Travel Dates:May 30 to June 6, 2027
Sébastien Marquet, Founders of the Wine Consulting Firm. LLC, and Owner/Winemaker of Sébastien Marquet Wines, will accompany you on this 7 day excursion. As wine industry professional, as well as Burgundy native, Sébastien enjoy nothing more than sharing the history, culture, and good wine of our homeland with like-minded people. Be prepared for an adventure like no other!
Welcome to Burgundy.
Wines like no other.
Sunday— Meeting Day
Our experience begins on Sunday May 30th. Participants check into Hotel de La Poste after 3PM. After you are comfortably settled in your room, please meet us at the Bar for cocktails at Hotel de la Poste starting at 6PM, followed by our first dinner together at 7:30PM at The Relais Restaurant at Hotel de la Poste.
The view at Les Celliers.
Abbaye de Fontenay.
DAY 2 — Getting Serious in Cote De Nuits, Marsannay, Fixin, Gevrey-Chambertin
May 31st: We start our Burgundy Experience in style, and with a bang! Boarding our comfortable Daimler carrier, we head for the Cote de Nuits, home of the most Grand Cru produced in Burgundy. This region is stunningly beautiful, and the wines among the best world wide. We will visit the lovely villages of Gevrey Chambertin, Fixin, and Marsannay. As we admire the beautiful views, vineyards, and chateaux, we will experience some of the best Burgundy has to offer. We will enjoy a bistro lunch in Fixin, and end our day in famous Gevrey-Chambertin. An unforgettable day!
Chateau de Gilly-Les-Citeaux
Vosne- Romanée.
DAY 3 — Still Serious, Cote De Nuits, Nuits St. Georges, Romanée- Conti, Vosne-Romanée, Close de Vougeot, Chateau Gilly-Les-Citeaux
June 1st: After breakfast we will drive through the vines of the Cote de Nuit to the celebrated Chateau de Clos de Vougeot, where winemaking in Burgundy really began in earnest. Private guided visit of the Chateau with Andrew. From the Chateau we will drive through the Grand Cru vineyards, to stop at the vines of Romanée Conti, where the most celebtrated of all Burgundy Grand Cru grapes are grown. Lunch is at the Michelin starred, Le Rotisserie in nearby Gevrey Chambertin. We will eat in the vaulted cellar and sample a traditional menu curated by chefs Thomas and Lucie Colomb. After lunch its a short drive to the village of Vosne-Romanée to visit the winery of Armelle and Bernard Rion. Now run by their three daughters, Nelly, Alice and Mélissa. We will visit their winery and have a tasting of their excellent wines and maybe some of their truffles.
Late afternoon, we return to our hotel in Beaune. Free time and Dinner at your own arrangement.
Lycée Viticole de Beaune.
Hospice de Beaune.
DAY 4 — Abbaye de Fontenay, Casses Croute at Les Celliers, Chateau Bussy-Rabutin
June 2nd: Welcome to another dream day in Burgundy! First we head to the 11th century Abbey de Fontenay. Next, we head to Les Celliers. Here you will meet Sébastien's mother, Christiane, and step-father, Jacques. They live in an 11th century hamlet in the village of Alise-Ste-Reine, and the commune chapel is part of their home; They have prepared a typical Burgundy Casse-Croute for us, as we take in all the views and beauty of this historical community, built by monks as a half-way point from the monastery to the vineyards they tended. (It's always about wine in Burgundy!) The afternoon experience will conclude with a visit at the famous Chateau Bussy-Rabutin!
The Cooperage.
Village of St. Aubin.
DAY 5 — Learning, Seeing, and Tasting, Beaune
June 3rd: After breakfast we take the short trip to Sébastiens ‘Alma Mater’, the Lycée Viticole in Beaune. One of Frances most prestigious winemaking schools. We will visit the vines, the cuverie and finish the morning tasting the very good wine that the students and the school produces. Leaving Beaun we will drive through the vineyards of some of the most prestigious villages in the Cote de Beaune. Pommard, Meurault, Volnay, Puligny Montrachet and Chassagne Montrachet, to our lunch stop chez Armand Heitz at Chateau de Mimande where the produce of the estate forms the centrepiece of the cuisine. After lunch we will head to the village of Pommard to the Armand Heitz tasting room where we can sample wines from their vineyards in Volnay and Pommard. Late afternoon, we return to our hotel in Beaune. Free time and Dinner at your own arrangement.
Chablis and the River Serein which runs through the village.
Domaine Laroche.
DAY 6 — Understanding The Importance of Wood in Wine, Cote de Beaune, St. Aubin, Meursault.
June 4th: After early breakfast we will drive to the nearby village of Saint Romain to visit the barrel making works of Claude Gillet. If we get their early enough, we will see and smell the tasting of the barrels as they are constructed. An essential part of the process. We will see the full process of transforming raw French oak into wine barrels for use in Burgundy and internationally. We will visit Domaine Derain and meet Julien and Carole Altabar who have recently taken over the winemaking responsibilities. We will get to taste some of the their wines and share a rustic picnic lunch with them at the Domaine. Mid afternoon, we return to Beaune where there is always time for one more visit and tasting. This time at the old winery and extensive cellar network of Maison Joseph Drouhin. A historical tour of the cellars that lead from roman times through to the second world war and finally to a tasting of some of the wines from this word famous winemaker.
Return to our hotel, free time and dinner at your own arrangement.
Marché at Beaune.
Cave Patriarche.
DAY 7— Architecture, Food Market, and of Course Wine, Beaune.
June 5th: Beaune is a hansdome village. There is so much to do and see in this fabulous place. Rich colorful, and perfumed, the Marché de Beaune is a must see on Saturday mornings. You will find over 180 vendors offering fruits, vegetables, saucissons, fois gras, meats, and other French staples. This is a great time to wander off, and look at the beautiful architecture, and floral embellishments about town. Make sure you purchase your favorites to share at our group Casse-Croute. We will meet for lunch at 12:30 in the village park to share food and share our experiences. In the afternoon, you are free to venture off to L'Hospice de Beaune, Caves Patriarche, La Moutarde Faillot, or where ever else you'd like to venture off to. The conclusion to our Burgundy Experience takes place at Le Relais Restaurant at Hotel de la Poste, where we will share our memories of a time to remember, and of course drink good wine!
Meet the people, drank their wine, and lived the life... now we can take it all in... Good-bye to new friends and old friends alike. Vive la Bourgogne!
THE TRIP INCLUDES:
-7 NIGHTS INCLUDING BREAKFASTS AT HOTEL DE LA POSTE, IN THE CAPITAL OF WINE COUNTRY, BEAUNE.
-4 BISTRO LUNCHES, AN AUTHENTIC CASSE-CROUTE, 2 DINNERS FEATURING A TRADITIONAL BURGUNDY MENU.
-BUS TRAVEL IN PRIVATE AND SPACIOUS serta/daimler carrier DURING THE DAY.
-ENTRANCE FEES FOR WINERIES, CHATEAUX.
-ACCESS TO NON-TOURISTIC BURGUNDY ESTABLISHMENTS.
Offering: $5200 based on Double Occupancy, $500 supplement for Single Occupancy