--- title: "Les Vignerons de Mancey: How to Visit and What to See" description: "Les Vignerons de Mancey is a cooperative of about fifty growers from Mancey and nearby villages, in the hills west of Tournus." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/vignerons-de-mancey-tournus lang: en updated: 2026-10-08 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/things-to-do/vignerons-de-mancey-tournus.png --- # Les Vignerons de Mancey > Les Vignerons de Mancey: a growers' cooperative near Tournus, with a free trail on Burgundy wine and tastings of Mâcon-Mancey. Les Vignerons de Mancey is in Tournus (Saône-et-Loire), 55 min by road (66 km) from Beaune. Opening hours: all year, hours vary with the season · Allow 1 to 1.5 hours · Private driver from Beaune: €195 one way for the whole car, up to 4 guests. Les Vignerons de Mancey is a cooperative of about fifty growers from Mancey and nearby villages, in the hills west of Tournus. Its cellar door on the edge of Tournus combines a shop, a tasting bar and a free trail that explains Burgundy wine step by step. It makes an easy first stop for visitors who want to understand the region before they taste. ## Key facts - Type: Wine experiences - Where: Tournus · Saône-et-Loire - Location: 50 km south of Beaune · Mâconnais - Coordinates: 46.5660, 4.9077 - 55 min from Beaune - Open all year - Allow 1 to 1.5 hours - Official website: [lesvigneronsdemancey.fr](https://www.lesvigneronsdemancey.fr/) - From Beaune: ≈ 55 min · 66 km - €195 one way from Beaune with a [private driver](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver) - Or add it to our [full-day wine tour plus two hours, €700](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/full-day). ## Getting there - [Private driver from Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver): 55 min by road (66 km), €195 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 cooperative was founded in 1929 by growers from three villages, Mancey, Royer and Vers, with Victor Chapuis as its first president, and its winery was built at Dulphey, a hamlet of Mancey. The members pooled their work and equipment to make and sell their wine together. In 1979 the Mâcon-Mancey appellation was recognised, which pushed the cooperative to promote its own wines. In 1981 Mancey joined independent growers from the Côte-d'Or in a shared company to sell wines from all over Burgundy, and in 1984 it bought a former service station on the old Route Nationale 6 in Tournus as a shop. That site was rebuilt as a visitor centre, opened in 2011, whose architecture echoes the Romanesque abbey of Saint-Philibert, a nod to the monks who spread winegrowing around Tournus. Today some fifty growers farm about 120 hectares. ## What you will see Start with the free trail, where models explain geology, grape varieties, the vine's year, winemaking, Crémant de Bourgogne and food pairings. In the sensory area, test your nose and eyes on 12 wine aromas, 12 colours and 4 textures. Then taste at the bar: Mâcon and Mâcon-Mancey whites from chardonnay and reds from gamay, Bourgogne Pinot Noir and crémant, including the Les Cadoles range. The shop also sells wines from partner estates across Burgundy. ## Opening hours and tickets - Opening hours: - All year: Sunday, 9:30 to 12:30 and 15:00 to 18:00 - 1 April to 30 September: Monday to Saturday, 8:30 to 12:30 and 13:30 to 19:00 - 1 October to 31 March: Monday to Saturday, 9:00 to 12:30 and 14:00 to 18:30 - Closed: 1 January and 25 December - Booking: Not needed Checked on 8 October 2026 on [the official site](https://www.lesvigneronsdemancey.fr/contact/). ## Planning your visit The shop opens every day except 1 January and 25 December, with shorter hours on Sundays and public holidays. The trail is free; in 2026 a walk-in formula with four wines and a small savoury plate cost €8, and commented tastings of six wines with a board of local specialities, from €12, were booked 48 hours ahead for at least four people, Monday to Saturday. The cellar stands on the D906 just north of Tournus, so it combines easily with the abbey of Saint-Philibert. ## Did you know? The Les Cadoles wines take their name from the cadoles, the small dry-stone shelters that growers once built among the vines around Mancey. ## Around Les Vignerons de Mancey What to combine with Les Vignerons de Mancey on the same day, nearest first. ### Villages - [Viré-Clessé](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/vire-clesse) (14 km away): Two neighbouring villages of the Haut-Mâconnais, joined in one appellation for generous Chardonnay. - [Montagny](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/montagny) (24 km away): A white-only appellation of hillside vineyards around Buxy, with a wealth of premiers crus. - [Givry](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/givry) (27 km away): A small wine town of 18th-century monuments, whose red wine is linked by legend to Henri IV. ### Châteaux - [Château d’Ozenay](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-d-ozenay) (5 km away): A stone-roofed manor beside a Romanesque church, held by one family for some four hundred years. - [Château de Messey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-messey) (7 km away): A fortified house near Tournus, reborn as an organic wine estate with rooms and winegrowers' cottages. - [Château de Ruffey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-ruffey) (8 km away): A castle with rock-cut ditches and round towers in a quiet hamlet of Sennecey-le-Grand. ### Things to do - [Saint-Philibert Abbey, Tournus (Abbaye Saint-Philibert de Tournus)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/abbaye-saint-philibert-tournus), 1 km away: One of the great Romanesque churches of France, with unusual crosswise vaults and a complete monastic setting. - [Hôtel-Dieu de Tournus](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/hotel-dieu-de-tournus) (1 km away): A 17th-century hospital with its wards, oak box beds and one of the oldest apothecaries in France. - [Musée du Vélo Michel Grézaud](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/musee-du-velo-michel-grezaud-tournus) (1 km away): Nearly 200 bicycles, from an 1818 draisine to a carbon racing machine, in a former starch factory south of Tournus. ### Restaurants - [L’Écrin de Yohann Chapuis](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/l-ecrin-de-yohann-chapuis-tournus) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): An intimate starred dining room in Tournus, from the chef who helped Lameloise win back its third star. - [Aux Terrasses](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/aux-terrasses-tournus) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A starred family house in Tournus, now in its second generation. - [La Marande](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/la-marande-montbellet) (12 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A family-run country house in the northern Mâconnais, starred since 2014. ## Questions about Les Vignerons de Mancey ### How far is Les Vignerons de Mancey from Beaune? Les Vignerons de Mancey is about 55 min from Beaune by road (66 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €195 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. ### How long does a visit to Les Vignerons de Mancey take? For the visit, allow 1 to 1.5 hours. ### When is Les Vignerons de Mancey open? Opening days and times change during the year, so check the official website (lesvigneronsdemancey.fr) before you go. Your driver can plan the day around them. ### Can a private driver take us to Les Vignerons de Mancey? 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. → [Full-day wine tour plus two hours, €700](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/full-day) ## Book - [Book a driver here](https://www.cote-privee.com/book?service=driver&place=sight:mancey): €195 one way from Beaune · up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - - - - --- Canonical page: