The Hospices de Beaune auction weekend
Friday to Sunday of the Vente des Vins des Hospices de Beaune, the third weekend of November: the Fête des Grands Vins, special tastings and the auction on the Sunday afternoon, with a driver for the closed streets, from €540 per car.
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On the third weekend of November Beaune celebrates its charity wine auction, first held in 1859: the Fête des Grands Vins de Bourgogne pours all 84 Burgundy appellations on the Friday afternoon and the Saturday, cellars hold special tastings, and the sale under the covered halls closes the weekend on the Sunday afternoon. The town usually closes the streets around the halls to traffic, and no car park can be booked, so your driver drops you at the edge of the closed streets and waits. The plan starts on the Friday of the next edition.
Vente des Vins des Hospices de Beaune · The next edition starts on Fri 13 November: the plan’s first day follows it.
Paris airports or city · Light pace
Day 1Friday: the Fête des Grands Vins opens
- Paris airports or city → BeauneTransfer · your driver meets your train or flight · ≈ 3 h 15Pickup at your Paris address or airport; about 3 h 15 to Beaune by the A6.€750
- Fête des Grands Vins de BourgogneOn your ownThe Fête des Grands Vins de Bourgogne at the Palais des Congrès, open to the public from 14:00: named tickets, bought online.
- Lumières à BeauneOn your ownLumières à Beaune lights up the monuments every evening of the weekend, free.
Day 2Saturday: the special tastings
- 14:00Driver for 4 hoursDriver by the hourThe special tastings you booked, at the Château de Meursault and in the cellars of Beaune: your driver drops you at the edge of the closed streets and waits.Château de Meursault€300
Day 3Sunday: the auction
- Vente des Vins des Hospices de BeauneOn your ownThe auction under the halls on the Sunday afternoon: follow it live from the place de la Halle, or inside with a seat requested from Sotheby's.
- Beaune → Paris airports or cityTransfer · ≈ 3 h 15From the edge of the closed streets to Paris, about 3 h 15.€750
Total per car€1,800
Nothing to pay now: a deposit of €540 once your driver confirms, the balance on the day. Change any service on the booking page before you send the request.
Dijon station · Light pace
Day 1Friday: the Fête des Grands Vins opens
- Dijon station → BeauneTransfer · your driver meets your train or flight · ≈ 35 minYour driver meets your TGV at Dijon-Ville; Beaune in about 35 minutes.€120
- Fête des Grands Vins de BourgogneOn your ownThe Fête des Grands Vins de Bourgogne at the Palais des Congrès, open to the public from 14:00: named tickets, bought online.
- Lumières à BeauneOn your ownLumières à Beaune lights up the monuments every evening of the weekend, free.
Day 2Saturday: the special tastings
- 14:00Driver for 4 hoursDriver by the hourThe special tastings you booked, at the Château de Meursault and in the cellars of Beaune: your driver drops you at the edge of the closed streets and waits.Château de Meursault€300
Day 3Sunday: the auction
- Vente des Vins des Hospices de BeauneOn your ownThe auction under the halls on the Sunday afternoon: follow it live from the place de la Halle, or inside with a seat requested from Sotheby's.
- Beaune → Dijon stationTransfer · ≈ 35 minDijon-Ville in about 35 minutes, for an evening TGV.€120
Total per car€540
Nothing to pay now: a deposit of €162 once your driver confirms, the balance on the day. Change any service on the booking page before you send the request.
Dijon station · Full pace
Day 1Friday: the Côte de Nuits before the crowds
- Dijon station → BeauneTransfer · your driver meets your train or flight · ≈ 35 minYour driver meets your TGV at Dijon-Ville; Beaune in about 35 minutes.€120
- 17:45Full-day wine tour8 hoursGevrey-Chambertin, the Château du Clos de Vougeot and Vosne-Romanée on the way from Dijon, your luggage in the boot; at your hotel at about 17:45.Gevrey-ChambertinChâteau du Clos de VougeotVosne-Romanée€560
- Lumières à BeauneOn your ownLumières à Beaune lights up the monuments every evening of the weekend, free.
Day 2Saturday: the special tastings
- 14:00Driver for 5 hoursDriver by the hourThe Fête des Grands Vins as it opens at 9:00, then the special tasting of the Château de Meursault; your driver waits between the stops.Château de Meursault€375
Day 3Sunday: the auction
- Beaune → Château de MeursaultDriver there and back · ≈ 14 min each way · back about 13:00A morning special tasting in Meursault; back in Beaune before the sale.Château de Meursault€120
- Vente des Vins des Hospices de BeauneOn your ownThe auction under the halls on the Sunday afternoon: follow it live from the place de la Halle, or inside with a seat requested from Sotheby's.
- Beaune → Dijon stationTransfer · ≈ 35 minDijon-Ville in about 35 minutes, for an evening TGV.€120
Total per car€1,295
Nothing to pay now: a deposit of €389 once your driver confirms, the balance on the day. Change any service on the booking page before you send the request.
Geneva airport · Light pace
Day 1Friday: the Fête des Grands Vins opens
- Geneva airport → BeauneTransfer · your driver meets your train or flight · ≈ 2 h 45Your driver meets you on the French sector of Geneva airport; Beaune in about 2 h 45.€570
- Fête des Grands Vins de BourgogneOn your ownThe Fête des Grands Vins de Bourgogne at the Palais des Congrès, open to the public from 14:00: named tickets, bought online.
- Lumières à BeauneOn your ownLumières à Beaune lights up the monuments every evening of the weekend, free.
Day 2Saturday: the special tastings
- 14:00Driver for 4 hoursDriver by the hourThe special tastings you booked, at the Château de Meursault and in the cellars of Beaune: your driver drops you at the edge of the closed streets and waits.Château de Meursault€300
Day 3Sunday: the auction
- Vente des Vins des Hospices de BeauneOn your ownThe auction under the halls on the Sunday afternoon: follow it live from the place de la Halle, or inside with a seat requested from Sotheby's.
- Beaune → Geneva airportTransfer · ≈ 2 h 45The French sector of Geneva airport in about 2 h 45.€570
Total per car€1,440
Nothing to pay now: a deposit of €432 once your driver confirms, the balance on the day. Change any service on the booking page before you send the request.
Dijon-Bourgogne airport · Full pace
Day 1Friday: the Côte de Nuits before the crowds
- Dijon-Bourgogne airport → BeauneTransfer · your driver meets your train or flight · ≈ 35 minYour driver meets your aircraft at Dijon-Bourgogne airport, open every day from 9:00 to 18:00, with a 2,400 m runway for business jets.€140
- 17:45Full-day wine tour8 hoursGevrey-Chambertin, the Château du Clos de Vougeot and Vosne-Romanée on the way from Dijon, your luggage in the boot; at your hotel at about 17:45.Gevrey-ChambertinChâteau du Clos de VougeotVosne-Romanée€560
- Lumières à BeauneOn your ownLumières à Beaune lights up the monuments every evening of the weekend, free.
Day 2Saturday: the special tastings
- 14:00Driver for 5 hoursDriver by the hourThe Fête des Grands Vins as it opens at 9:00, then the special tasting of the Château de Meursault; your driver waits between the stops.Château de Meursault€375
Day 3Sunday: the auction
- Beaune → Château de MeursaultDriver there and back · ≈ 14 min each way · back about 13:00A morning special tasting in Meursault; back in Beaune before the sale.Château de Meursault€120
- Vente des Vins des Hospices de BeauneOn your ownThe auction under the halls on the Sunday afternoon: follow it live from the place de la Halle, or inside with a seat requested from Sotheby's.
- Beaune → Dijon-Bourgogne airportTransfer · ≈ 35 minDijon-Bourgogne airport in about 35 minutes. It closes at 18:00: ask for an evening departure 24 hours ahead.€140
Total per car€1,335
Nothing to pay now: a deposit of €401 once your driver confirms, the balance on the day. Change any service on the booking page before you send the request.
What’s included
What the trip includes
- Your private driver and the electric car for every service of the plan
- Tolls, parking and waiting
- Flight and train tracking on the transfers, and a name board at arrivals
- Child seats on request
What you arrange yourself
- Your hotels
- Tastings, paid to each domaine
- Meals and restaurant tables
- Tickets, guided tours and visits
- Your trains and flights
Good to know
- Book your room, your tastings, your tables and the car together: Beaune is full that weekend.
- Seats in the sale room are given on request by Sotheby's; to bid, register with them before the sale.
- The half marathon uses the roads of Pommard, Volnay and Meursault on the Saturday afternoon: allow extra time between villages.
Questions
Wine lovers who want to be in Beaune for its great weekend. Collectors who follow the sale. Travellers who book months ahead: rooms and drivers go first. Buyers who fly to Dijon-Bourgogne by business jet for the sale (the airport plan).
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The Hospices de Beaune auction weekend
Paris airports or city · Light pace · €1,800 per car · 1 to 4 guests