Lyon Wine Tasting: Small-Group Blind Tasting with a Sommelier
- 2 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Five wines across four regions: Crémant de Bourgogne to open, then Beaujolais, Burgundy, Northern Rhône, and a wildcard from Savoie or the Jura Led by a certified sommelier in plain English, zero wine snobbery Blind tasting format built for comparison: taste first, reveal after, no wrong answers Hosted in a restored 19th-century silk workers' loft in Croix-Rousse, Lyon's old silk-weaving hill Artisan cheese and charcuterie board with fresh baguette between pours Small group of 10 maximum, and dietary needs (including gluten-free) accommodated with 24 hours' notice
Inclusions
What's included
- A selection of local artisanal cheese, charcuterie, and bread, sourced from Lyon's finest producers
- Five rotating wines from small, artisanal estates in Beaujolais, Burgundy, and the Northern Rhône
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Ratings come from 244 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
Showing reviews written in English.
5Wine Tasting Lyon
I follow podcast Fishwives in Paris and winedinecaroline on Instagram and learned about the wine tasting. My husband, son, and I went to the wine tasting on September 30. We had a very knowledgeable sommelier that educated us about the various terroirs close to Lyon and how they vary as well as how to use your senses to taste wine. As we tasted each wine we tried to determine the region of the wine and the variety and I found that I was able to guess what kind of wine I was tasting. Lovely cheeses and charcuteries were provided to complement the wine Detailed directions were provided to find the location of the tasting. I highly recommend this wine tasting in Lyon
5Fun and educational
My wife and I booked this and had a group of 8 others participate with us, most were couples. Our sommelier guide was Julia and we had so much fun. We also learned a lot about the region, the grapes, the local food and different wines. We had four full pours of wine, two white and two red, but our group was able to finish any remaining wine! It was really fun to revisit the ones we loved. This experience bright us to an area of Lyon we would not have otherwise seen, which we enjoyed. Highly recommend.
5Great wine tasting experience
Great learning experience Julia was a fantastic teacher Brought together all the different wines of the local area
5Caroline was so much fun!...
Caroline was so much fun! She really shared a lot about wine in the region and the wines she chose were very good. The walk up the hill was well worth it!
5Relaxed small-group tasting experience.
A very informative but relaxed afternoon gaining some insights into the wines of (mainly) Burgundy, Beaujolais, the Rhône. Margaret Rose (le sommelier) is very knowledgable, practical and engaging in her approach. I learned some practical tips about tasting and wine pairing which I hope to use in the future.
5French wine tasting
Super knowlagable about French wines and French wine region.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- The engraved 12 reads like a 19, so trust the map pin and look for the big wooden door. Press the CONNER buzzer and come up one flight of stairs. Croix-Rousse is Lyon's hill, so give yourself 15 extra minutes for the walk up. Metro line C (Croix-Rousse stop) is a flat 5-minute walk.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 10 travellers
- Operated by
- Lyon Wine Tastings
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
How it compares in Lyon
- Its from-price is close to the median of the 399 experiences we list in Lyon.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 13 of 399.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Lyon
Lyon, where the Rhône and Saône meet, is a Roman and Renaissance city of covered passageways, long called the capital of French cooking.
Lyon spreads across two rivers and two hills. On Fourvière hill, the white basilica looks down over the Roman theatres of Lugdunum, once the capital of Gaul, while the Renaissance old town below has narrow streets and covered passageways, the traboules, that silk workers used to carry cloth. The old town and the slopes of Croix-Rousse, the silk weavers' hill, are part of the UNESCO-listed historic site.
Top-ranked sights in Lyon: Old Lyon (Vieux Lyon), Traboules of Lyon, Lyon Cathedral (Cathédrale St-Jean).
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