Bistro and wine bar on Avenue de la Republique whose list is built each year by tasting new vintages directly in the growers' cellars. Rotating by-the-glass Burgundy with seasonal plates.
The list: Grower-direct Burgundy list built by tasting new vintages in the cellars each year, by-the-glass pours rotating with the seasons alongside a bistro menu
Address: 3 Avenue de la Republique, 21200 Beaune, France, Burgundy
Long-running wine bar on Rue Monge pouring more than 20 Burgundies by the glass. Owner Christophe Meux trained at La Cote d'Or; the list favours biodynamic and traditional growers.
The list: Beaune's oldest wine bar, more than 20 wines by the glass spanning Chablis, Cote de Beaune, Cotes de Nuits and the Maconnais, with a cellar championing biodynamic and sustainable growers
Pours: Chablis, Cote de Nuits Pinot Noir, Maconnais Chardonnay
Wine cellar bar inside a 15th-century vaulted cave in central Beaune, an offshoot of the long-running Caveau des Arches kitchen. By-the-glass Burgundy matched to regional plates.
The list: Burgundy-anchored cellar list poured in a 15th-century vaulted cave, with by-the-glass selections across the Cote d'Or matched to regional tasting plates
Pours: Cote de Beaune Pinot Noir, Puligny-Montrachet, Bourgogne Aligote
Cosy bodega-style wine bar just outside Beaune's ring road, founded by 'Lolo' formerly of Caves Madeleine. Burgundy-led natural wine list poured beside seasonal small plates.
The list: Natural and biodynamic-leaning list anchored in small Burgundy growers, with a rotating by-the-glass selection alongside seasonal small plates with Burgundian and Japanese influences
Pours: Bourgogne Aligote, Cote de Beaune Pinot Noir, natural Chardonnay
Long-running wine bar on Rue Monge pouring more than 20 Burgundies by the glass. Owner Christophe Meux trained at La Cote d'Or; the list favours biodynamic and traditional growers.
The list: Beaune's oldest wine bar, more than 20 wines by the glass spanning Chablis, Cote de Beaune, Cotes de Nuits and the Maconnais, with a cellar championing biodynamic and sustainable growers
Pours: Chablis, Cote de Nuits Pinot Noir, Maconnais Chardonnay
Faubourg Madeleine bistro run by Romain Escoffier where Beaune's winemakers come to drink. Organic-leaning Burgundy list by the glass beside locally-sourced share plates.
The list: Deep affordable Burgundy list favoured by local winemakers, organic and grower-direct cuvees by the glass alongside share-plate tapas and larger Burgundian plates
Pours: Bourgogne Pinot Noir, Cote de Beaune village, Bourgogne Aligote
Small Beaune wine bar that has become the meeting point for natural-wine lovers in town. Low-intervention Burgundy and guest cuvees poured by the glass in a stripped-back room.
The list: Natural-wine specialist gathering place for low-intervention Burgundy and beyond, rotating grower cuvees by the glass with a deliberately minimal-sulfite focus
Pours: natural Pinot Noir, skin-contact Aligote, pet-nat Cremant de Bourgogne
Relaxed wine bar on Place Ziem pouring natural cuvees from across France alongside Burgundian grower bottlings, popular for an evening glass in central Beaune.
The list: Natural-wine bar with a roving selection of low-intervention cuvees from across France plus Burgundian grower bottlings by the glass and bottle
Pours: natural Burgundy red, Cremant de Bourgogne, skin-contact white
Wine cellar bar inside a 15th-century vaulted cave in central Beaune, an offshoot of the long-running Caveau des Arches kitchen. By-the-glass Burgundy matched to regional plates.
The list: Burgundy-anchored cellar list poured in a 15th-century vaulted cave, with by-the-glass selections across the Cote d'Or matched to regional tasting plates
Pours: Cote de Beaune Pinot Noir, Puligny-Montrachet, Bourgogne Aligote
