An organic estate in the Pierres Dorees offers wine-blending workshops: a 2.5-hour session covering domaine tour, barrel tastings, blending instruction, and bottling of your own cuvee to take home. Maximum 10 participants. EUR 75 per adult.
Tip: You leave with a labelled bottle of your own blend; an excellent gift for a wine-focused stay.
Address: 1710 Route de Chatillon, 69210 Saint-Germain-Nuelles, France, Beaujolais
A WSET-approved training centre accredited since 1991, offering all levels from WSET 1 to Diploma in Wines. Located in Macon at the Beaujolais-Burgundy gateway, with Beaujolais wines featured across the Burgundy module.
Guided initiation workshops led by Master Sommelier Guillaume Mithieux at the Maison des Beaujolais. Sessions cover all 12 appellations, tasting technique, and food pairing with local produce. Structured tasting flights from EUR 15 per person.
A certified wine school at a family estate in the Pierres Dorees holding the Vignobles et Decouvertes quality label. Initiation to oenology covering wine aromas, tasting methodology, and white and red wine comparisons.
Producer-led oenology workshops in the Chiroubles cru. Christophe Savoye guides groups of 2 to 8 through an initiation to tasting, grape varieties, terroir, and food pairings in 90 minutes, concluding with a traditional Beaujolais snack and optional old-vintage tastings.
Qualified oenologist Annie Augris offers Beaujolais Cru discovery workshops at her family domain in the upper Morgon hamlet. Courses cover the grands crus, tasting initiation, vine cultivation; pruning techniques.
