hameau duboeuf

Like many others we sat in shock at having exposed ourselves to this strange presentation - but the underlying story of how the grape has to be handled and the problems encountered in it's growing was extremely interesting.Would I go again - perhaps not.Did I regret going - not really, but it was initially a "oh no, what have we fallen for" type shock.

Nice modern well thought out museum, with something for everyone from grandad to the kids. Grandad will enjoy the wine making historical specimens while the kids will love the funny little bee ride that takes you on a beezare trip across the local countryside visiting various interesting sites and also at the same time explaining the important work bees do in the countryside.Meanwhile mums and dads can head to the shop and stock up on local produce...Well worth a visit.

Ended up here due to weather not allowing us to sit by swimming pool. Wow what can I say, entrance fee very good and it gives you access to 3 museums (which you don't have to visit all on the same day). The first museum is huge and takes you through the making of wine through the ages before seeing how the vineyards are kept and when the grapes are harvested. A brilliant interactive cinema experience which the children enjoyed and then moving on to seeing how bottles and corks are made before finishing off with a free wine tasting experience. The second museum requires a journey by a road train where you see the wine being made and stored (here there is a free mini golf and garden size chess for the children). The third museum was smaller and was about the train network. The first museum takes about 2 hours to visit The second about an hour The third about 45 minutes

When I looked into the museum/theme park on the net, I was worried that it might cater a bit too much to kids. I found out that it does.For some reason, the hameau du boeuf relies on shows with uncanny valley dolls and moving seats cinema. And you don't have the option to skip it. You actually have to sit through a show of a creepy doll of an old wine farmer talking to an even more creepy doll of a female vine plant with a human face like something out of an 1980s horror movie. And it gets really creepy when the two start flirting with each other.However, the wine is good. The museum part of the place is very informative. The sommelier is generous and kind. If you are considering taking a day trip from Lyon to see a bit of the countryside, this is a good choice. The beaujolais area in itself is wonderful, and here you get to taste some very nice cru from the local areas of the wine district.Also, the cafe at the place paired the food and the beaujolais quite nicely.If you have kids that are into creepy dolls and shows about delinquent bees, this is might even be an excellent choice.

Not much to dislike here if you have kids and like wine. Kids were interested to some degree but then when they got a quiz as they went around and a few short movies they didn't complain a bit..the crazy golf was good and the giant chess was a hit also. Food was lovely and we set in the courtyard.Unless youre a train head, don't bother with the train station. The garden was smaller than expected and a garden fanatic would be disappointed but we spent under 50€ and five a half hours having fun there...can't argus with that.

My wife and I stopped in to do this. 19 Euro per person (wow!). The setting is nice and the place showed a lot of potential The first room on wine history is excellent, as is the one on the horticultural aspects of growing grapes and the one on barrel making. But the multi-sensory presentations are tacky, geared mostly for children. They belabor the point about the amount of care growers put into their wines. The room with the modern art are shown is clearly just filler and doesn't go with the theme. the bumble-bee interactive movie leaves you wondering "what's the point?" and just wastes 15 minutes of your day. The 3D movie again is redundant and cheesy. They could cut the museum down to about 4 rooms, and cut the cost to 10 Euros and it'd be 5 stars. Also, the audio guides are in poor shape, and did not work for either of us on 3 of the presentations.

I must have been asleep for a hundred years because I never knew about this incredible museum about wine making and wines. Situated in Beaujolais away from any large town is this gem. The outside is at rain station from years past. Inside is a recreation of a train station with many historical pieces. Then the tour begins and the history of wine making in the area unfolds. The collection of presses, cultivators, tools, corners, tasting vessels is very extensive. Then the large displays, then a movie, then more displayed, then the tasting. ....And the gift shop is full of Beaujolais. Too much wine, too little time

I went here because it was just about the only thing open on Sunday in the area and ended up enjoying the whole day there, including a quite nice lunch. Even though fairly well educated about wine and grape growing, I found the exhibits well done and extensive. I could have done without the bumble bee ride even though I did enjoy the view, but kids would get a kick, and travelling in wine country with children can be difficult to keep them entertained. The charming sommelier at the tasting bar gets the whole five stars. A lady of a certain age travelling by herself often gets blown off by bartenders and the like, so it was a treat to be charmed. The little train ride out to the vineyards and gardens was fun, the views and gardens were lovely, and I'll bet younger visitors would enjoy the mini golf game and huge chess board. The gift and wine shop were great for souvenirs and the nice wines.

Thoroughly enjoyed our visit to this brilliantly designed attraction. It was interesting, informative and alongwith a delicious lunch in between it was an excellent way to while away 5 happy hours.Would definitely recommend to all who are interested in wines and also for families as well. They have some neat ideas to keep the kiddies amused along the way as well.Well worth a visit.

You must be a really wealthy winemaker and winedealer to build up such a fairy place, showing up everything of the Beaujolais winemaking. Bravo. Also interesting for children, of course without the tastings.

It is supposed to be a wine tasting area, but it is much more! Lovely presentation of the Beaujolais terroirs and wines troughout the wines of Georges Duboeuf. Worth the detour!

Being a child of the 80's I was kind of dreading a visit to the Beaujolais museum, it was so heavily marketed back then and the craze for the Beaujolais noveau in the UK was fever pitch. But it was 19€ well spent, a throughly well planned out museum, fantastic artifacts and 3D cinema to boot. I particularly enjoyed the original art-noveau posters of champagnes and wines in the gallery. There is something for everyone here (mini golf, animations, history, gardens) and it will probably take at least 4 hours to go round everything. The site is spread over 4 sites with a noddy train to take you around but you could walk its not that far.It all ends in the tasting room and the gift shop of course, but we never felt that we were being pushed into buying Beaujolais, the gift shop has many different wines from all over not just their own and there is a great book shop with books on wine and food at one end. I must add to previous comments regarding the helpfulness of the staff. We were the only people in the place, it was past closing (but we weren't aware of this at the time being so absorbed) and when we discovered that the guy on the till was there just for us, we were of course embarrassed to have made him work overtime. No problem at all he said, there is so much to take in, you need to take your time. Just incredible!! In what other country would you be made to feel so comfortable and at ease.

We easily arrived at Romaneche-Thorins by train from Lyon. The wine museum is right beside train station. It was too early in the morning and Le Hameau was not yet open, but a very helpful employee let us store our luggage in the office, we browsed through the large gift shop, the manager of the restaurant kindly made us coffee and then they let us enter the exhibits half an hour early. Merci!We've visited a lot of wineries, but this was first with a talking grape vine, a 3-D video presentation and model trains. Because of the time of year we were not able to visit the garden and winery, but even the limited presentation filled five hours including a great lunch in the restaurant. Most of the exhibit labels are in three languages: French, English and German. There are headsets with translation for some of the audiovisual programs. Before our trip we read Rudolph Chelminski's book, I'll Drink to That: Beaujolais and the French Peasant who made it the World's Most Popular Wine. That background made Le Hameau much more meaningful.And I almost forgot - it has very elegant toilets. Although the men's is at the top of a spiral staircase.

En famille, en couple , avec des potes....c'est une super idée pour passer un dimanche sympa! Ludique mais instructif, les décors sont beaux, le midi, on peut manger sur place et c'est bon!A partir de début avril, on se balade dans les vignes, les côteaux maconnais sont à découvrir et chaque petit village survolé dans les attractions donne envie de le parcourir à pied donc affaire à suivre tout au long de l'été!Nous ne nous sommes jamais sentis obligés d'acheter dans la boutique qui termine le parcours, chacun est libre d'admirer ou pas, d'acheter les produits ou pas....mais une chose est sûre, nous reviendrons!Seul bémol, l'accoustique de certains reportages, interessants pourtant, parasités par les sons des salles voisines....Les enfants autour de nous s'amusaient aussi et ça change des attractions à sensation! Je recommande si on a gardé son âme d'enfant!

Assez surpris par les avis globalement positifs que l'on peut lire ici. Alors certes le cadre est sympa, la rénovation des bâtiments a été faite avec goût mais au delà de la forme, le fonds est extrêmement vide, très orienté et parfois à la limite de la mégalomanie (les tee-shirt "I LOVE DUBOEUF!"... auront au moins eu le mérite de me faire rire) . Je ne parlerai même pas des animations (automates, ciné 3D...) dont la désuétude devient parfois presque gênante. Un cinéma expliquant le travail de vigneron aurait sans doute suffit.Alors oui, ça peut sans doute plaire à des touristes étrangers ne connaissant du vignoble français que son Beaujolais mais ça ne va pas au delà. En vérité on comprend très vite qu'au lieu d'un musée de la vigne et du vin, on entre dans une boutique du Beaujolais et plus précisément des Beaujolais de chez DUBOEUF. Autant dire que pour un bourguignon, amateur de bon vin, ce n'est pas du tout pareil et qu'au final j'ai non seulement rien appris mais j'ai en plus la vague impression d'avoir été pris pour une vache à lait.Finalement, payer 19€ pour être dirigé comme un mouton à l'abattoir vers la boutique ça laisse un léger gout amer, encore plus amer que les deux verres de piquette qu'on nous propose généreusement à "déguster" en fin de visite. Un bel attrape touriste, dans lequel je ne me ferai plus piéger.