Cité des Climats et vins de Bourgogne, Mâcon
The Mâcon site of Burgundy's wine discovery centre, marked by a tower shaped like a wine-press screw.
- Wine experience
- 1 h 16 from Beaune
- Allow 1 to 1.5 hours
- Mâcon
€270one way from Beaune with a private driver
At a glance
- Official website
- citeclimatsvins-bourgogne.com
Getting there
Private driver from Beaune: 1 h 16 by road (102 km), €270 one way for the whole car.
Or add it to our full-day wine tour plus two hours, €700.
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About the place
The Cité des Climats et vins de Bourgogne is a network of three wine discovery centres, in Chablis, Beaune and Mâcon. The Mâcon site, on the banks of the Saône, focuses on the vineyards of southern Burgundy: the Mâconnais, the Côte Chalonnaise and the Couchois. An immersive visit route ends with a tasting.
What you will see
The visit route uses multimedia, scents and sounds to explain the landscape, the individual vineyard plots known as climats and the making of wine, and ends with a tasting. Children have their own route within the main one, with small hiding places to find, and finish with grape juice. The 17-metre tower is modelled on the screw of a wooden wine press; guided tours go up to its platform for a view over the Saône.
History
The project was conceived around 2010 by the Burgundy wine board, the BIVB, and launched officially in 2017. Work began on all three sites in 2021, and the Mâcon Cité opened on 3 May 2023, a few weeks before its sister sites in Chablis and Beaune. It extends the wine board's existing building, and its architects, RBC Architecture and ACL Associés, gave it curved forms inspired by the ammonite, a fossil common in the region's clay and limestone soils.
Planning your visit
Tips for your visit
The visit route is open from early April to early November, from Tuesday to Sunday, and tasting workshops run all year. The Cité sits by the river, a short drive from central Mâcon. Audio guides are available in English. The visit route takes about an hour, tasting included. It makes a good introduction before visiting the Roche de Solutré and the Pouilly-Fuissé estates; check the official website for opening times and themed events.
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Cité des Climats et vins de Bourgogne, Mâcon is about 1 h 16 from Beaune by road (102 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €270 for the whole car, up to 4 guests.
Did you know? Its tower was designed as a landmark, visible to boaters on the Saône, drivers on nearby roads and cyclists on the Voie Bleue, the long-distance cycle route along the river.
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Cité des Climats et vins de Bourgogne, Mâcon with a private driver
€270 one way from Beaune · up to 4 guests