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.
Tip: Michel-Henri and Francoise now work with their son Quentin, and the cellar keeps handling to a minimum.
Address: 4 rue Jean Mermoz, 39600 Arbois, France, Jura
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.
Family estate created in 1973 on 10.3 hectares at Les Arsures and Montigny-les-Arsures, on soils that suit Trousseau and Ploussard, vinified variety by variety and parcel by parcel.
Tasting: Cellar visit and tasting Monday to Saturday, 9.30am to 12pm and 2pm to 6pm, preferably by appointment; groups of about 25 by arrangement. Closed Sundays and holidays.
Tip: Certified Haute Valeur Environnementale since 2013 and converting to organics from the 2019 harvest onward.
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.
Family estate created in 1973 on 10.3 hectares at Les Arsures and Montigny-les-Arsures, on soils that suit Trousseau and Ploussard, vinified variety by variety and parcel by parcel.
Tasting: Cellar visit and tasting Monday to Saturday, 9.30am to 12pm and 2pm to 6pm, preferably by appointment; groups of about 25 by arrangement. Closed Sundays and holidays.
Tip: Certified Haute Valeur Environnementale since 2013 and converting to organics from the 2019 harvest onward.
Twenty hectares split between 15 in AOC Arbois at Montigny-les-Arsures and Arbois and 5 in Cotes du Jura on the En Chamoz slope above Salins-les-Bains.
Tasting: Cellier de Genne at the old abbey in Montigny-les-Arsures; French, German and English spoken.
Tip: The cellar occupies a former abbey building, which is worth the detour on its own.
Arbois estate created in 2012 by Guillaume d'Angerville of Domaine Marquis d'Angerville in Volnay, farming the five Jura grapes as a proprietaire recoltant.
Tasting: Estate at Quartier Saint-Laurent, Montigny-les-Arsures; contact the domaine to arrange a visit.
Tip: A Burgundian reading of Arbois: expect topped-up whites alongside the traditional sous voile bottlings.
Cooperative founded in 1909 that now groups 35 growers around Pupillin, the village that calls itself the world capital of Ploussard, the local name for Poulsard.
Tasting: Caveau in the village open all year, weekdays and weekends; the Plouss'Bar runs through the summer season.
Tip: Certified Terra Vitis. Open at weekends, which many Pupillin growers are not.
Pupillin family domaine run by Anne-Laure and Damien Petit, covering the full Arbois Pupillin range from Ploussard to vin jaune, vin de paille, Macvin and Cremant.
Tasting: Caveau open Monday to Friday 8am to 12pm and 2pm to 6pm, weekends 9am to 12pm and 2.30pm to 6pm; cellar visits by appointment, with a museum of old winemaking tools.
Tip: Distinct from Jean-Michel Petit at Domaine de la Renardiere, two streets away in the same village.
