<p>Today a hotel, spa, and winery producing a variety of vintages—including Beaujolais, Regnié, and Morgon—the Château de Pizay estate dates to the Middle Ages.</p><p class="p3">Read more in "Under the Influence" in the October 2013 issue of <em>National Geographic Traveler</em> (<a href="https://secure.customersvc.com/servlet/Show?WESPAGE=OrderPages/tr/1304/order_15A1.jsp&amp;MSRSMAG=TR&amp;EK1=TRAJ">subscribe here</a>).</p>

Château de Pizay

Today a hotel, spa, and winery producing a variety of vintages—including Beaujolais, Regnié, and Morgon—the Château de Pizay estate dates to the Middle Ages.

Read more in "Under the Influence" in the October 2013 issue of National Geographic Traveler (subscribe here).

Photograph by Susan Seubert

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