Burgundy: Cycling Through Wine Labels

Ride through a patchwork of lush pastures and broad-leaved woodlands, interspersed with extensive vineyards, for here, you are in one of France’s foremost wine regions, indeed we will be passing some of the most valuable vines—and wines--in the world.  

For those who enjoy some classic wines, the names of the towns and villages will have a distinct resonance:  Beaune, Nuits-Saint-George, Vosne-Romanée, Meursault…  The architecture is distinctive with many fine old half-timbered buildings whose steeply-pitched roofs are patterned in multi-colored tiles.  

This itinerary enables an appreciation of the food, wine, and the countryside but also provides some healthy exercise to justify a little indulgence at the end of each day.  The lattice of quiet lanes and tracks follows rivers, and meandering canals and climbs into the hills to explore the enchanting countryside, ancient abbeys, historic towns, magnificent chateaux and charming mediaeval villages.

This tour focuses on the area north of Beaune. Some of our other Burgundy tours will let you explore the region south of Beaune (between Beaune and Cluny). Further south, our Beaujolais tours take riders south of Macon.

In Burgundy, as in other parts of France, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland where we operate, we tailor itineraries for groups of 6 and more. To get started, just fill out our bike tour request form.