Day 8: Beaujolais Red Wine Region & Lyon
After breakfast, we travel south to the region of Beaujolais, located in the hills south of Burgundy and north of Lyon. Beaujolais is different from most of Burgundy because of its focus on the gamay grape for its red wines, instead of pinot noir. Here we are introduced to the cellars of Georges Duboeuf. Founded in 1964, they value tradition and quality and with annual sales of 30 million bottles, Georges Duboeuf is one of France's largest and best-known wine merchants. An included visit to Le Hameau Museum will showcase this, as well as winemaking in the Beaujolais area. Later we arrive in Lyon, the meeting point of the Rhone and Saone corridors, where we enjoy an orientation excursion and some time at leisure before dinner at the hotel. (BB, D)