Location: Cote d'Or in France
Wine tasting and vineyard visits to the great names of Burgundy; festivities around the world-famous wine auction in November at the Hospices de Beaune; innumerable excellent restaurants, from the simple to the starred; wine-making villages of Pommard and Volnay (5min); Dijon (35km), magnet for all serious foodies; historic towns such as Chalon-sur-Saône (25min) and Autun (50min) with its 1C Roman amphitheater and superb 12C Romanesque cathedral. Scenic villages, mouth-watering markets, local fêtes, rich countryside and ancient hunting forests.