Private Beaujolais tours give your party its own car and guide for the day. Some collect you in Lyon, some meet your train in the vines, and some put lunch in the fare.
A vintage Land Rover meets your train at Belleville station at 9 am. The northern crus, a glass in a Juliénas church-turned-cellar, lunch in the vines at Domaine de la Madone, and grape juice for anyone not drinking.
From $567 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Collected from your Lyon address at 10 am for two winery tastings either side of a two-hour lunch at Ema, a bistronomic restaurant in the vines. Two people to book, and the operator may cancel for poor weather.
From $578 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Pickup at your Lyon accommodation in a premium SUV, with a WSET-certified guide. Two wineries sometimes closed to the public, and a three-course bistro lunch with two glasses of wine between them. You pay for nothing else but bottles.
From $567 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
A wine merchant's day at a per-person fare, two to book: Fleurie and Villié-Morgon in the morning, the Mont Brouilly viewpoint, then a picnic of a dozen cheeses with gamay poured from the 1960s to today.
From $1,158 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Built for the cold months: mulled wine at the Château de Corcelles, Romanèche-Thorins, organic wines at the Château des Bachelards in Fleurie, lunch, and a family liqueur distillery. It meets the train at Mâcon Ville at 9:30 am.
From $567 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
The train from Part-Dieu takes 31 minutes to Belleville, then a vintage Defender tours the northern crus: two to four wineries, six crus or more, cheese and cold cuts in the vineyard. Lunch costs extra, and there are no seat belts.
From $557 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Priced for the group, up to four: pickup at your Lyon hotel at 9:15 am, then up to three wineries in the Côte de Brouilly and Fleurie appellations. Lunch and tips are extra, and poor weather can cancel it.
From $1,158 per group, up to 4
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
One fare for up to four, from your Lyon hotel or flat at 9 am: three hours in the Pierres Dorées with a family winery's four to five wines, then Pérouges, a medieval town in the Ain. Lunch menus from EUR 20.
From $950 per group, up to 4
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
One price covers up to three of you on a four-hour Golden Stones run, from a central Lyon hotel or Place Bellecour, morning or afternoon. Two family wineries and a mâchon; lunch is not included.
From $695 per group, up to 3
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Four hours by Defender from Belleville station for your party: two wineries, four crus or more, a hidden stop and food tastings. A Lyon pickup or the train ticket is in the fare only if you choose that option.
From $250 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
A Land Rover meets your train at Belleville station at 9 am for the northern crus, a glass in a Juliénas church-turned-cellar and lunch in the vines at Domaine de la Madone.
Check availabilityIt is a car and a guide for your party alone. Nobody else rides with you, and the day runs at your pace. Some start at your door in Lyon, and some meet your train at a station in the vines.
Private days run from a four-hour half day to nine and a half hours. Most head north to the crus. A few stay south in the golden-stone villages, and the Pérouges day adds the medieval town of Pérouges, east of Lyon in the Ain.
The Signature days, the private crus tasting day and the wine merchant's day collect you at your Lyon address. The Land Rover and Defender days meet you at Belleville-sur-Saône, about half an hour from Part-Dieu by train, and the winter day at Mâcon Ville.
No shared day includes lunch. Private days can: the Land Rover day, the winter day, the Signature days and the wine merchant's picnic all put it in the fare.
Most fares are per person. Some are one price for a group of up to three or four. Four friends on the Pérouges day pay about $237 each.
The Land Rover and Defender days travel in vintage four-by-fours. They are part of the fun, but the Defenders have no seat belts, which matters if you travel with a child.
The shared tours leave Place Bellecour in a van of eight. Here is how the two ways compare.
| Private | Shared, from Place Bellecour | |
|---|---|---|
| Who rides | Your party only | Up to eight guests |
| Where you start | Your Lyon address, Belleville or Mâcon Ville | A kerb on Place Bellecour |
| Price basis | Per person, or per group | Per person |
| Full day | $557 to $578 a person, or $950 for up to four | $161 to $184 a person |
| Lunch | In the fare on some | Your own cost |
| Pace | Yours | The group's |
| Best for | Families, groups, special days | Solo travellers and couples |
For one or two people, a shared day is far cheaper. For four, the gap narrows, and on a per-group fare it can close. The shared options are on beaujolais wine tour from lyon.
Fleurie and Villié-Morgon in the morning, the Mont Brouilly viewpoint, then a picnic of a dozen cheeses with gamay poured from the 1960s to today.
Check availabilitySolo travellers on a budget. A per-person private day costs several times a shared seat. Take a shared day from Place Bellecour instead, from $112.
Anyone with half a day. Most private days are full days. The private half days sit with the shared four-hour options on beaujolais half day wine tasting tour.
Families with car seats. The vintage Defenders have no seat belts. Choose a day in an air-conditioned minivan, such as the private Golden Stones half day, which lists infant seats.
Anyone who wants to meet other travellers. A shared van of eight is more sociable. The crus full day is a good place to start.
Private and shared, every Beaujolais day is compared on Beaujolais Tours.