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.
AOC Cheverny Harvest Festival
The AOC Cheverny and Cour-Cheverny harvest festival invites visitors to read the vineyard landscape through movement, tasting and direct contact with growers. A walk among the vines introduces the terroir and includes a stop to buy provisions from an AOC Cheverny winemaker. Another route covers thirty kilometers by bicycle and passes through an AOC Cheverny winery, turning the appellation into a lived geography beyond the bottle label. The grounds of Château de Cheverny add a landmark setting to the journey. Alongside the routes, activities and live music sustain a convivial festival atmosphere. Wine, food, landscape and producer knowledge come together in a celebration rooted in the two neighboring appellations and the working culture of the Loire vineyards.
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At Saint-Brice in Chartres, the grape harvest becomes the centre of a broad popular celebration led by the Free Commune. Residents are invited into the work of gathering grapes, linking the occasion directly to the cultivated Clos Jacky-Baroche and local viticulture. Parades and shows bring a festive dimension, while demonstrations present traditional crafts associated with Beauce, Perche and neighbouring territories. A farmers’ market, refreshments and shared dining keep agricultural products and conviviality close to the public programme. The gathering treats the harvest as lived agricultural practice, connecting an urban neighbourhood with seasonal labour, regional know-how and the collective customs through which wine culture is maintained through repeated acts of shared care.
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.
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.
Arbois Wine and Pasteur Excursion
Arbois provides the setting for an excursion that pairs Jura wine culture with the life and work of Louis Pasteur. At Cave de la Reine Jeanne, a listed Gothic cellar associated with a daughter of the Dukes of Burgundy frames a tasting of local wines. Château Pécauld houses the Vine and Wine Museum, where reconstructed vineyards, cellar displays and production methods explain vin jaune, vin de paille and Macvin traditions. The Maison de Louis Pasteur preserves family rooms, furnishings, a billiard table and the scientist’s restored laboratory, linking private life with his research on vaccination and pasteurisation. Together, these visits present Arbois as both the historic capital of Jura wines and a place where medieval architecture, vineyard practice and scientific heritage remain visible.
Patriarche Hospices Wine Tasting
Maison Patriarche marks the Hospices de Beaune wine auction with a tasting route through its historic cellars. Ten selected Burgundy wines bring together Premiers Crus, Grands Crus and older vintages, served in an engraved glass that visitors can keep. The cellar journey also includes contemporary works installed with Art in Situ, so paintings and other pieces emerge within the underground architecture as an integrated cellar display. In the Cave aux Arômes, a visual and olfactory display presents the twelve aromatic families associated with Burgundy wines, giving guests another way to read what is in the glass. Gougères and water are available along the route. Wine, art, aroma and vaulted cellar heritage combine in a focused Beaune programme tied to the city’s celebrated auction tradition.
Mon Hôtel-Dieu: Burgundian Hospitality
Julie Leflaive of Maison Olivier Leflaive leads a visit through the Hôtel-Dieu’s history of Burgundian hospitality. Rooms and objects prompt personal memories, connecting the hospital’s practice of care with her own experience. The conversation follows the themes of care, wine and bread, moving between the monument’s public history and the stories of people attached to it.