Beaujolais half day wine tasting tours give you two estates in four hours from Lyon. Choose the golden-stone south or the crus of the north, in the morning or the afternoon.
Four hours in the south and two family wineries: one in the golden-stone villages, one in the Beaujolais-Villages appellation at Montmelas. Snacks from a Lyon mâchon come with the tasting; lunch does not. The most-reviewed tour we list.
From $112 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
The half day for a free afternoon, from 2 pm to 6:30 pm. Nine to ten wines at a Cercié family winery and a Chénas château cellar, with the La Madone viewpoint above Fleurie between them.
From $126 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Seventeen wines in four hours: twelve from the Château de Pizay's own estate on its sensory circuit and five at a family winery, with the road past Fleurie, Morgon and Moulin-à-Vent in between.
From $112 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
The Pierres Dorées in four hours: an introduction tasting of a white and a red around Oingt, then a family estate at Le Bois-d'Oingt. Adults from 13, and the operator needs a minimum number of travellers to run.
From $126 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Four hours for the crus: two family estates, each in a different cru appellation, with every tasting in the fare. You pick the start time when you book, and plan your lunch for before or after.
From $112 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Two hour-long winery visits in the south, one at Montmelas-Saint-Sorlin and one near Oingt with a mâchon, joined by a drive over the golden-stone hills. Four hours in all, with eight guests at most.
From $114 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
A morning half day from 9 am, back on Place Bellecour by lunchtime: the Château de Pizay's circuit with entry included, the wine route through Morgon, Fleurie and Juliénas, then an hour with a family winemaker.
From $114 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
The Golden Stones half day for up to three of you, at one price for the group: $695. Pickup at a central Lyon hotel, morning or afternoon, then Montmelas and a Pierres Dorées estate near Oingt with a mâchon.
From $695 per group, up to 3
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Your own half day by Defender: take the train from Part-Dieu to Belleville, where the guide meets you. Two wineries, four crus or more, and a food-and-wine tasting in the vines, weather allowing. The ticket comes only with the train option.
From $250 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Two family wineries in the Pierres Dorées and at Montmelas, a Lyon mâchon with the first glass, eight guests at most, at the start time you pick.
Check availabilityIt is four to four and a half hours in the vines, with two tastings and one half of the region. You leave Lyon, taste at two estates, and are back in the city with the rest of the day free.
That is the trade. A half day cannot reach both the golden-stone Pierres Dorées in the south and the crus of the north, so you pick one. And no half day includes lunch.
Take a morning run and have the afternoon in the city, or spend the morning in Lyon and join the 2 pm crus run, back on Place Bellecour at 6:30 pm.
Shared half days cost $112 to $126 a person, with every tasting in the fare. It is the cheapest way into the vineyard with somebody else at the wheel.
Two stops in four hours means about an hour at each, with time for the cellar and the vines. The Château de Pizay half day pours seventeen wines in that time.
For your own car, the private Golden Stones half day costs $695 for up to three, and the Defender half day $250 a person.
The full days run six to nine hours. Here is what the extra hours buy.
| Half day | Full day | |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 4 to 4.5 hours | 6 to 9 hours |
| The region | One half: south or north | The crus, or both halves |
| Estates | Two | Two, with longer visits |
| Lunch | None | A village restaurant, at your cost |
| Shared fare | $112 to $126 a person | $161 to $184 a person |
| Start | The time you pick, 9 am or 2 pm | 9 am |
| Best for | A first taste, a day split with Lyon | The crus without hurry |
If this is your only wine day and you want the crus, the crus full day gives you six hours there for $161. For a first taste, a half day is enough. The shared full days are on beaujolais wine tour from lyon.
Meet at 1:50 pm on Place Bellecour for a Cercié family winery, the La Madone viewpoint above Fleurie and a Chénas château cellar, back at 6:30 pm.
Check availabilityAnyone who wants both halves. Four hours is not enough. The both-halves full day tastes near Oingt and at Fleurie in one day.
Anyone who wants lunch among the vines. Only private full days include it; see private beaujolais tours.
Anyone who wants the crus in depth. Two hour-long visits give you a taste. The crus full day gives you about three hours at each estate.
Teenagers. The Rhône Trip south half day takes adults from 13; ask the operator before you book a family.
Half days and full days, every Beaujolais tour sits side by side on Beaujolais Tours.