Made to measure, with room to wander.

From a village in Burgundy, we plan journeys for travelers who know the highlights and want what is underneath them. We start close to home, in France and the countries next door, with recommendations that come from living here, not a database.

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My Life in Burgundy

Our first small-group journey departs in late spring 2027, with departures every spring and fall after that. Six days and five nights in the villages, vineyards, and kitchens of southern Burgundy: Cluny, Tournus, Solutré, and the country around Mâcon. Romanesque abbeys, tastings with the growers, a hands-on cooking class, long lunches, and a table of no more than fourteen. Slow by design, and led by us.

Seats are by waitlist for now: no payment, no obligation, just first word when dates are set and booking opens.

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“Their planning made an ambitious, art-filled Europe trip not just doable, but joyful.”
— Ginger Geyer
“They lifted the planning load so I could actually enjoy the lead-up to vacation.”
— Ashley Williams

And the trip that is all your own?

Custom trips are coming back soon: the kind we build around you and no one else, at your pace, in your taste. Want first word when planning reopens? That happens right here…

The Tripologiste Letter

Mise en Place

the prep before the traveling

Once a month, a short dispatch from our corner of Burgundy: what is in season, where we would point you, a little history, the occasional strong opinion about wine. It is also where you will hear first when custom planning reopens.

 From the blog.

Blog
Southern Burgundy: The Churches, the Chardonnay, and the Charolais.
Southern Burgundy: The Churches, the Chardonnay, and the Charolais.

(17 minute read)
Southern Burgundy is the department of Saône-et-Loire, an hour south of Beaune and a fraction of the price. A full guide: some 250 Romanesque buildings including Cluny, Tournus and Paray-le-Monial, Mâconnais Chardonnay and Côte Chalonnaise reds bought at the cellar door, Charolais beef and Bresse chicken, where to base yourself, how many nights you need, the best months to come, and how to arrive by TGV.

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The Apéro Scale
The Apéro Scale

(5 minute read)
In France, the word apéro covers everything from a glass of rosé before dinner to fifty people in a garden at midnight. Here is a Beaufort-style scale for telling them apart by what is on the table, what is in the glass, and whether anyone has plugged in a grill. Plus the Burgundy spread of gougères and jambon persillé, the three cassis drinks, and a word on the pace.

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The Two Weeks Burgundy Goes to Work
The Two Weeks Burgundy Goes to Work

(9 minute read)
The vendange is the two or three weeks when Burgundy stops being a wine region and becomes a farm racing the clock. We picked Pinot Noir for a Givry domaine in 2025: the clippers, the hills, the long lunch, the paulée at the end. Here is what the harvest involves, why premier cru is still cut by hand, and what it means for anyone visiting Burgundy in September.

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Meet the whole team.

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Tripologiste is Paul and Jonas. Paul was born in France and spent every childhood summer in Burgundy, so the region is family. Jonas came the long way around, trading Dallas for a village in southern Burgundy in 2024, and is still happily working on his French. Mostly, we are two people who believe the best trip is the one a local would actually take.

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