Saint-Vincent Tournante 2027: Volnay’s turn, and your bed for the weekend

Every January, Burgundy picks a village and throws it a party. The winegrowers honour their patron saint, the brass bands strike up and the whole Côte turns out, glass in hand. In 2027 it’s Volnay’s turn, and Volnay is just over the hill from us.

This is a big moment for the village. Volnay last hosted the Tournante in 1986, so it’s been waiting forty-one years. Expect banners and paper flowers in every street, a dawn procession of the confréries with their saints, and cellar doors that are usually shut opening up. Buy the tasting kit and you get a commemorative glass, a holder to hang it round your neck, and a weekend of Volnay to fill it with.

Rooms in Beaune go fast and taxis are almost impossible to find. From The Hungry Cyclist Lodge you can walk or cycle through Monthelie and be in Volnay in well under an hour. When you’re done, a log fire and a proper dinner are waiting, and you won’t have to queue for a shuttle bus.

Join us for the weekend of 30–31 January 2027.

Book early. The last time Volnay threw this party, nobody here had email.`