Everything you've always wanted to know about wine but were afraid to ask!

Understanding wine here isn't just about recognizing aromas or memorizing appellations. It's also about learning to read a terroir, grasping the influence of soils, climate, and winemaking practices on a wine's style. For enthusiasts and curious minds alike, the region and its surroundings offer an ideal learning environment. From short workshops and immersive days to certified training programs, the offerings allow you to progress step by step, according to your level and ambitions.

Introduction to wine tasting

Before going any further, it's best to learn a method. A structured tasting is based on three steps: observation, analysis of the nose, and examination of the palate. This approach allows you to organize your sensations and establish simple reference points.

Burgundy Wine School

HAS Beaune The Burgundy Wine School offers several short workshops to discover the basics. The 45-minute formats, such as "Discovering Wine Tasting," "Burgundy Treasures," or "Food & Wine Pairings," offer an accessible first approach.

Depending on the workshop chosen, you will learn to:

• Observing a wine (color, clarity, intensity)
• Smelling aromas (olfactory families, first impressions)
• Taste (mouth sensation)

But you will also discover:

• The concept of wines and terroir, the appellation classification system, and the concept of climate
• Culinary harmony, the principles of food and wine pairing with regional products

Practical information: duration of approximately 45 minutes, 3 or 5 wines, prices of €23, €29 or €35 depending on the workshop.

The school also offers a more comprehensive format with "The Fundamentals," a three-hour session that delves into vineyard geography, appellations, and the concepts of terroir and climate, all culminating in a guided tasting of several wines. This course helps participants understand how soils, topography, and history shape the profiles of wines.

The Burgundy Wine School is not limited to Beaune She also offers the "Fundamentals" course at the Cité des Climats et Vins de Bourgogne in Chablis and in Mâcon.

Practical information: 3 hours, 6 wines, €95.

Wine Sensation

Sensation Vin, run by Damien Delattre and Céline Dandelot, offers wine tasting courses at Beaune Since 2006; 20 years of experience already… With 450 sessions per year in small groups, Sensation Vin training courses are based on blind tastings and on a pedagogy designed to help everyone express their feelings without being influenced by the label.