--- title: "Paulée du Vézelien 2026: dates, programme & getting there" description: "17 Oct 2026, Vézelay. A harvest-end day of parades through the four villages of the Vézelay appellation, ending with the blessing of the vintage." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/events/paulee-du-vezelien lang: en updated: 2026-10-08 generated: 2026-10-09 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/events/paulee-du-vezelien.png --- # Paulée du Vézelien > Paulée du Vézelien: a harvest-end day of parades through the four villages of the Vézelay appellation, ending with the blessing of the vintage. The Paulée du Vézelien celebrates the end of the harvest across the four villages of the Vézelay appellation. Parades, games and a country lunch lead up to the evening at Vézelay, where the new vintage is blessed in front of the basilica. ## Key facts - Type: Wine festival - Vézelay - 1 h 28 from Beaune - Free entry - When: Saturday, 17 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser) - Usual timing: A Saturday in October - Venue: [Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, Vézelay](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/basilique-de-vezelay) - Entry: Free - Organised by: [Confrérie des quatre coteaux du Vézelien](https://www.vinsdevezelay.com/evenements) - Where: Vézelay · Yonne - Location: 95 km north-west of Beaune · Yonne - Coordinates: 47.4664, 3.7483 - From Beaune: ≈ 1 h 28 · 125 km - €320 one way from Beaune with a [private driver](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver) ## History A paulée is the traditional Burgundian feast that marks the end of the grape harvest. In the Vézelien it is organised by the Confrérie des Quatre Coteaux du Vézelien, which also held a Paulée in October 2023. The 2026 edition marks the brotherhood's 25th anniversary and closes Lueurs de Vézelay, a programme of events held across the Vézelien that year. ## What to expect The day travels from village to village. At 10 am Tharoiseau opens a photo exhibition on the vineyard and starts a wine rally; at noon the brotherhood parades in Saint-Père before games and a country lunch; at 2.30 pm Asquins hosts another parade and vineyard games. At 5 pm the wine brotherhoods of the Yonne march with music to the basilica, where the vintage is blessed, grapes are pressed in the traditional way and visitors can taste bourru, the cloudy new wine, at a producers' market. ## Tips for the day The events of the day are free. The closing buffet dinner at Montillot must be booked with the brotherhood. Vézelay is about 1 hour 30 minutes from Beaune, and with a driver you can follow the parades from village to village and taste the new wine without a thought for the road. ## Did you know? The day ends with the new vintage blessed in front of the basilica of Vézelay, followed by a traditional grape pressing and a tasting of bourru. ## Around Paulée du Vézelien What to combine with Paulée du Vézelien on the same day, nearest first. ### Other events in October 2026 - **Friday 9 – Sunday 11 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Championnat du monde de l’œuf en meurette](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/championnat-monde-oeuf-en-meurette): Chefs from around the world compete to poach Burgundy's favourite egg dish at the Clos de Vougeot. (Food & markets · Vougeot) - **Saturday 10 – Sunday 11 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Salon de dégustation Pains Vins Fromages](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/salon-pains-vins-fromages-beaune): Bread, cheese and wine under Beaune's covered halls, run by the town's tourism students. (Food & markets · Beaune) - **Saturday, 10 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Show les papilles](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/show-les-papilles-dijon): Dijon's free festival of taste at the Cité internationale de la gastronomie et du vin. (Food & markets · Dijon) - **Saturday, 10 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Trail du Montrachet](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/trail-du-montrachet): A semi-nocturnal trail race through the vines and woods above Chassagne-Montrachet. (Sport · Chassagne-Montrachet) - **Saturday 10 – Sunday 11 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Venise au Palais](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/venise-au-palais-ancy-le-franc): Venetian carnival costumes parade through a Renaissance palace designed by an Italian architect. (Culture · Ancy-le-Franc) - **Sunday, 11 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Marathon des Grands Crus](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/marathon-des-grands-crus): A marathon on the closed Route des Grands Crus, from Dijon to the Clos de Vougeot and back. (Sport · Dijon) ### Nearby - **A Saturday in mid or late January.** · [Saint-Vincent des Quatre Coteaux du Vézelien](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/saint-vincent-des-quatre-coteaux-du-vezelien): The winter feast of the Vézelay growers, with mass, mulled wine, a procession and a long banquet. (Tradition · Vézelay, Saint-Père, Asquins and Tharoiseau) - **Thursday, 22 July 2027 (Expected dates, not yet confirmed)** · [Pèlerinage de sainte Marie-Madeleine](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/pelerinage-sainte-marie-madeleine-vezelay): Vézelay's pilgrimage on the feast of Mary Magdalene, whose relics drew medieval crowds to the hill. (Tradition · Vézelay) - **Four days in late August, from Thursday to Sunday.** · [Rencontres musicales de Vézelay](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/rencontres-musicales-de-vezelay): Four days of choral and vocal music in and around the basilica of Vézelay at the end of summer. (Music · Vézelay) - **Two weekends in late July and early August, at nightfall.** · [Montréal en Lumière](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/montreal-en-lumiere): A night-time walk through the history of a medieval hill village, told by some sixty costumed performers. (Culture · Montréal) - **A weekend in early October.** · [Fête de l’Automne et des Associations du Morvan](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fete-de-l-automne-et-des-associations-du-morvan): The Morvan's autumn fair at the park headquarters, with farm produce, fruit pressing and local societies. (Food & markets · Saint-Brisson) - **A weekend in May.** · [Fêtes médiévales de Semur-en-Auxois](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fetes-medievales-de-semur-en-auxois): A weekend of medieval fantasy, music and a banquet beneath the towers of Semur-en-Auxois. (Tradition · Semur-en-Auxois) ### Villages - [Irancy](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/irancy) (28 km away): The red wine village of the Yonne, set in a bowl of vines and cherry trees. ### Châteaux - [Château de Vault-de-Lugny](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-vault-de-lugny) (9 km away): A moated castle with a tall square keep near Avallon, now an intimate five-star hotel. - [Château de Bazoches](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-bazoches) (10 km away): The castle Vauban bought with a royal reward, and turned into a workshop for his military engineers. - [Château de Chastellux](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-chastellux) (14 km away): A towered fortress at the gateway to the Morvan, still lived in by the family of its name. ### Things to do - [Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, Vézelay (Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Vézelay)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/basilique-de-vezelay), 1 km away: A Romanesque masterpiece crowning a hill, where Saint Bernard preached the Second Crusade. - [Maison Jules-Roy](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/maison-jules-roy-vezelay) (1 km away): The writer Jules Roy's last home in Vézelay, with his study kept as he left it and terraced gardens facing the basilica. - [Zervos Museum of Modern Art (Musée départemental d’art moderne, collection Zervos)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/musee-zervos-vezelay), 1 km away: Picasso, Calder and Miró in the Vézelay house where the writer Romain Rolland spent his last years. ### Restaurants - [Le Valucien](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/le-valucien-vault-de-lugny) (9 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A starred table with Mauritian accents inside a moated castle near Avallon. ## Questions about Paulée du Vézelien ### When is Paulée du Vézelien 2026? Paulée du Vézelien 2026 takes place in Vézelay (Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, Vézelay): Saturday, 17 October 2026. ### Where does Paulée du Vézelien take place? Paulée du Vézelien takes place in Vézelay (Yonne), at Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, Vézelay. ### Is Paulée du Vézelien free to attend? Yes, entry to Paulée du Vézelien is free. ### How do you get to Paulée du Vézelien from Beaune? Vézelay is about 1 h 28 from Beaune by road (125 km). The easiest way is a private driver: from €320 for the whole car, up to 4 guests, with no parking to find and nobody at the wheel after a glass of wine. ### Can we book a private driver for Paulée du Vézelien? Yes. Your driver collects you in Beaune or at your hotel in an electric Polestar 2 (up to 4 guests), waits while you enjoy Paulée du Vézelien and drives you back. For the busiest weekends, book a few weeks ahead. → [Private driver from Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver) ## Book - [Book a driver for this day](https://www.cote-privee.com/book?service=driver&place=sight:vezelay&date=2026-10-17): No parking to find, no one left as the designated driver: everyone enjoys a glass. Your driver waits and drives you back: no parking to find, and everyone can enjoy a glass. ## Sources - - - - [The full events calendar](https://www.cote-privee.com/events) --- Canonical page: