--- title: "Côte de Beaune wine region: villages and grands crus" description: "Côte de Beaune: 18 wine villages 7 min to 28 min from Beaune. Our half-day wine tour goes there with a private driver for €290 per car." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/regions/cote-de-beaune lang: en updated: 2026-10-02 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/regions/cote-de-beaune.png --- # Côte de Beaune, Burgundy’s slope of great white and red wines > The Côte de Beaune is the southern half of Burgundy's Côte d'Or: 20 km of vines facing the morning sun from Ladoix-Serrigny to the Maranges, never more than a few hundred metres wide, with Beaune at its heart and red and white wines known around the world. Its villages lie 7 min to 28 min from Beaune by road, and our half-day wine tour takes you there with a licensed private driver for €290 per car, up to 4 guests. ## Key facts - Wine villages: 18 - From Beaune: 7 min to 28 min - Grands crus: 8 - Premiers crus: 324 - Location: 6 km south-west of Beaune · Côte de Beaune - €290 for a [half-day wine tour](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/half-day) from Beaune, up to 4 guests ## The region Its grands crus are few and famous. The hill of Corton, above Aloxe-Corton, Ladoix-Serrigny and Pernand-Vergelesses, gives red Corton and white Corton-Charlemagne; at the southern end, Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet share the Montrachet and its neighbours, Chevalier-Montrachet, Bâtard-Montrachet, Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet and Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet. In between lie the names most visitors know: Pommard and Volnay for reds, Meursault for whites, with Savigny-lès-Beaune, Monthélie, Auxey-Duresses, Saint-Romain and Saint-Aubin in the side valleys, and Santenay and the Maranges at the southern end. The Route des Grands Crus, which starts in Dijon, runs on through its villages as far as Santenay. Beaune itself counts 42 premiers crus around the town, and the Hôtel-Dieu, the hospital founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of the Duke of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salins. The wines of its estate are sold every November at the Hospices de Beaune wine auction. Behind the slope, the Hautes-Côtes de Beaune spread over a gently hollowed plateau about 400 m up, where around 20 villages make lively, easy wines. With the Côte de Nuits, the Côte de Beaune belongs to the Climats of the Burgundy vineyards, on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 4 July 2015. Its villages lie close together, so our half-day wine tour takes in two or three of them; the tastings are booked with the domaines and paid to them directly. ## Villages - [Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/beaune): The wine capital of Burgundy, with the Hôtel-Dieu, old ramparts and cellars beneath its streets. (Your base) - [Meursault](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/meursault): The great white-wine village of the Côte de Beaune, with a glazed-tile town hall and 19 premiers crus. (15 min from Beaune) - [Puligny-Montrachet](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/puligny-montrachet): Home of Montrachet and three more grands crus, Puligny makes some of the world's most admired white wines. (17 min from Beaune) - [Pommard](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/pommard): A red-wine village between Beaune and Volnay, known for deep, firm Pinot Noir. (8 min from Beaune) - [Volnay](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/volnay): A hillside village high above the vines, loved for the finesse of its red wines. (10 min from Beaune) - [Chassagne-Montrachet](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/chassagne-montrachet): Montrachet's southern neighbour, a village of great whites, serious reds and pale stone quarries. (20 min from Beaune) - [Aloxe-Corton](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/aloxe-corton): A small village under the hill of Corton, where Charlemagne once gave away his vines. (8 min from Beaune) - [Pernand-Vergelesses](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/pernand-vergelesses): A steep village of winding lanes, with one of the finest views on the Côte de Beaune. (11 min from Beaune) - [Ladoix-Serrigny](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/ladoix-serrigny): The northern gateway to the Côte de Beaune, at the foot of the hill of Corton. (10 min from Beaune) - [Saint-Aubin](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/saint-aubin): A valley village just over the hill from Montrachet, where most vineyards are classified premier cru. (22 min from Beaune) - [Savigny-lès-Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/savigny-les-beaune): A true wine village in the Rhoin valley, known for the sayings carved on its houses. (10 min from Beaune) - [Monthélie](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/monthelie): A small hillside village between Volnay and Meursault, once compared to a village in Tuscany. (12 min from Beaune) - [Santenay](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/santenay): Spa town and wine village near the southern end of the Côte de Beaune, known for its reds. (23 min from Beaune) - [Auxey-Duresses](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/auxey-duresses): A quiet valley village of supple reds and bright whites, set between wooded hills west of Meursault. (15 min from Beaune) - [Blagny](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/blagny): A tiny hilltop hamlet between Meursault and Puligny, with a rare red appellation and celebrated white premiers crus. (22 min from Beaune) - [Maranges](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/maranges): Three villages on the last slopes of the Côte de Beaune, sharing one appellation for bright, fruity reds. (28 min from Beaune) - [Chorey-lès-Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/chorey-les-beaune): A village on the gentle land just north of Beaune, known for supple and fruity reds. (7 min from Beaune) - [Saint-Romain](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/saint-romain): A cliff-ringed village above the Côte de Beaune, known for crisp whites, fresh reds and wide views. (18 min from Beaune) ## Châteaux - [Château de Meursault](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-meursault): A wine château with vast vaulted cellars, a walled Chardonnay clos and a forest garden. (Meursault) - [Château de Pommard](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-pommard): A Régence château of 1726 and a 20-hectare walled vineyard at the entrance to Pommard. (Pommard) - [Château de Savigny-lès-Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-savigny-les-beaune): A 14th-century castle with four round towers, and a park full of fighter jets. (Savigny-lès-Beaune) - [Château de La Rochepot](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-la-rochepot): The Pot family's medieval fortress, rebuilt with glazed tile roofs by the Carnot family. (La Rochepot) - [Château de Santenay (Domaine du Château Philippe le Hardi)](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-philippe-le-hardi): The Duke of Burgundy's castle at Santenay, now a large wine estate with glazed tile roofs. (Santenay) - [Château de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-beaune): Louis XI's fortress in the Beaune ramparts, now home to the Bouchard Père & Fils wine house. (Beaune) - [Château de Challanges](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-challanges): A 19th-century country house in a wooded park south-east of Beaune, now a hotel. (Beaune) - [Château de Chorey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-chorey): A moated manor with lone round towers and a dovecote, at the edge of Chorey. (Chorey-les-Beaune) - [Château de la Commaraine](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-la-commaraine): A towered château in the heart of Pommard, set in its own walled Premier Cru vineyard. (Pommard) - [Château de Corton](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-corton): The third château of Aloxe-Corton, a brick and stone house built by Charles Suisse. (Aloxe-Corton) - [Château Corton Grancey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-corton-grancey): An elegant 1749 château and a historic gravity winery, the home estate of Louis Latour. (Aloxe-Corton) - [Château Corton C](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-corton-c): A diamond-patterned glazed tile roof, rebuilt around 1900 at the foot of the Corton hill. (Aloxe-Corton) - [Château de Serrigny](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-serrigny): A moated château of around 1700 in a large English-style park with a long canal. (Ladoix-Serrigny) - [Château de Monthelie](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-monthelie): An 18th-century château with a glazed tile roof, home of the Suremain family's wine estate. (Monthelie) - [Château fort de Meursault (Hôtel de ville)](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-fort-de-meursault-hotel-de-ville): Meursault's town hall, a 14th-century castle keep under a bright glazed tile roof. (Meursault) - [Château de Cîteaux](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-citeaux): A 19th-century château in Meursault, built over the cellars of the monks of Cîteaux. (Meursault) - [Château de Cissey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-cissey): An elegant 18th-century brick and stone house on the plain south of Beaune, beside a medieval chapel. (Merceuil) - [Château de la Velle](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-la-velle): A 16th-century fortified house on the southern edge of Meursault, with its own wine estate. (Meursault) - [Château de Corcelles](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-corcelles-les-arts): A small Gothic castle with a gate tower and dovecote, on the plain facing Meursault. (Corcelles-les-Arts) - [Château de Changey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-changey): An 18th-century château above Pernand, with a remarkable park watered entirely by gravity. (Échevronne) - [Château fort de Saint-Romain](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-fort-de-saint-romain): Medieval castle ruins on a rocky spur, with wide views over the Saint-Romain cliffs. (Saint-Romain) - [Château de Morteuil](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-morteuil): A towered 18th-century château south of Beaune where Jacques Copeau's theatre troupe lived. (Merceuil) - [Château de Melin](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-melin): A Renaissance manor in a wooded park, now an organic wine estate with guest rooms. (Auxey-Duresses) - [Château de Puligny-Montrachet](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-puligny-montrachet): A 17th-century château with its own walled vines in the white wine village of Puligny. (Puligny-Montrachet) - [Château de Gamay](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-gamay): A medieval fortified house in the hamlet that gave its name to the Gamay grape. (Saint-Aubin) - [Château de Chassagne-Montrachet](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-chassagne-montrachet): Great 14th-century vaulted cellars under a wine château in the heart of Chassagne-Montrachet. (Chassagne-Montrachet) - [Château de la Maltroye](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-la-maltroye): An 18th-century family wine house at the top of Chassagne, with a diamond-patterned tile roof. (Chassagne-Montrachet) - [Château de Lusigny-sur-Ouche](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-lusigny-sur-ouche): A late 17th-century château in the Ouche valley, famous for its domed grand staircase. (Lusigny-sur-Ouche) - [Château de Corabœuf](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-coraboeuf): A 15th-century keep, a Gothic Revival wing and an arboretum, open to visitors all year. (Val-Mont (Ivry-en-Montagne)) - [Château de la Crée](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-la-cree): A 19th-century wine manor in Santenay-le-Haut, above cellars from the time of Nicolas Rolin. (Santenay) - [Château d’Écutigny](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-d-ecutigny): A moated 17th-century château on medieval foundations, reached by a listed tree-lined avenue. (Écutigny) - [Château de Mercey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-mercey): An early 17th-century manor with square towers and a dovecote, above the Maranges vineyards. (Cheilly-lès-Maranges) ## Things to do - [Hospices de Beaune (Hôtel-Dieu), Hôtel-Dieu des Hospices Civils de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/hospices-de-beaune-hotel-dieu): Beaune's 15th-century hospital for the poor, crowned by its famous roofs of glazed, patterned tiles. (Beaune) - [Route des Grands Crus](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/route-des-grands-crus): Burgundy's historic wine road, about 60 kilometres of vineyards and villages from Dijon to Santenay. (Dijon to Santenay) - [Cité des Climats et vins de Bourgogne](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/cite-des-climats-et-vins-de-bourgogne-beaune): Burgundy's wine centre, in a striking building shaped like a vine tendril at the entrance to Beaune. (Beaune) - [Marché aux Vins](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/marche-aux-vins-beaune): Taste Burgundy wines in the cellars and chapels of a medieval Franciscan church facing the Hôtel-Dieu. (Beaune) - [Beaune Market (Marché de Beaune)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/marche-de-beaune): Beaune's Saturday market fills the covered halls and squares facing the Hôtel-Dieu with local produce. (Beaune) - [Cirque du Bout du Monde](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/cirque-du-bout-du-monde): A limestone amphitheatre near Nolay, with sheer cliffs, a spring-fed waterfall and falcons overhead. (Cormot-Vauchignon) - [Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame, Beaune (Collégiale Notre-Dame de Beaune)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/collegiale-notre-dame-beaune): One of Burgundy's last great Romanesque churches, with five tapestries of the Life of the Virgin. (Beaune) - [Saint-Nicolas Church, Beaune (Église Saint-Nicolas)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/eglise-saint-nicolas-beaune): A Romanesque parish church outside the old walls, with a porch carved with chimeras and a stone spire. (Beaune) - [Shrine of the Child Jesus, Beaune (Sanctuaire de l’Enfant-Jésus de Beaune)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/sanctuaire-enfant-jesus-beaune): The former Carmel of Beaune, a place of prayer devoted to the Child Jesus since the 17th century. (Beaune) - [Domaine Baptiste Guyot](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-baptiste-guyot-beaune): A small family estate on the western edge of Beaune, where the town meets the vines. (Beaune) - [Bouzaize Park (Parc de la Bouzaize)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/parc-de-la-bouzaize-beaune): A romantic 19th-century English-style park around the spring of the Bouzaize, just outside the old town. (Beaune) - [Domaine Chanson](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-chanson-bastion-beaune): Visit the massive rampart tower where Domaine Chanson ages its wines, in the heart of Beaune. (Beaune) - [Bouchard Aîné & Fils](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/bouchard-aine-et-fils-beaune): A sensory introduction to Burgundy wine in the cellars of an 18th-century Beaune mansion. (Beaune) - [Maison Patriarche Père et Fils](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/caves-patriarche-beaune): Walk through about five kilometres of vaulted cellars beneath a former convent, then taste the wines. (Beaune) - [Beaune Premiers Crus Walk (Circuit No. 12), Circuit n°12, à travers quelques premiers crus de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/circuit-premiers-crus-de-beaune): An easy six-kilometre loop from the Parc de la Bouzaize through Beaune's premier cru vineyards. (Beaune) - [Beaune Town Hall (Former Ursuline Convent), Hôtel de Ville de Beaune (ancien couvent des Ursulines)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/hotel-de-ville-beaune-couvent-des-ursulines): Beaune's town hall, housed in a 17th-century Ursuline convent with a carved front added in 1817. (Beaune) - [La Voie des Vignes](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/voie-des-vignes-beaune-santenay): A 22-kilometre cycle route from Beaune to Santenay through Pommard, Volnay, Meursault and the Montrachet villages. (Beaune) - [Beaune Ramparts (Remparts de Beaune)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/remparts-de-beaune): A 2.5 km walk around Beaune's towers, bastions and gardens, with wine cellars inside the old walls. (Beaune) - [Sensation Vin](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/sensation-vin-beaune): Blind-tasting wine classes in the centre of Beaune, in French and English, since 2006. (Beaune) - [Maison Champy](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/maison-champy-beaune): Founded in 1720, Champy calls itself Burgundy's oldest wine house, with old cellars and an 1890 vat house. (Beaune) - [Beffroi de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/beffroi-de-beaune): Beaune's medieval clock tower, bought by the town in 1395 and crowned by a lead-clad bell turret. (Beaune) - [Maison Jaffelin](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/maison-jaffelin-beaune): A small Beaune wine house founded in 1816, working in the medieval cellars of the Notre-Dame chapter. (Beaune) - [Fresque de La Grande Vadrouille](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/fresque-la-grande-vadrouille-beaune): A painted wall in Beaune's old town that recalls the shooting of La Grande Vadrouille in 1966. (Beaune) - [Maison Joseph Drouhin](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/maison-joseph-drouhin-beaune): A family wine house since 1880, with historic cellars beneath the oldest quarter of Beaune. (Beaune) - [Alain Hess Cheese Shop (Fromagerie Alain Hess)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/fromagerie-alain-hess-beaune): Beaune's master cheesemonger on the place Carnot, and the creator of the Délice de Pommard cheese. (Beaune) - [Visiotrain](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/visiotrain-beaune): A small electric tourist train with commentary that loops through Beaune's old town and past its vineyards. (Beaune) - [L’Atelier des Bonbons](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/atelier-des-bonbons-beaune): Watch artisan confectioners cook and shape hand-made sweets in a small Beaune workshop. (Beaune) - [Beaune Fine Arts Museum (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Beaune)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/musee-des-beaux-arts-beaune): Beaune's fine arts museum, reopened in 2026, from Neolithic finds to the Venetian views of Félix Ziem. (Beaune) - [Vins Coudurier Jung](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/vins-coudurier-jung-beaune): A micro-winery in a Beaune street, where the wines are made on site with native yeasts and no filtering. (Beaune) - [Edmond Fallot Mustard Mill (Moutarderie Edmond Fallot)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/moutarderie-fallot-beaune): An independent family mustard mill since 1840, still grinding seeds between millstones on the edge of Beaune. (Beaune) - [Maison Louis Jadot](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/maison-louis-jadot-beaune): A Beaune wine house founded in 1859, known for its Bacchus label, with a shop and visits at its winery. (Beaune) - [Franco-American Friendship Museum, Beaune (Historial de l’Amitié Franco-Américaine de Beaune)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/historial-amitie-franco-americaine-beaune): A volunteer-run museum on the American army hospital and university camp at Beaune in 1918 and 1919. (Beaune) - [Nuiton-Beaunoy – Cave des Hautes-Côtes](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/nuiton-beaunoy-cave-des-hautes-cotes-beaune): The growers' co-operative of the Hautes-Côtes, with a free tasting room overlooking the vines on the edge of Beaune. (Beaune) - [Sab’s by Alambic Bourguignon](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/distillerie-sabs-alambic-bourguignon-beaune): A craft distillery whose travelling still turns Burgundy grape marc and wine lees into brandies and gins. (Beaune) - [Veuve Ambal](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/veuve-ambal-montagny-les-beaune): A family Crémant de Bourgogne house founded in 1898, toured from a walkway above its cellars and workshops. (Montagny-lès-Beaune) - [Domaine Guillaume Baduel](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-guillaume-baduel-pommard): A young Pommard domaine run by the sixth generation of a wine family, where some vines are still ploughed by horse. (Pommard) - [Domaine Michel Lahaye](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-michel-lahaye-pommard): A family estate on Pommard's church square, with a tasting room in its old stable and a log fire in winter. (Pommard) - [Domaine Lejeune](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-lejeune-pommard): A Pommard estate held by the same family since 1783, now farmed organically by a new generation. (Pommard) - [Domaine Michel Rebourgeon](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-michel-rebourgeon-pommard): A small family estate in Pommard, with premier cru vines ploughed by horse and a tasting cellar open every day. (Pommard) - [Domaine Henri de Villamont](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-henri-de-villamont-savigny-les-beaune): A Savigny-lès-Beaune wine house in striking 19th-century brick buildings, above 2,500 square metres of vaulted cellars. (Savigny-lès-Beaune) - [Domaine Christophe Vaudoisey](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-christophe-vaudoisey-volnay): A Volnay family estate since 1804, now in its ninth generation, receiving visitors by appointment in the village. (Volnay) - [Le Caveau de Meursault – Moillard](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/caveau-moillard-meursault): A modern tasting space at the entrance to Meursault, run by the Moillard wine house. (Meursault) - [Domaine Bernard Delagrange et Fils](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-bernard-delagrange-meursault): A father-and-son Meursault estate in the old house of a 15th-century ducal physician, over two levels of cellars. (Meursault) - [Ropiteau Frères](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/ropiteau-freres-meursault): A Meursault wine house founded in 1848, ageing its wines in old cellars that once belonged to the Hospices de Beaune. (Meursault) - [Hot-Air Balloon Flights over the Vineyards (Montgolfière au-dessus des vignes)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/hot-air-balloon-flights): Float over the Côte at dawn, with villages, châteaux and vineyards laid out below. (Meursault) - [Domaine Jean Monnier & Fils](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-jean-monnier-et-fils-meursault): A Meursault family estate with roots in 1696 and a tasting cellar on the town hall square. (Meursault) - [Église Saint-Nicolas de Meursault](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/eglise-saint-nicolas-meursault): Meursault's Gothic church, whose 57-metre stone spire rises above the village and its vineyards. (Meursault) - [Domaine Boyer-Martenot](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-boyer-martenot-meursault): A Meursault family estate since 1917, with a tasting cellar open on weekdays, with or without an appointment. (Meursault) - [Domaine Jeannot](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-jeannot-meursault): A young family estate in Meursault, built up since 1997 by Valérie and Philippe Jeannot and their son Quentin. (Meursault) - [Domaine d’Ardhuy](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-d-ardhuy-clos-des-langres-corgoloin): A family estate around an 18th-century manor in the Clos des Langres, where the Côte de Nuits meets the Côte de Beaune. (Corgoloin) - [Olivier Leflaive](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/olivier-leflaive-puligny-montrachet): A Puligny-Montrachet wine house founded in 1984, with sommelier-led tastings on the village square. (Puligny-Montrachet) - [Domaine Bader-Mimeur](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-bader-mimeur-chassagne-montrachet): A family estate that has farmed almost all the historic vines of the Château de Chassagne-Montrachet since 1919. (Chassagne-Montrachet) - [Mont de Sène (Hill of the Three Crosses), Mont de Sène (Montagne des Trois Croix)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/mont-de-sene-trois-croix): A 521-metre summit crowned by three crosses, looking over the vineyards of Santenay and the Maranges. (Dezize-lès-Maranges) - [Nolay and Its Medieval Market Hall (Nolay et ses halles médiévales)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/nolay-medieval-market-hall): A small medieval market town with a 14th-century hall roofed in heavy Burgundy stone slabs. (Nolay) ## Restaurants - [Clos du Cèdre](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/clos-du-cedre-beaune): A winemaker's mansion by Beaune's ramparts, with a starred kitchen and a cellar of over 1,000 wines (Beaune · 1 MICHELIN star) - [Le Carmin](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/le-carmin-beaune): Christophe Quéant's poised, product-first cooking in a Renaissance house on place Carnot (Beaune · 1 MICHELIN star) - [Auprès du Clocher](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/aupres-du-clocher-pommard): Pommard's newly starred table, where the butcher's son cooks beside the church (Pommard · 1 MICHELIN star) - [Table de Levernois](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/table-de-levernois): A Relais & Châteaux country house outside Beaune, with its own kitchen garden and 1,800 wines (Levernois · 1 MICHELIN star) - [Le Charlemagne](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/le-charlemagne-pernand-vergelesses): Burgundy with a Japanese accent, facing the hill of Corton-Charlemagne (Pernand-Vergelesses · 1 MICHELIN star) - [Ed.Em](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/ed-em-chassagne-montrachet): A starred couple's table in the heart of Montrachet country, with 600 wines to match (Chassagne-Montrachet · 1 MICHELIN star) ## Events - **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)** · [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) - **Friday 16 – Sunday 18 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Vignobles en Scène](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/vignobles-en-scene-beaune): An October weekend of one-off wine experiences along the Route des Grands Crus. (Wine festival · Beaune and the Côte de Beaune) - **Saturday, 17 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Foulée des Vendanges](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/foulee-des-vendanges-savigny): A harvest-time road race through the village, château park and vineyards of Savigny-lès-Beaune. (Sport · Savigny-lès-Beaune) - **Saturday, 17 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [La Paulée du Château de Meursault](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/paulee-du-chateau-de-meursault): The Château de Meursault's autumn harvest dinner, cooked each year by a guest chef. (Tradition · Meursault) - **Saturday 24 – Sunday 25 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Coup d’œil, Coup de cœur à Auxey-Duresses](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/coup-doeil-coup-de-coeur-auxey-duresses): Auxey-Duresses opens its cellars on the fourth weekend of October, as the vines turn gold. (Wine festival · Auxey-Duresses) - **Friday 13 – Saturday 14 November 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Fête des Grands Vins de Bourgogne](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fete-des-grands-vins-de-bourgogne): Every Burgundy appellation in one hall, poured by the growers themselves, on the Vente des Vins weekend. (Wine festival · Beaune) - **Friday, 13 November 2026 – Tuesday, 5 January 2027 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Lumières à Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/lumieres-a-beaune): Light projections on Beaune's landmarks, every evening in summer and from the Vente des Vins to early January. (Culture · Beaune) - **Friday 13 – Saturday 14 November 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Semi-Marathon de la Vente des Vins de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/semi-marathon-vente-des-vins-beaune): Burgundy's best-known half marathon, run through Pommard, Volnay and Meursault on the Vente des Vins weekend. (Sport · Beaune) - **Friday 13 – Sunday 15 November 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Vente des Vins des Hospices de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/vente-des-vins-hospices-de-beaune): Burgundy's great charity wine auction, first held in 1859 and now staged each November in Beaune's covered halls. (Wine auction · Beaune) - **Monday, 16 November 2026 (Expected dates, not yet confirmed)** · [La Paulée de Meursault](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/paulee-de-meursault): Burgundy's most generous harvest lunch, where every guest brings their finest bottles. (Tradition · Meursault) - **Wednesday 2 – Sunday 6 December 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Beaune Blues Boogie Festival](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/beaune-blues-boogie-festival): Five nights of boogie-woogie, blues and swing in Beaune's theatres and wine cellars. (Music · Beaune) - **Saturday 12 – Sunday 13 December 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Le Festi’Noël](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/festi-noel-marche-de-noel-beaune): Beaune's Christmas market by the Porte Marie de Bourgogne, with crafts, treats and mulled wine. (Christmas · Beaune) - **Saturday, 12 December 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Trail de Santenay](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/trail-de-santenay): A December trail race over the hills of Santenay, from 8.5 km to about 26 km. (Sport · Santenay) - **A Saturday in mid-December, from morning to late evening** · [Marché de Noël de Nolay](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/marche-de-noel-de-nolay): A village Christmas market under Nolay's medieval hall, ending with a lantern procession. (Christmas · Nolay) - **Saturday 30 – Sunday 31 January 2027 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Saint-Vincent Tournante](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/saint-vincent-tournante): Burgundy's winter wine festival, hosted by a different village each January. (Tradition · Volnay, 2027 host) - **Mid-February, on a Sunday** · [Trail de Pommard](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/trail-de-pommard): A winter trail race on gravel tracks and paths through the vineyards of Pommard. (Sport · Pommard) - **Usually Easter weekend, Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 to 18:00** · [Du Côté des Maranges](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/du-cote-des-maranges): Open cellars in the Maranges, the southern tip of the Côte de Beaune, over Easter weekend. (Wine festival · Cheilly, Dezize and Sampigny-lès-Maranges) - **Usually a Saturday evening in mid-March** · [La Paulée de Printemps de Meursault](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/paulee-de-printemps-meursault): Meursault's spring banquet, where some 500 guests bring their best bottles to share. (Tradition · Meursault) - **Easter weekend, Saturday and Sunday** · [Le Printemps de Monthelie](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/printemps-de-monthelie): Easter weekend in Monthelie, when the growers open their cellars and the village comes out to celebrate. (Wine festival · Monthelie) - **Thursday 1 – Sunday 4 April 2027 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Festival Beethoven à Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/festival-beethoven-beaune): A spring chamber music festival devoted to Beethoven, led by the cellist Sung-Won Yang. (Music · Beaune) - **Usually Ascension Thursday, in May, with staggered departures from late morning** · [Beaune Saveurs de Vignes](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/beaune-saveurs-de-vignes): A gourmet walk through Beaune's vineyards, with growers pouring at every stop. (Wine festival · Beaune) - **Usually the first weekend of May, Saturday 10:00 to 18:00 and Sunday 10:00 to 17:00** · [Bienvenue à Savigny](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/bienvenue-a-savigny): Savigny-lès-Beaune's growers open their cellars on the first weekend of May. (Wine festival · Savigny-lès-Beaune) - **Usually the first half of July, with a prelude of concerts on weekends in May** · [Festival De Bach à Bacchus](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/festival-de-bach-a-bacchus-meursault): Meursault's summer festival of music and wine, with concerts in the village and tastings with the musicians. (Music · Meursault) - **Each year over several weeks in late spring and early summer, usually ending in early July** · [Mois des Climats](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/mois-des-climats): A festival of visits, walks and tastings celebrating Burgundy's UNESCO-listed Climats. (Culture · Beaune and the Côte-d'Or vineyards) - **Usually the last weekend of May, Saturday evening and Sunday** · [Montrachet Jazz](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/montrachet-jazz): Jazz and great white Burgundy in Puligny-Montrachet at the end of May. (Music · Puligny-Montrachet) - **Usually the last Saturday of June, from morning until late evening** · [Elégance des Volnay](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/elegance-des-volnay): A June day in Volnay to meet some thirty growers and taste the village's climats. (Wine festival · Volnay) - **Several evenings between late June and mid-July** · [Le Parcours des Tréteaux](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/parcours-des-treteaux-pernand-vergelesses): A theatrical tasting walk through Pernand-Vergelesses, with six food and wine stops. (Culture · Pernand-Vergelesses) - **Usually four consecutive weekends in July** · [Festival international d’opéra baroque de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/festival-opera-baroque-beaune): Since 1983, a summer festival of baroque opera in the Hôtel-Dieu courtyard and Beaune's historic churches. (Music · Beaune) - **Four days in early July, Wednesday to Saturday; the 2026 festival ran from 1 to 4 July.** · [Jazz à Couches](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/jazz-a-couches): A village jazz festival under canvas, with international names, a free Off and a wine-tasting concert. (Music · Couches) - **Every two years, in odd-numbered years, over a weekend in mid to late July** · [Les Festives de Meloisey](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/festives-de-meloisey): Every other July, a Hautes-Côtes village becomes a festival of wine bars, crafts and French song. (Wine festival · Meloisey) - **Usually the first weekend of August, Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 to 19:00** · [De Cep en Verre](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/de-cep-en-verre-nolay): A weekend of Hautes-Côtes wines, craftspeople and street performers in the old centre of Nolay. (Wine festival · Nolay) - **The first weekend of August, Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 7pm; the 2026 Ronde was on 1 and 2 August.** · [La Ronde du Couchois](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/ronde-du-couchois): An open-cellar weekend hopping between the villages of the little-known Côtes du Couchois. (Wine festival · Couches) - **Late September, over four days from Thursday to Sunday (24 to 27 September in 2026)** · [Festival d’automne Jazz O’Verre](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/festival-jazz-o-verre-beaune): Four days of jazz in Beaune at the end of September, in the spirit of a good glass of wine. (Music · Beaune) - **Early October, on a Saturday, with starts from late morning (3 October in 2026)** · [L’Automnale](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/l-automnale-beaune-cyclos): An autumn cycling tour of the Côte and Hautes-Côtes de Beaune, from 44 to 90 km. (Sport · Beaune) ## Guides - [The Climats of Burgundy: what UNESCO listed in 2015, and how to see it](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/climats-of-burgundy-unesco): 1,247 named vineyard plots, two historic towns and a World Heritage listing since 2015. - [Beaune in one day: the Hôtel-Dieu, wine cellars, ramparts and an afternoon in the vineyards](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/beaune-in-one-day): An hour-by-hour day in Beaune's old town, cellars and markets, then the nearby vineyards. - [Wine tasting in Burgundy on a Sunday or a Monday: what is open](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/wine-tasting-burgundy-sunday-monday): Which cellars, châteaux, museums and restaurants open on Sundays and Mondays around Beaune. - [Beaune or Dijon: where to stay for Burgundy’s wine villages](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/beaune-or-dijon-where-to-stay): Distances, hotels, evenings and trains: how to choose between Beaune and Dijon as your base. - [Côte de Nuits vs Côte de Beaune: how Burgundy’s two great slopes differ](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/cote-de-nuits-vs-cote-de-beaune): Red heartland or red-and-white? The two halves of the Côte d'Or side by side. - [Burgundy wine tour itineraries from Beaune: half a day, one day, two days and three days](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/burgundy-wine-tour-itineraries): Village routes from Beaune for half a day to three days, with timings, tastings and lunch stops. ## Questions ### Côte de Beaune: how far are its villages from Beaune? By road, 7 min to 28 min from Beaune: Chorey-lès-Beaune is the nearest of its wine villages, Maranges the farthest. ### Côte de Beaune: which wine tour goes there? Our half-day wine tour from Beaune: 4 hours with a licensed private driver for €290 per car, up to 4 guests. Your driver plans the route and helps you book the tastings, which you pay to the domaines. → [Half-day wine tour, €290](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/half-day) ### Côte de Beaune: which villages have grands crus? Its 8 grands crus lie in 5 villages: Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet, Aloxe-Corton, Pernand-Vergelesses, Ladoix-Serrigny. ## Other wine regions - [Côte de Nuits](https://www.cote-privee.com/regions/cote-de-nuits) - [Côte Chalonnaise](https://www.cote-privee.com/regions/cote-chalonnaise) - [Mâconnais](https://www.cote-privee.com/regions/maconnais) - [Chablis & Auxerrois](https://www.cote-privee.com/regions/chablis) ## Book - [Book this tour](https://www.cote-privee.com/book?service=wine-tour&option=half&place=village:meursault,village:puligny,village:pommard): Half-day wine tour, €290 · 4 hours · up to 60 km · Per vehicle · 1–4 guests ## Sources - - - - --- Canonical page: