Interpretation centre for Comte AOP at Poligny, covering the terroir and history of the cheese that the Jura pours vin jaune alongside.
Tip: Poligny calls itself the capital of Comte, and the museum is the natural stop before a vin jaune and Comte pairing.
Address: 1 Rue de la Maison du Comte, 39800 Poligny, France, Jura
Museum created in 1977 in one of the oldest houses in Pontarlier, with three floors covering the town's history and that of absinthe.
Tip: Pair it with a distillery visit in the same town to follow absinthe from ban to revival.
Vineyard museum in Chateau Pecauld at Arbois since 1993, starting in the planted vines around the building and continuing into the cellars and vinification rooms.
Tip: Guided visits run daily at 10:30, 14:30 and 16:30 in July and August, and by appointment the rest of the year.
Pasteur's family house and his only surviving personal laboratory, on the Cuisance at Arbois, with the notebooks and flasks from his work on wine fermentation.
Tip: Pasteur studied fermentation here with the help of Arbois growers, which is why the house carries a Vignobles et Decouvertes label.
