A 1927 cooperative, the leading producer of Mâcon-Villages, with a shop below the Charmes vineyard.
€220one way from Beaune with a private driver
Private driver from Beaune: 1 h 02 by road (78 km), €220 one way for the whole car.
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The Cave de Lugny is a growers' cooperative in the heart of the Mâconnais, with more than 400 members and about 1,180 hectares of vines. It is the leading producer of Mâcon-Villages and a major name in Crémant de Bourgogne. Its shop at the foot of the Charmes vineyard, with a terrace over the vines, is the place to taste and buy.
At the Lugny shop, the team pours wines from across the range, from Mâcon-Villages and single-vineyard Mâcon-Lugny cuvées such as Les Charmes, Les Beluses and La Carte to Crémant de Bourgogne. Marked trails start from the shop and climb into the vineyards and onto the Charmes plateau, with panels on the vine and the landscape. Guided electric-scooter rides through the vines, lasting one to two hours, are run with a local partner.
Wines from Lugny's slopes were already known in the 18th century. The cooperative was founded on 30 January 1927 by 116 growers, the second in the Mâconnais after Saint-Gengoux-de-Scissé, and three years later it had 180 members. The two cooperatives merged in 1966 while keeping both sites, and in 1994 the Cave de Chardonnay joined them.
Today each of the three wineries has its role: Chardonnay makes the sparkling wines, Saint-Gengoux-de-Scissé the reds, and Lugny the whites, as well as the bottling and shipping of the whole range. The cooperative makes some 20 Burgundy appellations and sells in 21 countries; it was among the first to sell Mâcon wine in the United States and Britain, some forty years ago. It follows the Vignerons en Développement Durable programme, and in 2026 it marked its centenary with a season of events.
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The Lugny shop opens from Monday to Saturday from 9:00 to 12:30 and 14:00 to 18:00, until 19:00 from April to September, and on Sundays and public holidays with shorter hours; it closes on 1 May and at Christmas. A second shop, in the village of Chardonnay where the crémants are made, opens from Tuesday to Saturday and closes in January and February. Lugny lies in the north of the Mâconnais, close to Viré-Clessé and Tournus.
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Cave de Lugny is about 1 h 02 from Beaune by road (78 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €220 for the whole car, up to 4 guests.
Did you know? The village of Chardonnay, where the cooperative makes its crémants, shares its name with the grape.
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