The Grand French Wine tour to Burgundy and Champagne: exclusive wines, world-class gastronomy, world-famous wine villages
Experience two of France’s most prestigious wine regions on the same tour
— On this 9-day wine tour, you will taste some of France’s most famous wines. We start in Côte d’Or, the heart of Burgundy, a magical place, famous for its exclusive grand cru wines. We continue to Champagne where the world’s most renowned sparkling wines are made. Champagne is a fascinating region, rich in history but still very dynamic. Join us and discover the wines, the landscape, and the gastronomy of these classic French wine regions. A unique BKWine tour that gives you some of the world’s best wines.
Tour Highlights
- 8 nights
- Private prestigious tastings
- Magnificent lunches
- Burgundy & Champagne Grand Cru and Premier Cru
- 5,200 euro
- Beautiful landscapes
- Classics and innovation
- Visit Chablis too
- Stay in Beaune and Reims
- Small growers & famous houses
This wine tour begins in the Côte d’Or, the heart of Burgundy—a magical place. Travelling through its famous villages, home to some of the world’s most expensive and most exceptional wines, is a truly special experience. Crafting red wine in Burgundy is no easy task; it takes a skilful winemaker to bring out the best in pinot noir. On this tour, you will meet some of these talented producers.
Prepare to indulge in outstanding wines, from the ‘simple’ AOC/AOP Bourgogne to the most exclusive grand crus. Our visits will focus on the Côte d’Or, the most prestigious part of Burgundy. We will stay in Beaune, a charming wine town of around 20,000 inhabitants—a fascinating blend of small‑town tranquillity and metropolitan energy.
After a few days in Beaune, we head north. Our first stop is Chablis, a small town in northern Burgundy with a world‑famous reputation for its crisp Chardonnay wines. From there, we continue to Reims, the capital of Champagne. Many regions produce sparkling wine, but only one can call its wines “Champagne.” During our stay, we will explore the terroir, the secrets of the soil and climate, and the viticultural and oenological challenges involved in crafting this exceptional wine. By the end of the tour, you will understand what makes champagne unique among sparkling wines.
We will visit both renowned Champagne houses and smaller, independent growers who produce wine exclusively from their own grapes.
Our lavish lunches will offer ample opportunity to discover how best to pair champagne with delicious dishes, and to experience the pleasure of a “champagne all the way” meal. There will be several such occasions.
We will spend four nights in Reims, located roughly 95 miles (150 km) east of Paris. The city is home to many famous Champagne houses, and its cathedral—one of the most beautiful and impressive in France—is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
If you arrive in Paris, the TGV high‑speed train will take you from the city (or Charles de Gaulle Airport) to Dijon, where you will transfer to a local train for a short 20‑minute ride to Beaune. From Reims, the TGV will bring you back to Paris in about 45 minutes and to Charles de Gaulle Airport in roughly one hour.
This unforgettable wine tour takes you through two of France’s most iconic wine regions, offering extraordinary wines, gastronomic meals featuring regional specialities, personal winery visits, and beautiful landscapes. Throughout the journey, you will enjoy superb meals that will be true gastronomic highlights, with many opportunities to explore how Burgundy and Champagne pair with classic French dishes.
One of BKWine’s wine and travel expert guides — one of the co-owners, co-founders of BKWine — leads the tour.
Also worth noting is that we at BKWine have written an internationally award-winning book about the French wine regions, as well as twelve other award-winning book on wine, including an in-depth guide to Champagne and its growers.
So you will have a hard time finding a more insightful guide to these exciting wine regions. More on this below.
Programme — Burgundy and Champagne Wine Tour
Preliminary programme.
Contact BKWine for more details.
There may be changes to some details of the programme, e.g. which wineries we visit. We put great effort into making your visits both exceptional and memorable. For this reason we often visit other than the most obvious, big-name producers (where there are often a number of guides employed). Instead we chose to give you a more unique, personal experience at our carefully selected estates, often (but not always) meeting the owner or the winemaker.
Programme overview
- Day 1, Wednesday — Arrival in Beaune
- Day 2, Thursday — Côte de Nuits
- Day 3, Friday — Côte de Nuits
- Day 4, Saturday — Côte de Beaune
- Day 5, Sunday — Continue the tour to Chablis and Champagne
- Day 6, Monday – Champagne, Montagne de Reims
- Day 7, Tuesday — Champagne, Côte des Blancs
- Day 8, Wednesday — Big and small in Champagne
- Day 9, Thursday — End of tour
Wednesday, September 23 — Arrival in Beaune
You arrive in Beaune and check in at our four-star hotel. The hotel is located a 10-minute walk from the old town and all the sights and restaurants. Our hotel also has a restaurant.
Beaune is a town with a lot of personality. It has a very old town centre. Close to Place Carnot, the main square, you will find the Hôtel Dieu (Hospices de Beaune), one of Burgundy’s and France’s great tourist attractions. It is, or was, a hospital dating back to the 15th century. It was finished in 1451. Now a museum, it functioned as a hospital until the 1960s. In the courtyard, you can see the extraordinary roof with coloured roof tiles, typical for Burgundy.
There are plenty of restaurants and cafés to explore. You can find both traditional French bistros and luxurious gourmet restaurants.
In the evening, we all meet for a welcome dinner.
Thursday, September 24 — Côte de Nuits
After breakfast, our bus will pick us up, and we leave Beaune and head north. We pass the famous Corton hill and continue towards Côte de Nuits.
Our first visit will be up in the northern part of the Côte de Nuits. The entire Côte de Nuits is a narrow strip of land extending 23 kilometres from north to south. Here, some of the world’s most sought-after red wines are made.
We will meet Philippe Bernard, his wife Martine, and his daughter Virginie at Domaine Clos Saint Louis in the village of Fixin. First, we go out and look at the vineyards with Philippe. We continue into the wine cellar where Philippe will tell us everything about the whole wine process. We finish with a wine tasting in one of the ancient cellar rooms.
On our way south, we stop in Vosne-Romanée and make a short visit to view the most expensive and famous grand cru vineyards, La Romanée Conti, La Tâche and Richebourg, mythical wines that cost several thousand euros today. The Romanée-Conti can reach over €20,000. Per bottle.
We stop for lunch in Chambolle-Musigny. It will be a traditional Burgundian lunch but with a modern twist. And with some delicious wines.
We end the day with a visit to a family winery in Prémeaux Prissey near Nuits-Saint-Georges. The family has over 20 hectares (50 acres) of vineyards spread over 20 appellations in the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits. They make wines in a for Burgundy unusually structured style.
The evening is free. Take a walk at your leisure and explore Beaune. Stroll through the narrow streets and discover the old houses. Or relax in the hotel restaurant.
Friday, September 25 — Côte de Nuits
Today, we will go north again and visit a few more of the famous villages in Côte de Nuits.
We will visit an exciting biodynamic estate in Morey-Saint-Denis, Domaine Michel Magnien where we will visit the wine cellar, which is very unusual because many of the wines are fermented and aged in terracotta amphorae. The estate has some excellent vineyard locations, and we will discover them during our magnificent tasting of their highly rated premier and grand cru wines.
Today’s lunch will be at a high-quality estate with 11.5 hectares of excellent vineyards in Gevrey-Chambertin and the neighbouring villages. The owner herself has prepared an authentic Burgundian four-course lunch for us that we will enjoy in their private salon with a view over their garden and vineyard. We will, of course, drink several of their superb wines to illustrate the span from “plain” burgundy (not so “plain” here) to grand cru.
We then hop on the bus and head south again. We get a good view of the beautiful Château du Clos de Vougeot, located in the middle of the Grand Cru vineyard of Clos de Vougeot.
Late afternoon, we are back in Beaune. Free evening.
Saturday, September 26 — Côte de Beaune
Today, our first visit till be in the town of Beaune. Not surprisingly, Beaune has several magnificent wine cellars as many of the wine merchants (les négociants) since many years have their headquarters here.
We will visit the well-known wine négociant Joseph Drouhin, whose cellar is in the middle of the oldest part of Beaune. Their beautiful cellars are from different centuries and the oldest one is actually the oldest in Beaune, dating back to Roman times (!). Of course, we get to visit these places, and we will end with a delicious tasting of some of Drouhin’s prestigious wines.
We then head for the Corton Hill where we will have lunch at an estate in Aloxe-Corton. This family-owned estate was founded in 1857 and now has 9 hectares (22 acres), many of which are great locations on the grand cru Corton hill. Corton Grand Cru wines, red and white, will also be the theme of our excellent Burgundian lunch. We will have a quite extraordinary lunch tasting to compare different locations on the Corton hill.
We then continue south of Beaune, to Pommard, known for its full-bodied red wines. But our producer here has vineyards in several villages around the Côte de Beaune, and we will have an extensive tasting of red and white wines. We also visit one of the estate’s premier cru vineyards.
Late afternoon, we are back in Beaune. Free evening. Maybe it is time to find those Burgundian specialities you have not tried yet. Escargots anyone?
Sunday, September 27 — Continue to Chablis and Champagne
We check-out from the hotel after breakfast. Today, our bus will take us north to Champagne.
But we will make a stop halfway to visit the small but picturesque village of Chablis. Here, we will also have lunch and taste some of the crispy Chardonnay wines the village is famous for.
After lunch, we continue north for around 2 ½ hours and late in the afternoon, we will check in at our hotel in Reims which is very centrally located.
Reims is a lively, pleasant town with around 200,000 inhabitants, some good restaurants and of course, plenty of wine and champagne bars. The Cathédrale Notre Dame de Reims is one of the most beautiful in France. Although it was damaged in the First World War much of it was miraculously saved.
Many champagne houses are based in Reims including Pommery, Taittinger, Ruinart and Veuve Clicquot. There are many miles of underground cellars running underneath the city, dug out of the chalk rock, with the most ancient dating back to Roman times. The houses, hillsides and cellars of the Champagne region are included on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
Champagne has long been considered a luxury wine associated with glamour and prestige, and you can tell from the palatial-looking wineries that image is all-important here.
Free evening to get to know Reims.
Monday, September 28 — Champagne, Montagne de Reims
After breakfast our bus will collect us from the hotel. We drive south through the magnificent Montagne de Reims area with its sloping hills, famous for the excellent Pinot Noir grapes that grow here.
In the morning, we will visit a family grower for a detailed explanation of the unique vinification and production of champagne; why the harvest is always done by hand, the special way the grapes are pressed, the second fermentation process, and so on. We will taste through their range of champagnes including rare vintage champagnes.
Lunch will be in the pretty village of Chigny-les-Roses, at one of the best gastronomic restaurants in the Champagne region, where a highly creative chef will prepare dishes that are not just delightful but also artfully presented. It is small and not so well-known, but a real gem.
In the afternoon we will stop at a small, exclusive champagne house just south of Epernay, to visit their modern wine making facilities and historic cellar. Blending is a unique aspect of making champagne that exists in almost no other wine region, and we will discuss the importance of this process before a tasting of their top flight, elegant wines. Our visit will end with a short walk in the vineyards to understand more about the terroir and micro-climate.
We return to Reims in the late afternoon, and your evening is free to spend as you choose. The city offers many dining options.
Tuesday, September 29 — Champagne, Côte des Blancs
After breakfast we board the bus and head south to the Côte des Blancs subregion just south of Epernay.
The Côte des Blancs is known for its vineyards planted with Chardonnay. Here you will find famous, picturesque grand cru villages like Mesnil-sur-Oger, Cramant and Avize. Many of the growers make blanc de blanc, a wine made exclusively from Chardonnay.
We will visit an exciting producer in Vertus, Champagne Réné Rutat. This family estate is now run by Flavien Rutat, his wife Flavia and his brother Baptiste. The brothers are the fourth generation. They are both very passionate, with exciting ideas. Here you always learn something new.
For our lunch we head to Epernay, the renowned town along the Marne River, surrounded by celebrated vineyards. We stop at a small house just off the Avenue de Champagne. We will enjoy a three-course menu matched with different styles of champagne.
Our next stop is also in Epernay. The renowned and exclusive Champagne Leclerc‑Briant, is tucked right into the heart of town. The house among the pioneers of organic and biodynamic winemaking in Champagne as early as the 1960s. Although ownership has changed, the guiding philosophy remains firmly intact. Their cellar is a hub of experimentation, producing champagnes that are exciting and expressive.
We return to Reims in the early evening. You are free to relax, take a stroll in the town and muse on what you have seen and tasted during the day.
Wednesday, September 30 — Big and small in Champagne
Today we will visit one of the major champagne houses in Reims where many big names have their cellars. These are the brands whose savoir-faire (and considerable marketing budgets) have made champagne famous around the world.
We will start with a morning visit to Champagne Taittinger, one of the big and famous houses in Champagne. They have impressive underground cellars dating back to Roman times where millions of bottles of champagne are aged. After walking through some of the tunnels, it will be time to taste the champagnes of this famous house.
Next stop will be the famous grand cru villages of Verzy and Verzenay in the Montagne de Reims area where we will admire the breath-taking vineyard views.
Our lunch will be at a small winery in Verzy and will feature some of the classic cuisine champenoise, accompanied by a selection of some magnificent champagnes, in the full-bodied Montagne de Reims style. Some of these champagnes that have spent 10 year or more in the cellar before being disgorged. We will start with a visit at one of their best vineyard plots.
Late afternoon, we are back in Reims. Maybe a good time to visit the magnificent Cathedral?
We will meet tonight for a farewell dinner.
Thursday, October 1 — Heading back home
The tour ends after breakfast. Departure.
If you have chosen to take the high-speed TGV train (not included in the tour) it can take you to Paris in 45 minutes and to the Airport Charles de Gaulle in a little more than one hour.
There may be changes to some details of the programme, e.g. which wineries we visit. We put great effort into making your visits both exceptional and memorable. For this reason we often visit other than the most obvious, big-name producers (where there are often a number of guides employed). Instead we chose to give you a more unique, personal experience at our carefully selected estates, often (but not always) meeting the owner or the winemaker.
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More travel information
Here are some useful pages and guides about this travel destination:
Even more info
We have written a lot about Burgundy and Champagne and about wine touring in the regions, what to do and what to expect.
Burgundy:
- Read more about travelling in the Burgundian wine regions on our wine travel blog.
- You can also find more information on BKWine Magazine on the wines from Burgundy, our online wine magazine.
- Our YouTube videos on Burgundy
Champagne:
- Read more about travelling in the Champagne wine region on our wine travel blog.
- You can also find more information on BKWine Magazine on the wines from the Champagne, our online wine magazine.
- Our YouTube videos on the Champagne
The Burgundy Wine Book
One of the many internationally award winning wine books we, the BKWine Tours founders, have written is on Burgundy, but unfortunately it is not currently available in English.
As far as we know, no other wine tour operator has a track record of authoring ten or more wine books, so you can feel confident that you will get the most competent and high-quality wine tour with BKWine.
The Champagne Wine Book
One of the many internationally award winning wine books we, the BKWine Tours founders, have written is on Champagne, but unfortunately it is not currently available in English.
As far as we know, no other wine tour operator has a track record of authoring ten or more wine books, so you can feel confident that you will get the most competent and high-quality wine tour with BKWine.
More wine books
We have written more than ten wine books. They have won both national and international wine writing awards.
No other wine tour organiser has a comparable knowledge, competence and experience.
Tour Details — Burgundy and Champagne Wine Tour
Dates: September 23 – October 1, 2026
Price per person: 5,200 euro
Single room supplement: 650 euro
Included in the price:
- 8 hotel nights, good quality, mid-range European-style hotel, double occupancy, including breakfast
- 4 nights in 4-star hotel Hotel Mercure Beaune Centre in Beaune
- 4 nights in 4-star Hôtel Continental in Reims
- Meals as described in the programme above (*):
- 7 gastronomic multi-course lunches including wines
- 2 gastronomic multi-course dinners including wines
- Start point: Beaune
- End point: Reims
- Bus transport throughout the whole trip
- All vineyard and winery visits
- Private, high-quality tastings at wineries, 2-3 per day
- Interpretation from French as needed (many visits will be in English)
- Wine guiding and wine tutoring by an expert BKWine guide
(*) See below for more important information on our meals.
Not included:
- Travel (flights etc) to the destination and back to your home location.
You are responsible for organising your travel to Beaune and from Reims yourself.
If you would like assistance organising your flight tickets etc, please contact us.
We warmly recommend that you plan a few extra days here if you have the time. It is a very interesting place and well worth some regular, non-wine related tourism too. We can assist you with booking additional hotel nights as needed.
For this tour to take place we must have a minimum of 8 participants registered by the “book before” date.
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Book before: June 15, 2026
Booking is confirmed by paying the booking fee of 1,100 euro. Full payment should be received at the latest one month before the departure date (see our terms and conditions). Details on how to pay will be sent to you when you register.
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We also invite you to read more on why you should travel with BKWine, about customer protection, and about what you can expect from our wine tours in the section below “More on our wine tours”.
You book by contacting Britt Karlsson, BKWine:
- Book on email: info@bkwine.com
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Why travel with BKWine?
We are Britt and Per Karlsson. We are specialists in wine and food tours and wine tourism, but also experts in wine in general. We are internationally published wine writers and have written ten award-winning wine books.
No other tour operator has a comparable knowledge and experience of wine, wine regions, wine tourism and gourmet travel.
We have organised hundreds of wine and food tours, and this is what we love to do. We take it very seriously – it is not a sideline or a hobby – and what we want more than anything is to share all these wonderful experiences with you.
All our tours are led and managed by guides who have in-depth wine knowledge, and in many cases we lead the tours ourselves.
Read more on why you should choose BKWine for your wine and food tour.
Thousands of happy customers
Over the years, thousands of wine lovers have travelled with us. Many come back to tour again and again with BKWine to new wine regions. Our record-breaking client has been on more than ten BKWine tours. We are happy and proud to have such faithful customers.
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Awards and Mentions
We’re pleased and proud to have received many accolades, including:
- “World’s Top Wine Tours”, Travel+Leisure Magazine, the world’s biggest travel magazine
- “Best wine tasting holidays”, AOL Travel’s list of top wine tours
- “Recommended Wine Tours”, Munskänkarna, the world’s biggest wine appreciation association
- “World’s Best Wine Book for Professionals” as well as “Best Wine Book of the Year”, Gourmand International awards, and many other book prizes
- Three OIV book awards, International Organisation of Vine and Wine
- “Wine Personality of the Year”, an honour bestowed on Britt Karlsson by Munskänkarna in 2011, the world’s biggest wine appreciation association
- Inclusion on the Wine Media Power List, by Wine Business International magazine
About the wine producers and wineries we visit
Our aim is for you to experience some of the very best and most interesting aspects of the wine world, in terms of wine and food.
We put great effort into creating outstanding winery visits, and in this way we are quite different to many wine tour organisers. It is not always the most renowned, internationally known estates that offer the best experiences. Organising a wine tour featuring famous names of the wine world is relatively easy: it is merely a question of making lists and ticking boxes. On those kind of “bucket list” wine tours, you rarely meet the winemaker or the owner. You will simply be one of thousands of visitors they receive each year.
We do things differently. With BKWine Tours, you will meet the people behind the label, often the winemakers and/or the owners. Thanks to them, you will have a unique, truly personal experience and an insight into the wine world that no one else can offer. When you travel with BKWine, you are more like a special guest than a tourist.
We have personal connections and unparalleled knowledge thanks to more than 20 years as wine journalists, with 10 wine books published, and as wine tour organisers with more than 30 years’ experience. You can be sure of getting the best wine travel experiences with BKWine Tours.
Read more on the wine producers and wineries we visit.
A true gourmet experience: food and gastronomy
For us, wine and food are intimately linked, and this is a fundamental part of our wine travel philosophy. For this reason, a wine tour with BKWine is always an outstanding culinary experience both for the wine enthusiast and for the gourmet. A BKWine tour is a gastronomic voyage that explores the deep relationship between food and wine.
Read more On Meals: Food and Gastronomy on Our Tours.
Customer Protection, Financial Travel Guarantee, and Terms and Conditions
You can always feel safe when you book your tour with BKWine. BKWine has a bonded bank guarantee that gives full protection according to EU and Swedish law. BKWine is a Swedish limited company and as such is regulated by strict rules.
Read more on Customer Protection, Financial Travel Guarantee. and our Terms and Conditions.
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Health, vaccination and allergies
Our tours have no particular health requirements although inevitably we will be walking a certain amount in wine cellars and vineyards. Sensible footwear is a must.
Most of our travel destinations have no particular health guidelines or requirements for vaccinations or medical certificates, but if in doubt, you should always consult a medical professional, vaccination centre or relevant embassy in your country of origin.
We can always accommodate food allergies. However, in order for us to manage such requests you must let us know about any allergies before the tour starts.
Read more in our FAQ and in our Terms and Conditions.
Travel insurance
BKWine does not sell travel insurance. If you want travel insurance, check if your regular home insurance policy includes some kind of travel insurance, or contact your regular insurance company or a travel insurance specialist.
Custom Tours
We also offer custom wine and food tours if you want to travel on different dates, or if you want something different to what we currently offer on our scheduled tours. This tailor-made service can be offered for individuals, companies, professionals, wine tastings clubs etc.
Important information
Our groups are always small. The number of people in the group may vary. The maximum can range from 8 to around 20; check the details in each programme. But our groups are always modest in size. This is important because it guarantees a quality experience and a personal welcome at the wineries we visit.
Read the BKWine Booking Terms and Conditions here. They are important to you!
You are expected to organise your travel independently to the destination for most of our tours, but once you are at the location, we take care of everything.
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