Burgundy Wine Tasting in Beaune: Cellar Tour & Purchase

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Walk the cellars, taste Burgundy wines, take home what suits you

You'll tour the cellars of a family-run Burgundy estate, learn how they work in the traditional method, taste their Hautes Côtes de Nuits reds and whites with guidance on what suits your taste, and buy bottles directly at €17–€35 each. The tasting happens in a relaxed setting where the winemakers help you choose, not sell you.

Step-by-step itinerary

Burgundy wine tasting and cellar tour

Presentation of Burgundy wine
Guided tour of the cellars
Tasting of estate wines
Choose wines during tasting
Purchase wines on site

The Experience

You walk downstairs expecting a lecture, and instead someone hands you a glass and asks what you taste. That's the difference between a wine tasting that feels like homework and one where the winemakers—second generation, running the place themselves—actually want to know if you prefer something bright or earthy, mineral or round. Beaune sits in the heart of Burgundy, and this estate works in the pure Burgundy tradition, which means small batches, careful aging, and wines that taste like where they come from instead of like a brand.

The day starts with a presentation of Burgundy wines—not a sales pitch, but the real story of how the region works, why the soil matters, why a wine from one hillside tastes nothing like the one across the road. Then you go down into the cellars. It's cool down there, a bit dim, and the air smells like oak and fermentation and time. Your guide walks you through how they work: the equipment, the decisions, the patience. You're not just looking at barrels; you're seeing the reason a bottle costs what it does.

After that comes the tasting—Hautes Côtes de Nuits wines, reds and whites both. A team of enthusiasts is there to help you figure out which ones actually suit your palate, not which ones you think you're supposed to like. You taste, you talk, you ask questions that would sound dumb anywhere else but make perfect sense here. The whole thing happens in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere, which is the part that matters most. If you find bottles you want to take home, they're on sale right there—between €17 and €35 per bottle, which is reasonable for estate Burgundy.

The whole experience is built for people who want to understand wine without the pretense, and who want to leave with something they actually chose themselves instead of something a sommelier decided for them.

What’s included

Your experience includes a presentation of Burgundy wines, a guided tour of the cellars where you learn how the estate works, a tasting of their Hautes Côtes de Nuits reds and whites with help choosing what suits you, and the option to purchase bottles on site at €17–€35 each.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyPets welcome

Operated by SAS Des Vignerons de Coeur

Is this one for you?This works well if you want to understand Burgundy wine without the formality, and if you'd rather buy directly from the winemakers than guess at a wine shop—the guided tasting is what makes choosing your own bottle feel confident instead of random.