Attraction · Blackcurrant museum

Le Cassissium

An immersive blackcurrant museum and Védrenne distillery tour ending in a crème-de-cassis tasting — the Kir connection, in Nuits-Saint-Georges.

Theme Cassis / KirTour Védrenne distilleryEnds Tasting

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Lush vineyard in France with a picturesque village in the background under clear sky.

Theme

Cassis / Kir

Crème de cassis

Tour

Védrenne distillery

+ museum

Ends with

Tasting

Cassis & cocktails

Hours

Seasonal

Reduced Nov–Mar

The experience

Le Cassissium is an immersive blackcurrant museum with a Maison Védrenne distillery tour ending in a crème-de-cassis tasting — the story behind the Kir — in Nuits-Saint-Georges (source: Nuits-Saint-Georges-research.md).

Interactive and family-friendly, it also runs monthly cocktail/mixology workshops; hours are seasonal, with the last guided tour departing well before closing, so check ahead (source: Nuits-Saint-Georges-research.md).

On the visit

Blackcurrant museum
Védrenne distillery tour
Crème-de-cassis tasting
The Kir story

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Close-up view of aligned wooden wine barrels aging in a dimly lit cellar.

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Our notesThe Kir, explained

A genuinely fun museum-and-distillery tour that ends in a cassis tasting — pair it with L'Imaginarium for an indoor Nuits half-day.

End on a Kir.