Discover Burgundy

Burgundy Holidays

La vie Française

The river Saône meanders gracefully through a rolling tapestry of green and gold. Burgundy is studded with forests and vineyards, castles, mosaic roofs and Romanesque churches, whilst timbered villages in the south and pale stone villages in the north produce some of France’s finest wines.

Weather

Burgundian summers are long and warm, ideal for ripening the grapes, and most of the region’s rain falls in the hilly Morvan area during winter.

Wine & Cuisine

This is a ‘foodie’ region and home to cuisine classique, with much of the cooking centred on wine-based sauces known as meurettes. Boeuf bourgignon, escargots and coq au vin require little introduction and Moutarde de Dijon features regularly also. The wine in this region is really outstanding, changing with the subtleties of the underlying soil. A superb goats cheese, the crottin de chavignol, is perfect with a glass of full bodied red, perhaps a Côtes de Beaune, with its aromatic bouquet? Côtes du Nuits, is also a well known classic red with a deep colour. Near Auxerre, Chablis produces its delicious flinty, dry white Chardonnay. But don’t ignore the more southerly Mâconnais whites and reds. You really are spoilt for choice.

How would you like to...

Sample some of the best wines in France with top-notch cuisine and live like a lord in exquisite hotels or your very own château? Immerse yourself in some of the most varied countryside in France, amongst vineyards and honey stone villages by bike or on foot? It is entirely your choice!