--- title: "Fromagerie Gaugry, Brochon: Époisses Cheese Shop" description: "The family dairy of Époisses and Ami du Chambertin on the Route des Grands Crus. Factory visits paused during works, shop open. Driver from Beaune." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/fromagerie-gaugry-brochon lang: en updated: 2026-09-30 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/things-to-do/fromagerie-gaugry-brochon.png --- # Gaugry Cheese Dairy (Fromagerie Gaugry) > Gaugry Cheese Dairy: Époisses and Ami du Chambertin from a family cheese dairy on the Route des Grands Crus. Gaugry Cheese Dairy is in Brochon (Côte-d'Or), 34 min by road (34 km) from Beaune. Allow 20 to 30 minutes · Private driver from Beaune: €120 one way for the whole car, up to 4 guests. At Brochon, between Dijon and Gevrey-Chambertin, the Gaugry dairy makes Burgundy's great washed-rind cheeses, including Époisses and Ami du Chambertin. Its site is being enlarged, and factory visits are paused until a new visitor space opens. The shop stays open, with the dairy's own cheeses among more than 200 on offer. ## Key facts - Type: Food makers - Where: Brochon · Côte-d'Or - Location: 25 km north-east of Beaune · Côte de Nuits - Coordinates: 47.2361, 4.9852 - 34 min from Beaune - Allow 20 to 30 minutes - Brochon - Nearby: [Gevrey-Chambertin](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/gevrey-chambertin) - Official website: [gaugryfromager.fr](https://gaugryfromager.fr/) - From Beaune: ≈ 34 min · 34 km - €120 one way from Beaune with a [private driver](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver) - Or add it to our [half-day wine tour plus one hour, €360](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/half-day). ## Getting there - [Private driver from Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver): 34 min by road (34 km), €120 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 Gaugry has made cheese since 1946 and settled at the Laiterie de la Côte in Brochon. The dairy created Ami du Chambertin, named after the growers of Gevrey-Chambertin who liked to eat it with their wine. Following demand, it also began to make Époisses, which became a protected appellation in 1991. The Lincet family of cheesemakers took over the dairy in 2018. Work on a large extension began in March 2025 and is due to finish in 2027. The site will double in size, and a new visitor space called La Laiterie de la Côte is planned, with a sensory gallery that follows milk as it becomes cheese, a guided tasting area and a shop. Until then, production continues and a temporary shop welcomes visitors. ## What you will see For now, the visit is a shop stop rather than a factory tour. The temporary shop, behind the production site, sells the dairy's Époisses, Ami du Chambertin, Soumaintrain and other cheeses, along with regional products such as gingerbread, crème de cassis and Dijon mustard. Staff will advise you, and cheese platters can be prepared to order for a picnic or a gift. ## Planning your visit Access to the temporary shop is from the main road, at the junction by the Super U supermarket. Factory visits are suspended during the works, and the dairy plans to reopen them in summer 2027. The temporary shop is open from Tuesday to Saturday. Washed-rind cheeses are strong and travel poorly in a warm car, so ask for good wrapping. Check the official website for opening times. ## Did you know? The dairy named its Ami du Chambertin after the growers of Gevrey-Chambertin, who liked to serve this soft, washed-rind cheese with their wine. ## Around Gaugry Cheese Dairy What to combine with Gaugry Cheese Dairy on the same day, nearest first. ### Villages - [Fixin](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/fixin) (1 km away): A quiet wine village with Napoleon in the woods, a Romanesque church in the vines and firm reds. - [Gevrey-Chambertin](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/gevrey-chambertin) (2 km away): Nine grands crus, more than any other Burgundy village, led by Chambertin and Chambertin-Clos de Bèze. - [Marsannay-la-Côte](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/marsannay-la-cote) (4 km away): Gateway to the Côte de Nuits and Burgundy's only village appellation making red, white and rosé. ### Châteaux - [Château de Brochon](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-brochon) (1 km away): A Loire-style château built by the poet who gave the Côte d'Azur its name. - [Manoir de la Perrière](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/manoir-de-la-perriere) (2 km away): A Cistercian manor above Fixin, with one of the oldest wine presses in Burgundy. - [Château de Gevrey-Chambertin](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-gevrey-chambertin) (2 km away): A 13th-century fortress built by the abbots of Cluny above the old village of Gevrey. ### Things to do - [Domaine Isabelle Lippe](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-isabelle-lippe-brochon) (1 km away): A small domaine in Brochon run by two women winegrowers, with tastings led by the grower herself. - [Domaine Gérard Quivy](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-gerard-quivy-gevrey-chambertin) (2 km away): A family domaine in an early 18th-century winegrower's mansion, next to the tourist office in Gevrey-Chambertin. - [Domaine du Clos Saint-Louis](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-du-clos-saint-louis-fixin) (2 km away): A five-generation family domaine in Fixin, with a vine-to-cellar visit and a tasting in a vaulted cellar. ### Restaurants - [La Table d’Hôte, La Rôtisserie du Chambertin](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/la-table-d-hote-rotisserie-du-chambertin-gevrey) (2 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A starred tasting table in an eighteenth-century house in the heart of Gevrey-Chambertin - [Origine](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/origine-dijon) (10 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A Lameloise-trained Japanese chef cooking Burgundy's seasons on place Wilson - [William Frachot](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/william-frachot-dijon) (10 km away · 2 MICHELIN stars): Dijon's two-star table, reinventing Burgundy's classics inside the Hostellerie du Chapeau Rouge ### Events - **Usually a Sunday in late March or early April.** · [Trail du Tacot](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/trail-du-tacot-gevrey-chambertin): A village trail race from the vines of Gevrey-Chambertin up to the cliffs above. (Sport · Gevrey-Chambertin) - **Long held over five days in late August and early September; in 2026 it moved to a May weekend and an early-October weekend.** · [Festival Musique au Chambertin](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/festival-musique-au-chambertin): Classical concerts and tastings in the wine villages around Gevrey-Chambertin since 1988. (Music · Gevrey-Chambertin) - **Friday evenings through the summer, from late May.** · [Les Vin’dredis de la Halle](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/vindredis-halle-chambertin): Summer Friday tastings and gourmet evenings at the Halle Chambertin in Gevrey. (Wine festival · Gevrey-Chambertin) ## Questions about Gaugry Cheese Dairy ### How far is Gaugry Cheese Dairy from Beaune? Gaugry Cheese Dairy is about 34 min from Beaune by road (34 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €120 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. ### How long does a visit to Gaugry Cheese Dairy take? For the visit, allow 20 to 30 minutes. ### When is Gaugry Cheese Dairy open? Opening days and times change during the year, so check the official website (gaugryfromager.fr) before you go. Your driver can plan the day around them. ### Can a private driver take us to Gaugry Cheese Dairy? 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 plus one hour, €360](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/half-day) ## Book - [Book a driver here](https://www.cote-privee.com/book?service=driver&place=sight:gaugry): €120 one way from Beaune · up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - - - --- Canonical page: