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White wines

- Chardonnay is grown for wines such as Montagny, Pouilly-Fuissé and both Mâcon Blanc and Beaujolais Blanc.

- Aligoté is grown on certain slopes of the Côte Chalonnaise for the production of both the village-specific "Bouzeron" appellation and the broader "Bourgogne Aligoté" appellation sub-region.

Red wines

- Pinot Noir produces the wines of Givry, Rully, Mercurey, Côte de Beaune Villages, Bourgogne Rouge, Maranges and Couchois.

- Gamay is used in the production of Mâcon Rouge, and especially for the Department's 3 Beaujolais vintage appellations: Saint-Amour, Moulin-à-Vent and Chénas.

The Beaujolais

The Beaujolais' vineyards begin at the extreme southern edge of the Saône-&-Loire department.
The type of Gamay varietal planted on this granite soil yields 4 of the area's 10 vintage-labelled wines:
- Saint-Amour,
- Moulin-à-Vent,
- Chénas,
- Juliénas,
- in addition to the regional Beaujolais Villages and Beaujolais appellations.

The "Moulin-à-Vent" appellation is named after a famous monument: the area's 15th-century windmill (a historical landmark), which looks out majestically over the Beaujolais vineyards and serves to symbolise the most celebrated of all the Beaujolais labels.
Owned by the Sauzet family, this monument features a wine cellar on-site for tasting and its ground floor is open to the public.

Every year on the 3rd Wednesday of October, release of the local primeur wines from the year's harvest gives rise to a number of private celebrations.

The Côte Chalonnaise and the Couchois

The Côte Chalonnaise represents a natural extension to the Côte de Beaune wine-growing area. Covering 4,000 hectares, these vineyards produce varietal-specific, vintage-labelled wines:
- the pinot noir varietal for the reds (Rully, Mercurey, Givry, Bourgogne Côte Chalonnaise, Bourgogne Côtes du Couchois);
- the Chardonnay varietal for the whites such as Rully, Mercurey, Givry and Montagny;
- and the Aligoté varietal for the Bourgogne Aligoté appellation.

The small village of Bouzeron produces an appellation ("Bouzeron") wine from the Aligoté varietal with a personality that's absolutely unique in Burgundy.

The Côte Chalonnaise and the nearby vineyards around Couches also produce regional Burgundy appellations.

The "Maranges" appellation extends the Côte de Beaune winegrowing area further to the southwest, reaching as far as the village of Santenay. This appellation encompasses the villages of Dezize-les-Maranges, Sampigny-les-Maranges and Cheilly-les-Maranges.
The primary production of this area is a red wine from the Pinot Noir varietal. Maranges wines, for the most part, age very well.

The Mâconnais

The Mâconnais is the southernmost as well as the most extensive of Burgundy's wine-growing areas (covering 6,500 hectares).

From Tournus southward to the village of Saint-Vérand, the Chardonnay varietal has found very fertile ground for production of the regional Mâcon-Villages appellation, along with the local Saint-Véran, Pouilly-Vinzelles, Pouilly-Loché, Pouilly-Fuissé and Viré-Clessé appellations.

The Gamay varietal is used to produce all Mâcon Rouge-appellation wines.

The Mâconnais wine-growing area is also extremely renowned for producing the high-quality "Crémant de Bourgogne" sparkling wine, appreciated for its distinct characteristics.

Regional wines: The Brionnais wines

A century ago, this area included some 4,000 hectares of vineyards, meaning that the entire Brionnais region was covered with vineyards. The limestone and rocky soil of the Brionnais hillsides to this day benefits from a micro-climate bringing with it more sunshine, thereby favouring the growing of vines.

Wine is produced in the village of Mailly, both at the winery cooperative and by individual vintners.

	Chardonnay is grown for wines such as Montagny, Pouilly-Fuissé and both Mâcon Blanc and Beaujolais Blanc..