Beaune

— Journey —

1 h 30 from Lyon

Beaune is the beating heart of Burgundy — the medieval capital of the Côte d'Or, ringed by the most coveted vineyards on earth: Romanée-Conti, Montrachet, Corton. Ninety minutes north of Lyon, FFGR Lyon arranges private cellar tastings at domaines normally closed to the public, lunch at Le Bénaton or the Hostellerie de Levernois, and visits to the Hospices de Beaune with its glazed polychrome roof and the November charity wine auction. The Grands Crus route — Vosne-Romanée, Gevrey-Chambertin, Puligny-Montrachet — unfolds in a single chauffeured day, each village a name on the world's finest wine lists.