30 May 2023
This was an outstanding experience from start to finish. Pieter Smits, who operates the tour, is a true expert and curates the tasting both before and along the way as he learns more about your interests and experience level. The full day tour included four different tasting sites with a wide range of producers and vendors, from negociant to small volume producer to specialty caveau, with personal touches from staff and/or owners at each site. In particular, Damien at Philippe LeClerc in Gevrey-Chambertin and François at Le Caveau à Auxey in Auxey-Duresses took the time to explain in detail which vineyards and plots each wine came from and shared their vast knowledge and passion with us during our visits. Pieter also took us to see many of the vineyards and other sites over a wide range of the most important areas in Burgundy. He arranges shipping for the bottles that you purchase and follows up to ensure that everything works out. I will be recommending this to everyone I know who is going to France, and I am hoping to do his tour of Alsace when I later visit Strasbourg.