--- title: "Domaine Armelle et Bernard Rion: How to Visit and What to See" description: "The Rion family has made wine in Vosne-Romanée since 1896." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-armelle-et-bernard-rion-vosne-romanee lang: en updated: 2026-10-08 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/things-to-do/domaine-armelle-et-bernard-rion-vosne-romanee.png --- # Domaine Armelle et Bernard Rion > Domaine Armelle et Bernard Rion: a Vosne-Romanée family domaine since 1896, where tastings pair the wines with Burgundy truffles. Domaine Armelle et Bernard Rion is in Vosne-Romanée (Côte-d'Or), 26 min by road (23 km) from Beaune. Guided tours only: all year: Monday to Saturday, tours start between 9:00 and 17:30 · Guided tour: Adults €18 · Allow 40 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes · Private driver from Beaune: €100 one way for the whole car, up to 4 guests. The Rion family has made wine in Vosne-Romanée since 1896. Their domaine, on the main road below the village, is now run by Armelle Rion and her three daughters. Visitors come for two passions: the great wines of the Côte de Nuits and the Burgundy truffle, found on the estate by trained dogs. ## Key facts - Type: Wine experiences - Where: Vosne-Romanée · Côte-d'Or - Location: 17 km north-east of Beaune · Côte de Nuits - Coordinates: 47.1547, 4.9589 - 26 min from Beaune - Open all year - Allow 40 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes - Official website: [domainerion.fr](https://www.domainerion.fr/) - From Beaune: ≈ 26 min · 23 km - €100 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): 26 min by road (23 km), €100 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 In 1896 Pierre Rion, a former sharecropper of the Château de la Berchère, bought vines and settled in Vosne-Romanée. His son Louis enlarged the domaine, which was divided between Louis's two sons in 1952. The elder, Marcel, stayed in Vosne. Bernard Rion worked alongside his father from 1973 and ran the domaine with his wife Armelle until 2019. Today Armelle and her three daughters run it. Alice has made the wines since 2006, with her husband Louis in charge of the vineyard. Nelly, the eldest, came back in 2015 to look after sales, and Mélissa joined in 2018 to run the visits. The vines lie in Vosne-Romanée, Chambolle-Musigny, Nuits-Saint-Georges, Vougeot, Pommard and Meursault, from regional wines up to the Clos de Vougeot grand cru. Since the 1990s Armelle and Bernard have also harvested Burgundy truffles with their Lagotto Romagnolo dogs. ## What you will see Visits are led in French or English by the family or their team. The shortest, the Découverte, lasts about 40 minutes: a look at the cellar and a tasting of five wines from the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune with a truffle treat. Longer visits add the vat house, premiers crus and the domaine's Clos de Vougeot, aged more than ten years. The Trésors de la Côte visit, on weekday mornings, sets off with a Lagotto dog to hunt truffles before a tasting. ## Opening hours and tickets - Guided tours only: All year: Monday to Saturday, tours start between 9:00 and 17:30 - Guided tour: Adults €18 - Booking: Required Checked on 8 October 2026 on [the official site](https://www.domainerion.fr/visites/). ## Planning your visit Visits are by reservation only, from Monday to Saturday, when the cellar is open from 9:00 to 17:30. Prices start at €18 per person for the Découverte, from two people; a vineyard tour with the grower costs €70, and the truffle hunt €85 from four people. The cellar has no wheelchair access, but tastings can be held upstairs. In the village, beside the church, the family's Boutique Bernard Rion sells wines, truffle products and snacks. ## Did you know? The dogs can only smell truffles once they are ripe, so every truffle the family sells has been found at full maturity. ## Around Domaine Armelle et Bernard Rion What to combine with Domaine Armelle et Bernard Rion on the same day, nearest first. ### Villages - [Vosne-Romanée](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/vosne-romanee) (1 km away): Six grands crus, including Romanée-Conti and La Tâche, in the village called the pearl of the Côte. - [Flagey-Échezeaux](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/flagey-echezeaux) (2 km away): A village of vines and fields on the plain, with two grands crus climbing the slope above. - [Nuits-Saint-Georges](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/nuits-saint-georges) (2 km away): The wine town that names the Côte de Nuits, with 41 premiers crus and a lively old centre. ### Châteaux - [Château de Vosne-Romanée](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-vosne-romanee) (1 km away): The family seat of the Comtes Liger-Belair, owners of the grand cru La Romanée. - [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 du Clos de Vougeot](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-du-clos-de-vougeot) (2 km away): The Cistercian wine estate that became the symbol of Burgundy wine. ### Things to do - [Romanée-Conti Vineyard (Vigne de la Romanée-Conti)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/romanee-conti-vineyard), 1 km away: A vineyard of about 1.8 hectares, marked by a stone cross and famous all over the world. - [Dufouleur Frères](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/dufouleur-freres-oenotheque-nuits-saint-georges) (2 km away): A Nuits-Saint-Georges family wine house since 1848, with a tasting room in the former stables of its château. - [Caveau Moillard](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/caveau-moillard-nuits-saint-georges) (2 km away): The Nuits-Saint-Georges tasting cellar of the Moillard wine house, the Caveau des Mosaïques. ### Restaurants - [La Table d’Hôte, La Rôtisserie du Chambertin](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/la-table-d-hote-rotisserie-du-chambertin-gevrey) (8 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A starred tasting table in an eighteenth-century house in the heart of Gevrey-Chambertin - [Le Charlemagne](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/le-charlemagne-pernand-vergelesses) (12 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): Burgundy with a Japanese accent, facing the hill of Corton-Charlemagne ## Questions about Domaine Armelle et Bernard Rion ### How far is Domaine Armelle et Bernard Rion from Beaune? Domaine Armelle et Bernard Rion is about 26 min from Beaune by road (23 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €100 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. ### How long does a visit to Domaine Armelle et Bernard Rion take? For the visit, allow 40 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes. ### When is Domaine Armelle et Bernard Rion open? Opening days and times change during the year, so check the official website (domainerion.fr) before you go. Your driver can plan the day around them. ### Can a private driver take us to Domaine Armelle et Bernard Rion? 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:rion): €100 one way from Beaune · up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - - - - --- Canonical page: