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.
Tip: Their riverside bistrot is the easiest place in Arbois to drink the wines with food rather than at a counter.
Address: 5 Petite Place, 39600 Arbois, France, Jura
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.
Family estate on the Pupillin road out of Arbois, 8 hectares in Arbois and 2 in Cotes du Jura, hand-harvested and with every white raised in oak barrel.
Tasting: Open Monday to Saturday 9am to 6.30pm, Sunday by appointment. Free tasting, cellar visits and groups up to 60 by arrangement.
Tip: Certified Terra Vitis, and one of the few Arbois cellars open through the lunch hour six days a week.
Demeter-certified Arbois estate on 9 hectares spread over lieux-dits including Les Corvees, Grand Curoulet, Clos Maire and La Bergere, with every wine made from its own fruit.
Tasting: Tasting at the Arbois cellar; contact the domaine to arrange a visit.
Tip: Michel-Henri and Francoise now work with their son Quentin, and the cellar keeps handling to a minimum.
Cooperative set up on 4 January 1906 by 26 Arbois growers after phylloxera, it pressed for the AOC system and bottles under the Chateau Bethanie name from a cellar built in 1969.
Tasting: Tasting and sales at the Chateau Bethanie site; the separate Place de la Liberte shop is closed for building works.
Tip: Its Savagnin cellar, created in 1993, holds 3,000 Burgundy pieces of 228 litres, which is why the vin jaune range runs deep.
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.
Family estate on the Pupillin road out of Arbois, 8 hectares in Arbois and 2 in Cotes du Jura, hand-harvested and with every white raised in oak barrel.
Tasting: Open Monday to Saturday 9am to 6.30pm, Sunday by appointment. Free tasting, cellar visits and groups up to 60 by arrangement.
Tip: Certified Terra Vitis, and one of the few Arbois cellars open through the lunch hour six days a week.
Demeter-certified Arbois estate on 9 hectares spread over lieux-dits including Les Corvees, Grand Curoulet, Clos Maire and La Bergere, with every wine made from its own fruit.
Tasting: Tasting at the Arbois cellar; contact the domaine to arrange a visit.
Tip: Michel-Henri and Francoise now work with their son Quentin, and the cellar keeps handling to a minimum.
Cooperative set up on 4 January 1906 by 26 Arbois growers after phylloxera, it pressed for the AOC system and bottles under the Chateau Bethanie name from a cellar built in 1969.
Tasting: Tasting and sales at the Chateau Bethanie site; the separate Place de la Liberte shop is closed for building works.
Tip: Its Savagnin cellar, created in 1993, holds 3,000 Burgundy pieces of 228 litres, which is why the vin jaune range runs deep.
