This combination wine tour shows you two of France’s top wine regions in an alluring contrast. A red Burgundy is light in colour and often finely grained in character. Pinot noir has a thin skin but you shouldn’t let the colour fool you. The aromas can be very intense and concentrated. But in a red Burgundy there is always more elegance than power. They are not “powerful” wines but always overwhelmingly impressive with their depth.
The white wines, on the other hand, can be real little powerhouses. Chardonnay itself gives both “fat” (body) and mouth-feel. The oak ageing then gives the wine additional power. A good white Burgundy has both vitality, depth, balance and freshness. The ultimate role-model for chardonnays around the world.
We start this journey of discovery in the vineyards of the Côte d’Or, the central and most famous part of Burgundy. It is a beautiful landscape dotted with famous wine villages and even more famous vineyards. We taste world-famous wines and talk about production, sustainability and inspect the vineyards up close.
We drive south to the Rhône Valley, a gigantic wine region, with every wine style and price range you can imagine. Initially , we explore the northern part with it’s world-famous syrah (shiraz) wines, Côte Rôtie, Hermitage, Saint Joseph, Cornas, with their unique expression of this grape.
The tour continues to the final destination, Avignon in the south, in Provence, a charming town known for the magnificent papal palace built in the 15th century (!), and the Pont d’Avignon, the bridge that strangely only goes halfway across the Rhône River. Most famous here are the spicy Châteauneuf-du-Papes, made around the ruins of the Pope’s summer palace. Some of these villages in the region have been given their own appellation, such as Gigondas, Vacqueyras, Cairanne and several others. You will come out of this trip with many intense experiences and knowing more about French wines than most people.
This tour is currently fully booked. Why not join us on our new five-day Bordeaux tour that we have just added due to the high demand?
Come and discover French wine and food in Burgundy and the Rhone Valley on this luxurious wine tour with BKWine, one of the world’s leading wine tour operators (*).
- The Grand French Wine tour to Burgundy and the Rhône Valley, 17-25 September, 2025
(*) And the only one who has authored 13 award-winning wine books.
