The catch-all appellation that runs the whole length of the vineyard, from Salins-les-Bains in the north to the Sud Revermont, across every soil type the Jura has.
Mantry grower working 8 hectares across four communes and three geographic appellations, Cotes du Jura, L'Etoile and Chateau-Chalon, with 16th-century cellars under the house.
Tasting: Groups up to 50 by reservation; 5 euros per person for five wines with amuse-bouches, glass included. Bus parking beside the cellar.
Tip: One of the few small domaines holding vines in three separate geographic AOCs, which makes the tasting a tour of the region.
Passenans family domaine recorded since 1692 and run by Nathalie and Emmanuel Grand, with 10 hectares on clay-limestone and irised marl farmed organically.
Tasting: Caveau by appointment daily except Sunday, and closed weekends from September to April; visit takes in the old and modern cellars and a small winemaking museum.
Tip: The street is literally called rue du Savagnin, and the estate holds Chateau-Chalon parcels as well as Cotes du Jura.
Negociant house at Saint-Lothain that vinifies a large part of its Jura whites itself and ages the reds in its own cellars, with direct sale on site.
Tip: Saint-Lothain sits between Poligny and the Sud Revermont, an easy stop on the vineyard road.
Training centre of the Montmorot agricultural campus outside Lons-le-Saunier, listed by the Comite Interprofessionnel des Vins du Jura among the region's training bodies.
Tip: This is professional training for growers and career changers rather than a visitor tasting class.
Training arm based at the Maison des Agriculteurs in Lons-le-Saunier, running the courses a new Jura grower needs to take before setting up an estate.
Tip: Its 21-hour setting-up course is part of the Plan de Professionnalisation Personnalise for new vignerons.
Four-star hotel in the eighteenth-century farm of the chateau at Bersaillin, in open country between Poligny and the Bresse edge.
Tip: Bersaillin is about 12 km west of Poligny, a quiet base for the southern half of the vineyard.
Logis hotel and restaurant at Passenans, in the middle of the Cotes du Jura villages and within reach of Arbois, Poligny and Lons-le-Saunier.
Tip: Its restaurant trades as la Part des Anges, and the A39 exit 7 is 7 km away.
Caving trip in the Jura massif that ends underground with a tasting of natural wine, run by a qualified instructor out of Bersaillin.
Tip: Groups are small and the operator also runs paddle and canoe days, so ask which cave suits your party.
Nathalie and Emmanuel Grand at Passenans state that all their wines come from organic agriculture and show the AB and Eurofeuille marks, across Cremant, ouille whites, sous voile whites, vin jaune and Chateau-Chalon.
Tip: Cellar visits are by appointment on 03 84 85 28 88. Passenans is between Poligny and the Haute-Seille, so book it as the pivot of a day that ends at Voiteur.