Luxury France Tour Review: Beaune Cooking Class, Wine Tours in Cote de Nuits & Cote de Beaune, Burgundy & Provence Regions, Paris

The cooking class in Beaune was amazing -  a mother and daughter team who have been living in Beaune many years runs them and they do a lovely job of showing you where to procure the food, providing tips on what items you should have in your kitchen, a hands on French cooking class followed by a 6 course meal paired with wine.  Our wine tours in Cote de Nuits and Cote de Beaune were also outstanding.  Both were small group tours which we enjoyed with extremely pleasant and knowledgeable.  We met many wonderful people at all of these events and know so much more about Borgogne - we would have never been able to do all that we did on our own.
Our guide recommended an additional stop in Chablis which I wasn't originally too sure about - the lodging there was very unique as it was an old home in a rural area - everything has been redone but in keeping with the character of the original home.  There weren't many guests and we were given the keys to both our own room and the main door of the hotel, so we felt like we had our own villa in the French countryside - Saturday dinner there was definitely worth it.
All of our lodgings were very nice but the hotel in Paris was amazing!  An original manor house which the current owner decided to convert into a small hotel - it was completely redone in a very tasteful way, and he plays an active role in running the hotel - he joined us for a drink one evening in the small but cozy hotel bar.