the ceremonial opening of the new wine bring the village into the festivities. Concerts, markets, guided visits and dinner dances complete a programme built around Beaujolais wine and gastronomy.
A toue cabanée to a wild island of the Loire
Escapades Ligériennes arms the toue cabanée that casts off from the Port de Combleux and lands its passengers on a wild island. A nature guide names the edible plants growing there, each by taste, property and use. Eric, the pilot, spends the crossing on the history of the marine fluviale and on the fleuve royal seen from its own current. The walk closes with a tasting, and the boat takes twelve people at most.
Foire aux Vins de France in Saint-Satur
The Foire aux Vins de France brings winemakers from across France to Saint-Satur for tastings and direct sales. More than 50 appellations are represented. The Sancerre selection includes Domaine des Buissonnes from Sury-en-Vaux and Domaine Guérin from Vinon. Spirits and cider join the wines, while the food stands include Crottins de Chavignol from Ferme du Feulard.
Vignobles en Scène : le Sacré Banquet aux caves de l’abbaye
Vignobles en Scène brings a banquet to Bourgueil, inside the former cellars of the Royal Abbey. Workshops open the evening and set the five senses to work before anyone sits down. At the table a single ingredient, cheese, is measured against wines picked to show the five terroirs of the Bourgueil vineyard. The abbey rooms, used the rest of the year for shows, exhibitions and its own cinema, become the dining hall.
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.