tennismom - glad to hear you had a good time.....we enjoyed both Dijon and Beaune as well. I wish we had known about Max before we went....oh well, there is always next time!! We did have a great wine guide in Provence, though, which we highly recommend.

I take it you had no problem finding ATM machines and had plenty of good shopping time!

Thanks for the report!

My wife and I are touring Burgundy in late October.

Question: what wineries did Max take you to? Just curious as I would love a guided tour since neither of us speak French.

Thank you.

We went to Morin Pere & Fils in Nuit St. Georges and to Pierre Andre in Aloxe Corton. We had lunch at Le Cellier Volnay, and we also visited the Hospices de Beaune and Clos de Vougeot. I think those are the correct names and places, but I am not the world's best notekeeper.

No problem finding ATMs (nor in finding places to spend our euros). Thanks

I believe my friend & I were the other 2 people with you on Max's tour. I found him very informed, helpful, his vineyard choices nice ( I would rather go to a smaller producer) and he was very well spoken in English.

Next time in Dijon I would definitely book a day or 2 with him. Being new to this business I think his tours will only get better.

I also did one other tour while in Burgundy that was twice the money without the charm of Max's.

I had originally booked a week with Britt Karlsson of BK wine in Beanie but her tour was cancelled. She does tours in various wine regions that are very reasonable, informed and also includes many gourmet choices. Check out her website BKwine!

Hope the rest of your trip was great! I'm still dreaming about that rooster we had for lunch that day!

I meant Beaune not Beanie. Also check out Quart de Chaume day cars if ever in Loire. Great guided day tours to 3 or 4 producers. My driver was a wine buff from Vouvray, he took me to some really great out of the way producers for 165 euros!

We just got back from Burgundy and we had a wonderful tour with Max. We stayed in one of their apartments so he picked us up the next day. We went to 3 vineyards, Chateau Neuf, and visited his barge/went along the canal. There were just 2 of us so it was 100 euros each but we were very happy--he even stopped at a grocery store for us to get food for the evening and waited till we were done and then took us back to the apartment! The apartment was wonderful too. Thanks for the report. Ours was not a "snooty" wine tour but more relaxed and down to earth. I would think some of teh more high end tours could be even more educational etc. I just enjoyed learning about wine and history. We even jumped out of the van to taste grapes the harvesters had left on the vines!