Six Côte de Beaune wines form Caveau Moillard Meursault’s Dégustation Gourmande. Two cuvées come from the Hospices de Beaune, including a Corton Grand Cru, alongside selections from Meursault, Volnay and Pommard. Artisanal dishes are chosen to accompany the wines, with white and red appellations represented across the six-glass selection.
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VinArtis Grands Crus: Five-Wine Prestige Tasting
VinArtis Grands Crus assembles five Burgundy wines for a tasting linked to the Hospices de Beaune Wine Auction. Whites from Saint-Romain and Pernand-Vergelesses lead into reds from Ladoix, Volnay and Corton. The selection includes Corton Grand Cru Les Renardes from Domaine Françoise André; equivalent wines can be substituted if bottles run out.
KURA Miso-Making Workshop in Varennes-sous-Dun
KURA brings Japanese fermentation into a Burgundy workshop centred on miso made with French ingredients. After tasting the brewery’s range, participants mix kôji, an organic pulse and Guérande salt into their own batch. Each leaves with two kilos to ferment at home, along with advice on caring for the paste and using it in soups, sauces and other cooking.
Jabadao – Les Arrangés Bretons Production Tour
Vincent introduces the origins and appeal of flavoured rum before explaining Jabadao – Les Arrangés Bretons’ own approach in Cavan. The tour examines the production process and a range of recipes drawing on local and exotic ingredients. Questions and an optional tasting round off the visit; participants must wear closed shoes and meet the minimum age requirement.
La Maison d’Armorine Salted Butter Caramel Tour
Salted butter caramel is the speciality at La Maison d’Armorine in Quiberon. Through the production workshop’s windows, the visit reveals the confectioners at work, carrying on recipes associated with Breton grandmothers. Caroline Audebert introduces the house’s sweet-making expertise, and a tasting lets the flavour follow the view of production.
Le Banquet du Roy
Le Banquet du Roy brings a farmers’ market and a catered meal together at the Domaine de la Chopinière du Roy in Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil. Stalls feature a broad table of products, including honey, sausages, foie gras, oysters and champagne, with free tastings available across the gathering. The banquet adds a more convivial format, inviting guests to sit down for a meal that must be reserved in advance. Direct contact with producers keeps the emphasis on ingredients, craft and the social culture of sharing food. Set within Bourgueil wine country, the occasion reflects the Loire Valley’s close relationship between rural commerce, estate hospitality and communal dining within a working wine-growing village community.
Jura Wine Tasting in Arbois
The Fruitière Vinicole d’Arbois presents a tasting of wines from the Jura. The cooperative was founded by Arbois winegrowers. Children have their own games and can sample homemade syrups alongside the wine activity. The resort’s entertainment department organises the tasting and the accompanying programme for younger visitors.
Prestige Cremant and Hospices Tasting
Veuve Ambal’s audio-guided route follows Crémant de Bourgogne from the ageing cellars through production workshops, with screens explaining the house’s history. The visit shows how traditional-method sparkling wine is made, although the production line is not running during the event. A guided tasting follows: three Crémants and three Burgundy wines, including a Hospices de Beaune cuvée.
Blackcurrant Weekend at Ferme Fruirouge
Ferme Fruirouge explores blackcurrants through three tastings in the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits. A savoury aperitif pairs kir bourguignon and cassis condiments with cheese, charcuterie and gougères. A copper-pot workshop visit follows family recipes into preserves, while the final tasting ranges from buds and hydrosol to crème de cassis, with stories of the farm’s organic orchards and Ribesthèque collection.
Heritage Days at Chablis Wine City
At the Cité des Climats et Vins de Bourgogne in Chablis, European Heritage Days centre on an exhibition devoted to Burgundy’s wine history. The multisensory route explains the region’s vineyards and wine culture, with both self-guided access and guided interpretation of the displays. A tasting of Burgundy wine accompanies admission, connecting objects and historical material with the flavours discussed along the route. Younger visitors can use an activity booklet designed to turn the exhibition into a structured family exploration, with an accompanying adult. Beyond the galleries, the terrace and garden host picnic-style refreshments and tabletop games, so the programme combines museum interpretation, regional wine knowledge and informal outdoor time at the Chablis site for mixed-age groups.