Dijon's wine tours start from seven kerbs in the centre and three in Beaune, and the vines begin where the city ends. Get the layout straight here: where you meet, which way the road runs, and where each day turns back. It makes choosing among the wine tours from dijon easier.
Every shared day names its own kerb. The table gives the address and the time, so you can find yours on a street map the night before.
| Kerb | Address | Time | What leaves from it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place Darcy | Maison Divia, 16 Place Darcy | 9 am or 9:45 am | The Ophorus full day, half-day and villages day; the 9:45 am full day |
| Place Darcy car park | Beside Darcy park | By the slot you book | The Côte de Beaune half-day and the morning-or-afternoon Côte de Nuits half-day |
| Saint-Bénigne | In front of the church | 9 am or 9:45 am | The lunch days and the Côte de Beaune e-bike day |
| Rue Monge | Bourgogne Évasion, 78 rue Monge | 9:30 am or 2:30 pm | The Côte de Nuits e-bike day; the city ride |
| La Cave du Palais | Hôtel du Palais, near Place de la République | By the slot you book | The six-wine cellar tasting |
| Rue Berbisey | Les Caves de La Fine Heure, 32 rue Berbisey | By the slot you book | The five-wine cellar tasting |
| Saint-Bénigne cathedral | La Source des Vins, opposite the cathedral | By the slot you book | Four wines, four cheeses |
| Beaune | The Hospices de Beaune; 2 rue de l'Hôtel-Dieu; the tourist office car park, 6 boulevard Perpreuil | 11 am; 10:15 am; 9:30 am | The Beaune options of two shared days; two private days |
The private days skip the table: they collect you from your hotel. The vintage van meets at a hotel reception named on your booking. The pickup areas are on where to stay.
The Route des Grands Crus starts at kilometre zero in Dijon and runs south to Beaune and Santenay. The Cité internationale de la gastronomie et du vin stands at its first kilometre. From there, the road follows the foot of the slope, village by village.
UNESCO's Climats cover that slope for 50 km south of Dijon, as far as Maranges. So a day between Dijon and Beaune is spent in the listed vineyards, whichever way it drives.
These are the villages in the order your van or bike reaches them.
The half-days turn back somewhere on this stretch. The 9 am half-day tastes in Gevrey-Chambertin, then around Nuits-Saint-Georges or up in the Hautes-Côtes, and is back at Place Darcy about four hours after it left. The full days drive on south, into the Côte de Beaune.
South of Nuits-Saint-Georges, the Côte de Beaune runs past Aloxe-Corton and its hill to Beaune. Beyond Beaune lie Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet, the white-wine villages. The white-wine lunch day spends about two hours in each, and the Château de Meursault's cellar holds 800,000 bottles, as the tourist office puts it.
Beaune has three meeting points for Dijon tours. The lunch day meets at the Hospices de Beaune at 11 am, and the e-bike day at 2 rue de l'Hôtel-Dieu at 10:15 am. Two private days can meet in the tourist office car park at 6 boulevard Perpreuil at 9:30 am.
One day turns west instead of south. The villages day leaves 16 Place Darcy at 9 am for the Auxois, away from the vines.
It spends 2 hours 30 minutes in Flavigny-sur-Ozerain, the abbey village, and 3 hours in Semur-en-Auxois, with its Notre-Dame and ramparts. It ends at Châteauneuf-en-Auxois, a château village on a hill. It pours no wine, and costs $243 a head.
The station sits at the west edge of the old centre. Place Darcy lies between them, a short walk from the platforms. The Cité is about 10 minutes' walk from the station and 15 from the centre, on tram T2.
The tourist office is at 11 rue des Forges, in the Palais des États, in the old centre. Rue Monge leads toward the Cité. So every Dijon kerb is a walk from the others.
Dijon and the Côte d'Or
The city to the north, Beaune to the south, the villages between
The map loads from Google only when you press the button. Dijon is at the top. The wine villages lie in a line along the slope to the south, with Beaune near the bottom.
The route comes from Dijon's tourist office, the Climats from UNESCO, the Cité's access from the Cité, and each kerb from its tour's own booking page. Verify before you travel.
Eight hours by minivan from 16 Place Darcy at 9 am to the Auxois: Flavigny-sur-Ozerain, Semur-en-Auxois and hilltop Châteauneuf-en-Auxois. No wine tasting is in the fare, and food and drinks are yours.
From $243 per person
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From Saint-Bénigne church at 9:45 am to the white-wine villages: two hours at a Puligny-Montrachet winery, two in the Meursault cellars, lunch in the fare, and back in Dijon at 5 pm.
From $254 per person
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An e-bike day from 78 rue Monge at 9:30 am: a Gevrey-Chambertin cellar, the ride past the Clos de Vougeot to the Romanée-Conti vineyard, an hour in Nuits-Saint-Georges, and lunch in the fare.
From $579 per person
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