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A visit to the March aux Vins is a great way to taste some of the regions wines.

At the start of the self-guided tour you are issued with a ‘taste-vin’, a little silver metal dish that holds a large mouthful of wine. It is patterned to allow you to admire the colour of the Pinot Noir that they serve, and have a large surface area to allow you get a good sniff of the bouquet.

You descend into the tunnels carved out in the 13th to 15th centuries and follow a path underneath the streets.

You walk through the barrel and bottle lined tunnels, from candle lit barrel to barrel, sampling 18 or so wines, then return into the check in area for some of the more expensive reds, where you also have the opportunity to make purchases should one so desire.

Address: 2 rue Nicholas Rolin, Beaune
Directions: Next to the main tourist office
othercontact: marcheauxvins@axnet.fr
Phone: 03 80 25 08 20
Website: http://www.marcheauxvins.com