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.
Region: Burgundy-Franche-Comté
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.
Saline royale: A World Heritage Mystery
Why does the Saline royale hold UNESCO World Heritage status? Teams work through clues to identify the qualities behind its Outstanding Universal Value. The outdoor investigation is designed for groups of at least two and welcomes children from seven with an accompanying adult. Museum and exhibition admission is separate from the activity.
Keren Ann + Mathis Akengin in Concert
Keren Ann brings Paris Amour to Arc-et-Senans, pairing intimate songwriting with carefully shaped sound. Her tenth studio album continues a musical approach built around warmth and precise composition. Opening artist Mathis Akengin introduces Passage des Fleurs, his debut album, whose contrasts between fragility and force follow appearances at the iNOUïS section of Printemps de Bourges.
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.
Week-end Noel festif à Dijon
This Dijon weekend pairs a self-guided walk through the historic centre with Burgundy’s food culture and an evening at Cabaret Odysséo. Follow the Chouette trail past the Palace of the Dukes, churches and museums, then sample local signatures such as crème de cassis, œufs meurettes, mustard and nonnettes. Dinner, a cabaret revue and dancing by Lake Kir round out the stay before a visit to the Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie.
Heritage Days in Coeur du Jura
Across Arbois, Poligny and Salins-les-Bains, heritage visits link salt-making, Comté and the life of Louis Pasteur. The programme ranges from the Grande Saline’s underground gallery to cheese dairies and Poligny’s ramparts. Lithography introductions, stained-glass demonstrations and encounters with heritage specialists bring working skills into the picture, alongside concerts and theatre.
Biou Petanque Competition
Pétanque Arboisienne runs its traditional Biou competition in pairs, with four rounds followed by finals. The City of Arbois Trophy heads a prize list that includes hams, restaurant and shopping vouchers, and Arbois wines. A raffle and a rosette weight-guessing game accompany the competition, with food and refreshments available for players and spectators.
Vaslav Cabaret Theatre
Vaslav is Olivier Normand’s flamboyant cabaret-theatre recital, built around a fantastical persona, lavish make-up and sequins. The solo performance explores fluid identities through humour, theatrical transformation and a voice that moves from baritone to countertenor. A shruti box supplies its hypnotic drone as cult songs and popular music pass through the room. Barbara, Grace Jones and David Bowie meet Schubert, West Side Story, Michel Legrand and even the force of a Bizet aria, creating deliberate collisions between genres and eras. Normand treats the stage as a laboratory for character, sound and poetic androgyny beyond the shape of a conventional song recital. Extravagance never stands alone: fantasy and emotion become tools for questioning fixed roles and celebrating the freedom to shift between them.
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.