AOC Cotes du Jura, AOC Chateau-Chalon, AOC Cremant du Jura, AOC Macvin du JuraChardonnay, Savagnin, Poulsard, Trousseau, Pinot NoirFounded 1659Badoz familyWinemaker Benoit BadozORGANIC CERTIFIEDPoligny
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.
Tasting: Tasting and sales at the Badoz Vins et Fromages shop, 19 Place des Deportes in Poligny, Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 7pm, Friday and Saturday 8.30am to 7pm, Sunday morning 9am to 12pm.
Tip: The Poligny shop pairs the wines with Comte from the family cheese business, which is the local way to taste vin jaune.
AOC Arbois, AOC Cotes du Jura, AOC L'Etoile, AOC Chateau-Chalon, AOC Cremant du Jura, AOC Macvin du JuraChardonnay, Savagnin, Poulsard, Trousseau, Pinot NoirArbois AOC
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.
AOC Arbois, AOC Cremant du Jura, AOC Macvin du JuraSavagnin, Chardonnay, Poulsard, Trousseau, Pinot Noir33.0 haFounded 1953Biodyvin CertifiedORGANIC CERTIFIEDArbois AOC
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.
AOC Arbois, AOC Macvin du JuraSavagnin, Chardonnay, Poulsard, Trousseau, Pinot NoirFounded 1991Evelyne and Pascal ClairetWinemaker Pascal ClairetORGANIC CERTIFIEDNaturalArbois AOC
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.
AOC Arbois, AOC Cotes du Jura, AOC Chateau-Chalon, AOC Cremant du Jura, AOC Macvin du JuraSavagnin, Chardonnay, Poulsard, Trousseau, Pinot Noir35.0 haBenedicte and Stephane TissotWinemaker Stephane TissotBiodyvin CertifiedORGANIC CERTIFIEDArbois AOC
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.
AOC Arbois, AOC Cotes du Jura, AOC Cremant du Jura, AOC Macvin du JuraChardonnay, Savagnin, Poulsard, Trousseau, Pinot Noir30.0 haFounded 1962Tissot familyArbois AOC
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.
