From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours took place from Sunday, July 02 - Thursday, July 13, 2023.
The tour started in Lyon and ended in Paris.
We met at Grand
Hotel des Terreaux in Lyon, a 4-star beautiful hotel in the heart of
Old Lyon, the UNESCO World Heritage Site. It combines the atmosphere of
an old-fashioned 19th century town house with a contemporary interior. We stayed there one night.
Annette and I took the TGV from Frankfurt to Lyon and arrived there in the late afternoon of Saturday, July1, 2023.
We checked in at Grand Hotel des Terreaux, a 4-star beautiful hotel in the heart of Old Lyon, the UNESCO World Heritage Site. It combines the atmosphere of an old-fashioned 19th century town house with a contemporary interior.
After unpacking, we headed to the corner and Le Broc’Bar, our go-to bar under a big tree, when in Lyon.
The next day, on Sunday, July 2, the group met in the bar area of the Grand Hotel des Terreaux in Lyon after lunch. We spent the afternoon walking through Lyon before having our first group dinner at the Restaurant Le Grand Café des Négociants, a few blocks away from our hotel.
Dinner at Restaurant Le Grand Café des Négociants
Created in 1864, the « Grand Café des Négociants » settles in Lyon’s History.
It keeps throughout time its Second Empire decor characterized by its moulded and painted ceilings, its splendid opulent curtains and its numerous mirrors, all in burgundy and mahogany monochrome that give it a warm ambiance.
Formerly a place of negotiation for diamond merchants, silk merchants and wholesale butchers that used numerous mirrors to communicate discretely through signs, the brasserie has remained the meeting place for politicians, artists, business travelers…
Located on the Peninsula (classified at World Heritage by Unesco), between place Bellecour and the Town Hall, steps from the Palais de la Bourse, the Célestins theater and the Opera, in the heart of the golden square where are located luxury boutiques, the Grand Café des Négociants welcomes you daily throughout the year.
Guided Sightseeing Tour of Lyon
Lyon
is France’s second largest city with around two million people, and a
chic, sharp, savvy, historic, bustling city. It was founded by the
Romans in 34 BC, and has been a commercial, industrial, and banking
powerhouse for the last five hundred years. In the 15th century it
became Europe’s publishing center, by the mid 18 hundreds it had become
Europe’s silk-weaving center, at the dawn of the 20th century it became
France’s cineastic center, and today it is a sophisticated city with a
dynamic cultural life, a thriving university scene, and France’s gourmet
capital. The city center lies on the peninsular at the confluence of
the Saône and Rhône rivers, the oldest Renaissance part of Lyon is
sandwiched
between the Saône river and the hillside to the west. The
city is classified as UNESCO world heritage site. Very special are the
“Bouchon” simple, very typical Lyonnais restaurants and the “Traboules”
interior passageways between houses being established during the “silk”
period of Lyon.
We took the funicular to go up the hill above the
Renaissance part of Lyon from where we had a fantastic view on the
entire city. Our English-speaking guide took us on a leisurely walk down
to the Saône river showing us and explaining the history of Lyon and
contemporary Lyon.
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Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Domaine Chermette in Saint-Vérand, Beaujolais, with Martine and Jean-Etienne Chermette
Menu du Jour Lunch in Beaujolais at L’Atelier du Cuisinier in Villié-MorgonCellar Tour and Tasting at Château de Jacques in Romanèche-Thorins, Beaujolais, with Genevieve Bonifacio, Responsable Commerciale
Dinner at Restaurant Château de Pizay in Belleville-en-Beaujolais, with Chef de Cuisine Eric Chauffour, 12/ 20 Points Gault Millau
In the Most Prestigious AOC in the Mâconnais: Pouilly-Fuissé, France
Vineyard
Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Domaine Ferret in Fuissé,
Poully-Fuissé, Mâconnais, with the outgoing DG/ Winemaker Audrey
Braccini and incoming DG/ Winemaker Clément Robinet
Tasting at Domaine Céline & Laurent Tripoz, Mâconnais, with Céline & Laurent Tripoz
Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Domaine Menand in Mercurey, Côte Chalonnaise, with Fabienne Menand
Schiller’s Favorite Wine Bars in Beaune, Bourgogne
Dinner at Restaurant La Table du Square in Beaune.
Walk in the Vineyard, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Domaine Jessiaume in Santenay, Côte de Beaune, with DG/ Winemaker William Waterkeyn
Vineyard Walk in Meursault with Karoline Knoth - Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours
Guided Vineyards Walk around Meursault with Karoline Knoth, Author of "Castles and Châteaux in Meursault"
Menu
du Jour Lunch at Restaurant L’Agastache in Volnay, with Caroline
(Service) and Nunzio Iacono (Kitchen), 12.5/ 20 Points Gault Millau
Tour of Château de Rully and Tasting of Domaine du Château de Rully Wines, with Count Raoul de Ternay - Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours
Guided Tour of Château de Rully by Current Owner Count Raoul de Ternay, with Tasting of Domaine Rully Wines
Dinner at Restaurant Le Relais de Saulx in Beaune, with the Couple Charles Danet, Chef, and Agnès Peyre, Service, 12/ 20 Points Gault Millau
Olivier Leflaive in Puligny Montrachet: Vineyard Walk and Cellar Tour, with Olivier and Patrick Leflaive - Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour by ombiasy WineTours 2016, France
Lunch and Wine Tasting at La Table de Olivier in Puligny Montrachet with Olivier Leflaive – Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour by ombiasy WineTours 2016, France
Guided Walk in the Grand Cru Montrachet Vineyards, an Hour with Icon Olivier Leflaive and Wine-pairing Lunch at Restaurant La Table d’Olivier Leflaive of Maison Olivier Leflaive in Puligny-Montrachet, Côte de Beaune
Tasting at Château de Pommard in Pommard, Côte de Beaune.
Tasting at Domaine Faiveley in Nuits St. Georges - Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours
Cellar Tour and Tasting at Domaine Faiveley in Nuits-Saint-George, Côte de Nuits
Menu du Jour Lunch with Wine Tasting at Restaurant Le Vintage, Domaine Mongeard-Mugneret
Cellar Tour and Tasting at Louis Jadot in Beaune with Thibaud Marquis, US Reprsentative of Louis Jadot
Cellar Tour and Tasting at Domaine Armelle et Bernhard Rion in Vosne Romanée, Côte de Nuits - Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours
Bus Tour Through the Vineyards of Vosne-Romanée, Côte de Nuits, with Melissa Rion and Cellar Tour and Tasting at Domaine
Rion, Vosne-Romanée
Wine-pairing lunch at Domaine Trapet, Gevrey-Chambertin, Côte de Nuits
Visit and Tasting: Maison Joseph Drouhin in Beaune– Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours, France
Tour of the Ancient Cellars and Tasting at Maison Joseph Drouhin in Beaune
Wine and Music at "From Bach to Bacchus in Meursault", with Karoline Knoth
Visit: Hospices de Beaune– Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour by ombiasy WineTours 2016, France
Hospices de Beaune and its Wines - Guided Tour
Menu du Jour Lunch at Restaurant Au Creux de Vougeot
Visit of Château du Clos de Vougeot - Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours
Tour of Château du Clos de Vougeot
Schiller’s Favorite Wine Bars and other Wine Venues in Chablis, France
Dinner at Restaurant Hostellerie des Clos in Chablis
Tasting from Tank, Barrel and Bottle at Domaine Servin in Chablis, with Marc Cameron and François Servin
Wine Pairing Lunch, Cellar Visit, Vineyard Tour and Tasting at Domaine Jean Marc Brocard in Préhy, Chablis– Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours, France
Tour, Tasting and Lunch at Domaine Jean-Marc Brocard in Préhy, Chablis
Guided Tour at Fontenay Abbey (Bernard de Clairveau), Montbard
Champagne– An Introduction, France
French Champagne Houses and German Roots
Champagne Menu du Jour Lunch at Restaurant Chez Bellou in Gyé-sur-Seine, Champagne
Visit and Tasting at Champagne Jean Josselin, a Grower Champagne House in Gyé sur Seine – Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours, France
Cellar Tour and Tasting at Champagne Jean Josselin in Gyé-sur-Seine, Côte des Bar, Champagne, with Jean Pierre Josselin and Export Manager Sharona Tsubota
Tour of l'Avenue de Champagne in Epernay - Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours
Tasting at Champagne Maison Gamet in Mardeuil, Vallée de la Marne, with Philippe, Fabienne and Marianne Gamet
Cellar Tour and Tasting at Champagne Alfred Gratien in Èpernay
French/ Thai Fusion Dinner at Restaurant Cook’In in Épernay (Bib Gourmant Michelin), with Chef Guillaume and Uma (Service).
Lunch at La Coupole, Montparnasse, Paris