--- title: "Le Cassissium: Crème de Cassis Museum, Tour and Tasting" description: "Blackcurrant museum of the Védrenne liqueur house: film, workshop tour and tasting of creams and liqueurs, about 1.5 hours. Private driver from Beaune." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/cassissium lang: en updated: 2026-10-01 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/things-to-do/cassissium.png --- # Le Cassissium > Le Cassissium: a museum and working liqueur house devoted to Burgundy's blackcurrant, with a tasting to finish. Le Cassissium is in Nuits-Saint-Georges (Côte-d'Or), 24 min by road (20 km) from Beaune. Allow about 1.5 hours · Private driver from Beaune: €90 one way for the whole car, up to 4 guests. The Cassissium tells the story of the blackcurrant, the small dark berry behind Burgundy's crème de cassis. It stands on the edge of Nuits-Saint-Georges, on the site of the Védrenne liqueur house. A visit combines an interactive museum, a film, a guided walk through the workshops and a tasting of the house's creams and liqueurs. ## Key facts - Type: Museums - Where: Nuits-Saint-Georges · Côte-d'Or - Location: 15 km north-east of Beaune · Côte de Nuits - Coordinates: 47.1301, 4.9587 - 24 min from Beaune - Allow about 1.5 hours - Nuits-Saint-Georges - Official website: [cassissium.fr](https://www.cassissium.fr/) - From Beaune: ≈ 24 min · 20 km - €90 one way from Beaune with a [private driver](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver) - Or add it to our [half-day wine tour, €290](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/half-day). ## Getting there - [Private driver from Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver): 24 min by road (20 km), €90 one way for the whole car. Coming by train or plane? [Transfers from stations and airports](https://www.cote-privee.com/transfers) Estimates per vehicle for up to 4 guests, tolls included. Your price is confirmed when you book. ## History The Védrenne liqueur house has made fruit creams and liqueurs in Nuits-Saint-Georges since 1923. The blackcurrant is a symbol of Burgundy, and crème de cassis is the form most people know. In 2001 Védrenne opened the Cassissium on its own site, as a museum entirely devoted to the fruit. The exhibition was fully redesigned in 2013. It sits beside the working liqueur house, so the story told in the museum continues in the vats next door. Production here is simple and slow. The berries are crushed, then left to macerate in alcohol for six to eight weeks in rotating stainless steel vats, before pressing and filtering. Around 600 tonnes of fruit arrive each year. The museum also looks beyond the bottle, at the plant's long history in medicine, perfumery and cooking. Burgundy's own variety, the Noir de Bourgogne, is prized for its aroma. ## What you will see The visit starts in the museum, where touch screens, scents and a film explain where blackcurrants grow and how people have used them through the ages. A guide then leads you into the Védrenne workshops to see the vats and a cellar where spirits age. You finish in the tasting room with crème de cassis, other fruit creams, liqueurs and syrups, including drinks without alcohol for children and drivers. ## Planning your visit Allow about an hour and a half. The Cassissium is at 8 Passage Montgolfier, on the edge of Nuits-Saint-Georges, a few minutes from L'Imaginarium, so the two pair well in one morning. Guided workshop tours leave at set times, so book ahead in high season. The site holds the Tourisme et Handicap label. Check the official website for opening times. ## Did you know? A good crème de cassis should cling to the glass. The Cassissium explains that this thick texture comes from the fruit's own pectin, not simply from added sugar. ## Around Le Cassissium What to combine with Le Cassissium on the same day, nearest first. ### Villages - [Nuits-Saint-Georges](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/nuits-saint-georges) (1 km away): The wine town that names the Côte de Nuits, with 41 premiers crus and a lively old centre. - [Premeaux-Prissey](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/premeaux-prissey) (3 km away): Two old villages joined in 1972, with walled premier cru clos and wines sold as Nuits-Saint-Georges. - [Vosne-Romanée](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/vosne-romanee) (3 km away): Six grands crus, including Romanée-Conti and La Tâche, in the village called the pearl of the Côte. ### Châteaux - [Maison forte d’Agencourt](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/maison-forte-d-agencourt) (1 km away): A moated fortified house east of Nuits, rebuilt around 1650 and now a rural school. - [Château de la Berchère](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-la-berchere) (2 km away): A moated château between Nuits-Saint-Georges and the Saône plain, now a hotel. - [Château de Quincey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-quincey) (2 km away): A moated classical château at the end of a long avenue, just south-east of Nuits. ### Things to do - [L’Imaginarium](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/l-imaginarium) (1 km away): A playful wine centre in Nuits-Saint-Georges, with a sound-and-light show and guided tastings. - [Domaine Guy et Yvan Dufouleur](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-guy-et-yvan-dufouleur-nuits-saint-georges) (1 km away): A family of growers in Nuits-Saint-Georges since 1596, selling 28 of its wines at its cellar in the town centre. - [Nuits-Saint-Georges Belfry (Beffroi de Nuits-Saint-Georges)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/beffroi-de-nuits-saint-georges), 1 km away: The 17th-century belfry that has watched over the main square of Nuits-Saint-Georges for four centuries. ### Restaurants - [Le Charlemagne](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/le-charlemagne-pernand-vergelesses) (10 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): Burgundy with a Japanese accent, facing the hill of Corton-Charlemagne - [La Table d’Hôte, La Rôtisserie du Chambertin](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/la-table-d-hote-rotisserie-du-chambertin-gevrey) (10 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A starred tasting table in an eighteenth-century house in the heart of Gevrey-Chambertin - [Clos du Cèdre](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/clos-du-cedre-beaune) (15 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A winemaker's mansion by Beaune's ramparts, with a starred kitchen and a cellar of over 1,000 wines ### Events - **Saturday 17 – Sunday 18 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Fête du Vin Bourru](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fete-du-vin-bourru-nuits-saint-georges): Nuits-Saint-Georges toasts the new vintage with cloudy, still-fermenting bourru. (Wine festival · Nuits-Saint-Georges) - **Sunday, 14 March 2027 (Expected dates, not yet confirmed)** · [Vente des Vins des Hospices de Nuits-Saint-Georges](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/hospices-de-nuits-wine-auction): The Côte de Nuits' own charity wine auction, held each spring since 1961. (Wine auction · Vougeot) - **Usually the Saturday and Sunday of the Hospices de Nuits sale weekend, in early to mid March.** · [Salon des Vignerons de Nuits-Saint-Georges](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/salon-des-vignerons-nuits-saint-georges): Forty Nuits-Saint-Georges growers pour their wines on the weekend of the Hospices sale. (Wine festival · Nuits-Saint-Georges) - **Usually the Saturday of the Hospices de Nuits sale weekend, in early to mid March.** · [Semi-marathon de Nuits-Saint-Georges](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/semi-marathon-nuits-saint-georges): A half marathon through the grands crus, run on the weekend of the Hospices de Nuits sale. (Sport · Nuits-Saint-Georges) - **Every Whitsun (Pentecost) weekend, from Saturday to Monday, in May or June.** · [Reulle-Vergy en fête (Carrefour artisanal)](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/reulle-vergy-en-fete): A Hautes-Côtes village fête of crafts and local food over the Whitsun weekend. (Tradition · Reulle-Vergy) - **Usually the last week of May.** · [Festival Volcan de Nuits](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/festival-volcan-de-nuits): A small festival of music, art and food that erupts in Nuits-Saint-Georges each spring. (Music · Nuits-Saint-Georges) ### Guides about Le Cassissium - [Burgundy with children](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/burgundy-with-children) ## Questions about Le Cassissium ### How far is Le Cassissium from Beaune? Le Cassissium is about 24 min from Beaune by road (20 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €90 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. ### How long does a visit to Le Cassissium take? For the visit, allow about 1.5 hours. ### When is Le Cassissium open? Opening days and times change during the year, so check the official website (cassissium.fr) before you go. Your driver can plan the day around them. ### Can a private driver take us to Le Cassissium? Yes. Your driver collects you in Beaune or at your hotel in an electric Polestar 2 (up to 4 guests), waits while you visit and plans the rest of the day with you. The driver speaks English, French, Mandarin Chinese and Arabic. → [Half-day wine tour, €290](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/half-day) ## Book - [Book a driver here](https://www.cote-privee.com/book?service=driver&place=sight:cassissium): €90 one way from Beaune · up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - - - - - --- Canonical page: