Panneaux solaire | Domaine Joseph LAFARGE | Lugny

June 2021



In order to achieve autonomous energy production, the domain, forever engaged in the sustainable development, covers part of its roof with 96 photovoltaic pannels.        

Gîte au Domaine Joseph LAFARGE | Chambres d'hôtes en Bourgogne Franche-Comté | Lugny | Hébergement mâconnais | Domaine Joseph LAFARGE

May 2021



The domain widens its range of offers by opening two gites located right in the Grand Bois! The house of the Trader (le Négociant) and the house of the Winemaker (le Vigneron), able to welcome, respectively, 8 and 4 people.

Mâcon Blanc | Médaille de Bronze

April 2021



The domain Joseph Lafarge gets two new medals for its Macon Blanc 2020!

- Bronze medal in the "grands vins de France Mâcon" contest

- Silver medal in the National Vinalies contest

Route 71 La Route qu’on se choisit, celle qui nous mène au gré de nos aspirations pour en faire naître de nouvelles.
Celle faite de rencontres, de découvertes, de saveurs, de sensations, d’images inoubliables, de grand air, d’inattendu.
En Saône-et-Loire, la Route71 - Bourgogne du Sud est de celles-là.

Pour vivre des expériences inspirantes, prenez la route, les chemins de traverse, sortez des sentiers battus…
Flânez au cœur de la Saône-et-Loire authentique, champêtre, épicurienne, chaleureuse et partagez des plaisirs simples autour des produits emblématiques de son terroir.| Bourgogne| Lugny

June 2020



The Clos du Grand Bois and the Domain Joseph Lafarge, already owning multiple touristic labels such as Vignes en Cave or Vignobles & Découvertes, are made ambassadors of the Route 71, web app created by the departmental council.

May 2020



The association Lugny Patrimoine installs, near the Grand Bois, for the walkers, a map (with captions), in order to teach about the history over the past three centuries of this place.
Reconstruction au sein du Domaine Joseph Lafarge Gite Sud Bourgogne Saône et Loire 71

March 2020



Start of the renewing/rebuilding of the fourth building (the one to the north), which will be arranged, on the first half, into a gite, while the second part becomes an accomodation.

Achievement of the process programmed to December 2020...

Anthony Lafarge

22nd, January, 2020



During a ceremony organised in the viticultural highschool Mâcon-Davayé, the Domain Joseph Lafarge gets its Mâcon Rosé 2019 awarded by the highest distinction by the members of the Contest of wines from the Mâconnais and Beaujolais' jury (129th iteration): a Gold Medal. Another cuvée is also awarded: the Mâcon Blanc 2019, with a silver medal.
Mâcon Lugny Saint Pierre| Lugny| Domaine Joseph LAFARGE

December 2019



The Mâcon-Lugny St-Pierre 2018 is distinguished by the belgium buying guide Vins et Terroirs Authentiques.

Anthony Lafarge

26th, November, 2019



The Clos du Grand Bois takes part in the animation of an encounter organised in Tournus over the Saone-et-Loire territory by the actors of the œnotourism on the theme of the label Vignoble & Découvertes, with multiple other wine domains labeled.
Echappées belles| France 5| Lugny

29th & 30th, August, 2019



Sophie Jovillard, the presenter of Echappées belles, is welcomed at the Clos du Grand Bois for a recording on the theme of the œnotourism in the setting of a broadcast dedicated to Burgundy and its vineyards (broadcasted on France 3 the 17th of November and on France 5 the 30th of November).
Cycliste| Lugny| Domaine joseph Lafarge

4th, June, 2019



The Clos du Grand Bois receives for lunch the double Tour de France Champion Bernard Thévenet (yellow jersey in 1975, right before Eddy Merckx, and again in 1977), accompanied by the organizers of Bourgogne Vélo Festival (Burgundy Bicycle Festival), event unfolding in Tournus the 14th & 15th of September, 2019, with one of the legs stopping at the Domain Joseph Lafarge!
Chambres d'hôtes en Bourgogne Franche-Comté | Lugny | Hébergement mâconnais | Domaine Joseph LAFARGE

May 2019



With the help of EDF (french electricity provider), multiple stakes made of cement along the way running through the Grand Bois are deleted, replaced by an underground line.
Médaille d'or 2023| Bourgogne rouge

28th, March, 2019



The Domain Joseph Lafarge, vineyard leaning against the Clos du Grand Bois, receives its first award: the Distinction Saint-Vincent of the Mâcon wines, prized to the cuvée Mâcon Lugny Saint-Pierre 2018 by the Mâcon wine producers' Union.
Chambres d'hôtes en Bourgogne Franche-Comté | Lugny | Hébergement mâconnais | Domaine Joseph LAFARGE| Magazine bourgogne

September 2018



The Clos du Grand Bois makes the headlines of the bimonthly magazine "Actu Eco" from the Chamber of trading and industry in Saône-et-Loire.
Poules au sein du Domaine Joseph Lafarge

2nd, June, 2018



Ginette and Micheline arrive at the Grand Bois.

Goûtez à des vins typiques dans des lieux atypiques. Rouge, blanc et crémant, partagez un moment convivial autour de trois verres de vin de Saône-et-Loire.

May 2018



The Clos du Grand Bois, through the Domain Joseph Lafarge, signs in to the plans "VitiPass" and "Oeno Moment", set up to have people discover, taste and understand the wines of the Mâconnais and the Saône-et-Loire.
Domaine Joseph LAFARGE| Avis booking| Lugny

February 2018



The Clos du Grand Bois is awarded by Booking.com of two Guest Review Awards for the year 2017, one for the chambres d'hotes (9,3 out of 10) and the other for the œno-tonneaux (9,1 out of10).
Chambres d'hôtes en Bourgogne Franche-Comté | Lugny | Hébergement mâconnais| Domaine Joseph Lafarge

4th & 5th, November, 2017



The Clos du Grand Bois, being partner of the election of the Miss Val-de-Saône 2018, Ludivine Hyvernat and her four runners-up, as well as the singer Myriam Abel (winner of the Nouvelle Star, season 3) and the actress Dounia Coesens (Johanna Marci in the broadcasted series Plus Belle La Vie), séjournent au Clos du Grand Bois.
Guide hachette sud bourgogne

April & May 2017



The œno-tonneaux of the Clos du Grand Bois are selectionned to stand amongst the 48 accomodations of the Saône-et-Loire department proposed to the readers of the guide "Un grand week-end en Bourgogne-du-Sud" (A great week-end in South Burgundy) published by Hachette.
Guide France Passion

March 2017



The Clos du Grand Bois signs in to the the France Passion network, and joins 2000 other winemakers, farmers and other landworkers enabling camper vans to stay on their domain (via the "Formule Invitation" created in 1992).
Chambres d'hôtes en Bourgogne Franche-Comté | Lugny | Hébergement mâconnais | Domaine Joseph LAFARGE | Domaine viticole Vigneron indépendant

23rd & 24th, October, 2016



The Clos du Grand Bois being a partner of the election Miss Val-de-Saône 2017, Flora Coquerel, Miss France 2014 and 3rd runner-up for Miss Universe 2015, stays at the Clos du Grand Bois.

August 2016



The Domain Joseph Lafarge sells its first bottle of crémant de Bourgogne and its first bottle of white wine aged in oak barrels (from the mâcon blanc collected in the 2015 harvest).
Chambres d'hôtes en Bourgogne Franche-Comté | Lugny | Hébergement mâconnais | Domaine Joseph LAFARGE

January 2016



End of the arranging work of the entrance of the domain: installation of a forged metal portail.
Miss France 2012 | Lugny | Domaine Joseph LAFARGE

21st & 22nd, November, 2015



The Clos du Grand Bois, being partner of Miss Val-de-Saône 2016, Delphine Wespiser, miss France 2012, séjourne au Clos du Grand Bois.
Chambres d'hôtes en Bourgogne Franche-Comté | Lugny | Hébergement mâconnais | Domaine Joseph LAFARGE | Domaine viticole Vigneron indépendant

29th, March, 2015



The firemen from Lugny train themselves at the Grand Bois.
 Le label Vignobles & Découvertes est attribué pour une durée de 3 ans par Atout France, après recommandation du Conseil Supérieur de l’Œnotourisme, à une destination à vocation touristique et viticole proposant une offre de produits touristiques multiples et complémentaires (hébergement, restauration, visite de cave et dégustation, musée, événement,…) et permettant au client de faciliter l’organisation de son séjour et de l’orienter sur des prestations qualifiées.

2014



Obtaining of the label "Vignobles & Découvertes" thanks to Atout France.
Mâcon Lugny | Domaine Joseph LAFARGE

November 201



The Domain Joseph Lafarge sells its first bottle (Mâcon Blanc from the 2013 harvest).

Summer 2014



Le Clos du Grand Bois offers free and unlimited internet access through Wi-Fi to its visitors.

7th & 8th, June, 2014



The œno-tonneaux host their first visitors.
Inauguration des oeno-tonneaux | Chambres d'hôtes en Bourgogne Franche-Comté | Lugny | Hébergement mâconnais | Domaine Joseph LAFARGE

6th, June, 2014



The Clos du Grand Bois inaugurates the 5 œno-tonneaux.
Anthony Lafarge| Vigneron

September 2013



First harvest and grape pressing, as well as vatting, after the start of the wine cellar.

April 2013



The Clos du Grand Bois, two years after opening up, is ranked by the Figaro Magazine amongst the 200 most beautiful chambres d'hôtes in France.
Muscat le chat du domaine joseph lafarge | Lugny

Spring 2012



Muscat appears at the Grand Bois, chasing their first mice.
Les Gîtes de France, premiers prestataires d'accueil touristique chez l'habitant en milieu rural, se sont engagés dans une démarche écotouristique en créant le label Ecogîte. Les hébergements certifiés répondent à des exigences strictes en matière de respect de l'environnement.

2011



The Clos du Grand Bois is awarded the label "Écogîtes" by Gîtes de France.

9th, June, 2011



The Clos du Grand Bois recieves its first visitors shortly after opening its doors.

September 201



Start of the renewing works of the second building, the one hosting the chambres d'hôtes and the shared spaces.

March 2010



Planting of the fourty-three fruit trees of the orchard.
Etang Chambres d'hôtes en Bourgogne Franche-Comté | Lugny | Hébergement mâconnais | Domaine Joseph LAFARGE | Domaine viticole Vigneron indépendant

August 2009



The small pond next to the buildings of the Grand Bois is enlarged.