Wine tour itineraries from Beaune

How many wineries can you visit in a day in Burgundy?

Two or three in half a day and three or four, at most five, in a full day is realistic.

A cellar visit with tasting usually lasts an hour to an hour and a half, and most Burgundy domaines work by appointment, so each visit is a fixed slot. Add 5 to 20 minutes of driving between villages, a French lunch of about an hour and a half, and time to walk into a grand cru vineyard or a village church, and the day fills quickly. Beyond four tastings, even careful spitters stop noticing the differences between one climat and the next, which is the whole point of tasting in Burgundy.

What is the best half-day wine tour from Beaune?

The classic half day heads south through Pommard, Volnay and Meursault to Puligny-Montrachet, about 35 km in all, with two or three tastings.

• 9.30Leave Beaune. Pommard is 5 km away: taste its firm, deep reds at a family domaine or at the Château de Pommard.
• 10.45Continue 2 km to Volnay, set above the slope, for a short walk and the view over the vines.
• 11.15Second tasting in Meursault, the great white-wine village of the Côte de Beaune, with 19 premiers crus.
• 12.45A walk to the grand cru slope of Puligny-Montrachet, or a short third tasting, then back in Beaune by 13.30.

Are there other half-day routes from Beaune?

Yes: the hill of Corton to the north, or a short Côte de Nuits loop, both fit the same four hours.

The Corton loop runs through Savigny-lès-Beaune, Pernand-Vergelesses, Aloxe-Corton and Ladoix-Serrigny, about 25 km in all, with red and white grands crus on the same hill. The Côte de Nuits loop keeps to Chambolle-Musigny, Vougeot, Vosne-Romanée and Nuits-Saint-Georges, about 55 to 60 km. Going on to Gevrey-Chambertin pushes the loop to about 70 km, so it is better kept for a full day.

How do you plan a full day on the Route des Grands Crus?

Spend the morning in the Côte de Nuits and the afternoon in the Côte de Beaune: about 90 to 100 km, three or four tastings and lunch in between.

• 9.00Leave Beaune for Gevrey-Chambertin, about 30 minutes north, the village with nine grands crus. First tasting at 9.30.
• 11.00Château du Clos de Vougeot, the Cistercian vat house and cellar in the middle of its walled vineyard, with guided tours in English at 11.30 and 15.30 in 2026. Or a second tasting in Morey-Saint-Denis or Chambolle-Musigny.
• 12.30A short stop at La Romanée-Conti vineyard in Vosne-Romanée.
• 13.00Lunch in Nuits-Saint-Georges.
• 14.30Drive south past Beaune to Meursault, about 35 minutes, for a tasting at 15.00.
• 16.15Puligny-Montrachet: a short fourth tasting or a walk up to the Montrachet slope, then back in Beaune by 17.00.

What should a two-day Burgundy wine itinerary include?

Give each Côte its own day, so you can taste more slowly and add a château, a walk or a cellar in Beaune.

• Day 1, Côte de Nuits: start at Marsannay-la-Côte or Fixin, then Gevrey-Chambertin, Morey-Saint-Denis, Chambolle-Musigny, the Château du Clos de Vougeot and Vosne-Romanée, with lunch in Nuits-Saint-Georges. On the way back, stop below the hill of Corton at Aloxe-Corton for a last tasting.
• Day 2, Côte de Beaune: a morning cellar visit in Beaune, for example at Domaine Chanson inside a bastion of the ramparts or at Maison Joseph Drouhin, then Pommard, Volnay and lunch in Meursault. In the afternoon, taste in Puligny-Montrachet or Chassagne-Montrachet and finish in Saint-Aubin or Santenay. The Château de La Rochepot is closed to visitors but worth seeing from outside on the way back.
• Each day stays at about 100 km or less, so there is time to linger.

What can you add on a third day?

Choose between Chablis to the north and the Côte Chalonnaise or the Mâconnais to the south.

• Chablis: about 135 km and 1 h 30 each way. Taste at La Chablisienne or a family domaine, see the seven grands crus on their single hillside, and add Noyers-sur-Serein or Irancy. Allow 10 to 12 hours.
• Côte Chalonnaise: 20 to 50 km south. Bouzeron for Aligoté, Rully and the Château de Rully (open to individual visitors in July and August), Mercurey and the Château de Chamirey, then Givry and Montagny. About 100 km in all, a comfortable full day.
• Mâconnais: about 95 km and 1 h 10 to Pouilly-Fuissé. Climb or admire the Roche de Solutré, taste Pouilly-Fuissé and Saint-Véran, and stop at Viré-Clessé or the Abbaye Saint-Philibert de Tournus on the way back. About 210 km in all: a full day with 2 extra hours, €700 per car.

Which of our wine days fits each itinerary?

Match the route to the distance: the half day covers up to 60 km, the full day up to 150 km, more with its extra hours for the Mâconnais, and the long day up to 300 km.

What is included, and what do you pay on the day?

Prices are per vehicle for up to four guests and include the driver, tolls and parking; tastings are paid directly to each domaine.

Each extra hour on a wine day costs €70, which is handy when a tasting runs long. We suggest domaines that suit your taste and make the bookings for you, and cases of wine travel in the boot.

When should you book, and where do you stop for lunch?

Book tastings as early as you can, and reserve lunch at the same time.

The Côte is busiest from May to mid-October, and harvest weekends and the Hospices de Beaune auction weekend in mid-November book out weeks ahead; in 2026 the Vente des Vins des Hospices de Beaune takes place on Sunday 15 November. Many family domaines do not receive visitors on Sundays, and during the harvest, usually from late August into September, they have little time for guests.

Village restaurants usually serve lunch from about noon and stop taking orders in the early afternoon, so a table at 12.30 or 13.00 keeps the day on track. Convenient lunch bases are Nuits-Saint-Georges and Gevrey-Chambertin in the Côte de Nuits, Beaune itself, and Meursault or Puligny-Montrachet in the Côte de Beaune.