Certified organic domaine in Poligny, passed father to son since 1659 over ten generations, working mainly in vin jaune and vin de paille alongside the rest of the Jura range.
Tip: The Poligny shop pairs the wines with Comte from the family cheese business, which is the local way to taste vin jaune.
Address: 3 avenue de la Gare, 39800 Poligny, France, Jura
Arbois house with parcels spread across Arbois, Cotes du Jura and L'Etoile, harvesting entirely by hand and bottling Cremant, whites, reds, vin jaune, vin de paille and Macvin.
Tasting: Tasting and sales at the Arbois shop in the town centre; the working cellars sit on the route de Dole edge of town.
Tip: The range is split into floral whites and typed sous voile whites, which makes it an easy place to learn the difference.
Arbois estate started in 1953 on 33 hectares, of which 16 are Savagnin, farmed organically and biodynamically and a member of the Biodyvin syndicate.
Tasting: Open weekdays 9am to 5.30pm; weekends and holidays by appointment. Guided cellar visit with commented tasting, groups up to 50, and a dining room seating 80.
Tip: A glass-ended barrel in the vaulted cellar lets you see the yeast voile forming on the vin jaune.
Founded in 1991 by Evelyne and Pascal Clairet to make Arbois without chemistry, keeping local practice while trialling ouille Savagnin and passerillage on the vine.
Tasting: Tasting at the domaine on Petite Place in Arbois; the family also runs the Bistrot de la Tournelle by the Cuisance river in season.
Tip: Their riverside bistrot is the easiest place in Arbois to drink the wines with food rather than at a counter.
Benedicte and Stephane Tissot farm 35 hectares from Montigny-les-Arsures in organics and biodynamics, bottling named terroirs such as Les Bruyeres, La Mailloche, En Barberon and Curon.
Tasting: Tasting at the sales caveau on Place de la Liberte in Arbois; the working estate sits at Quartier Bernard in Montigny-les-Arsures.
Tip: Do not confuse this house with Jacques Tissot or Jean-Louis Tissot in the same commune; all three are separate businesses.
Arbois house created by Jacques Tissot in 1962 from a plot inherited from his father, now 30 hectares run with his children Nathalie and Philippe under lutte raisonnee.
Tasting: Tasting and sales at two Arbois caveaux, 39 rue de Courcelles near the Pasteur house and 32 Grande Rue under the arcades; group visits to the Les Bruyeres cellar by appointment.
Tip: Separate business from Andre et Mireille Tissot and from Jean-Louis Tissot; check the street address before you book.
Montigny-les-Arsures estate bottling the Arbois range across Poulsard, Trousseau, Chardonnay and Savagnin, plus vin jaune, vin de paille, white and rose Cremant and Macvin.
Tasting: Caveau de Vauxelles at Montigny-les-Arsures, open for tasting and direct sales; contact the estate for current hours.
Tip: The third distinct Tissot business in the Arbois appellation, based at Vauxelles rather than Quartier Bernard or rue de Courcelles.
