# Wedding photographers in Burgundy & Champagne > Vineyard slopes and chalk cellars, moated châteaux, old abbeys and stone wine villages — an hour or two from Paris. - URL: https://lensandvows.com/france/burgundy - France: https://lensandvows.com/france (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/france.md) - Português: https://lensandvows.com/pt/france/burgundy.md - Español: https://lensandvows.com/es/france/burgundy.md - Italiano: https://lensandvows.com/it/france/burgundy.md - Deutsch: https://lensandvows.com/de/france/burgundy.md - Français: https://lensandvows.com/fr/france/burgundy.md - Lens & Vows: https://lensandvows.com/ Two of France’s great wine regions lie east and south-east of Paris. In Champagne, around Reims and Épernay, vine-covered hills sit above miles of cellars dug into the chalk; in Burgundy, the narrow slope of the Côte d’Or runs south from Dijon past Beaune, its vineyards divided into small plots called climats. Both landscapes are UNESCO World Heritage sites. Weddings gather around a château or a wine estate: a ceremony in the park or among the vines, a toast in the cellars, and dinner in a stone barn or the hall of an old abbey. ## When to marry in Burgundy & Champagne - **Best:** June, July, August, September - **Good with planning:** May, October June to September is the season: warm days, cooler nights and the fewest rainy days in late summer. May is green but showery, and October mild and golden, with cold nights by the end of the month. The harvest — from late August in Champagne, in September in Burgundy — is the wine houses’ busiest time. - **Spring:** The vines come into leaf, the fields turn yellow with rapeseed and the days are mild; frost and showers are still possible. - **Summer:** Long, warm days among the vines, with storms building on some afternoons; dinners outside run late into the evening. - **Harvest and autumn:** Pickers in the rows from late August into September, then the slopes turning gold and red and the mornings misty. ## In numbers - **Hottest month, average high:** July · 26.7°C — Météo-France: https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_21473001.pdf - **Average high in the best months:** Jun 24.2°C · Jul 26.7°C · Aug 26.2°C · Sep 21.7°C — Météo-France: https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_21473001.pdf - **Days with 1 mm of rain or more, best months:** Jun 8.9 · Jul 7.8 · Aug 7.9 · Sep 7.9 — Météo-France: https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_21473001.pdf - **UNESCO World Heritage:** [Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars](https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1465) (2015); [The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy](https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1425) (2015) Weather station: Dijon-Longvic, normals 1991–2020 · Checked 13 October 2026 ## Where couples marry here The kinds of places — ask your photographer which ones they know well. - **Castles and moated manors:** Châteaux and country houses with moats, formal gardens and old trees — the ceremony, the dinner and the rooms in one place. - **Wine estates and Champagne houses:** Domaines among the vines and Champagne houses with chalk cellars — a toast underground, then dinner above. - **Abbeys and priories:** Former abbeys and priories of pale stone in the countryside, with cloisters and vaulted halls for the ceremony or the dinner. - **Wine villages and canals:** Stone villages with a church and a wash-house among the vines, and quiet tree-lined canals for portraits and a ride on the water. ## Towns and places in Burgundy & Champagne - [Reims](https://lensandvows.com/france/burgundy/reims): A coronation cathedral, chalk cellars under the hill of Saint-Nicaise, and the vineyards of the Montagne de Reims on the slopes south of town. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/france/burgundy/reims.md) ## How the light falls Low, rolling hills give wide skies and a long evening light. The Côte d’Or faces east and south-east, so its vines are brightest in the morning and fall into the hill’s shadow before sunset, while the plateau above holds the last light. In autumn, mornings often begin with mist in the valleys. ## Getting there Fly into Paris: fast trains reach Reims in about 45 minutes and Dijon in about an hour and a half, and Lyon’s airport is closer for southern Burgundy. The estates are spread across the countryside, so plan cars or a coach for the guests. ## Photographers in Burgundy & Champagne They shoot here and know the light. Their whole weddings are on their pages. - [Joseph J.](https://lensandvows.com/photographers/joseph-jukes) — Based in: Paris · Shoots in: Burgundy & Champagne, Paris, Loire Valley, Bordeaux & the South West, Normandy & Brittany, The French Alps, French Riviera, Provence · from €3,000 · Speaks: English, French · Style: Documentary, Editorial, Romantic · Verified (We’ve verified their identity) (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/photographers/joseph-jukes.md) - [Natalia D.](https://lensandvows.com/photographers/natalia-duplinskaya) — Based in: Paris · Shoots in: Burgundy & Champagne, Paris, Provence, French Riviera, Loire Valley, Bordeaux & the South West, Normandy & Brittany, The French Alps · from €1,400 · Speaks: English, French, Russian · Style: Romantic · Verified (We’ve verified their identity) (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/photographers/natalia-duplinskaya.md) https://lensandvows.com/photographers?region=burgundy https://lensandvows.com/photographers?region=burgundy&sort=rating (Highest rated) ## Read before you plan - [What a wedding photographer costs in France, and what changes the price](https://lensandvows.com/journal/wedding-photographer-cost-france): Published prices for photographing a wedding in France run from under €1,000 to €12,000 and more. The ranges with their sources and dates, by length of day and region by region, what goes into a price, the French specifics (two ceremonies, TTC or HT, kilometres) and how paying works on Lens & Vows. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/wedding-photographer-cost-france.md) - [Getting married in France as foreigners: the mairie, the church or a symbolic ceremony](https://lensandvows.com/journal/getting-married-in-france): France’s routes for couples from abroad — why only the mairie can marry you, the residence rule, the banns and the documents, a church wedding after the civil one, same-sex couples, and where the photographer fits in. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/getting-married-in-france.md) - [A symbolic wedding in France: marry legally at home, celebrate in France](https://lensandvows.com/journal/symbolic-ceremony-france): Why couples from abroad sign the papers at home and hold a cérémonie laïque in France, what the law says about it, who can lead it and what it costs, where you may hold it — beaches, parks, protected sites — and what it frees up for the light and the photographs. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/symbolic-ceremony-france.md) - [The best time to get married in France: month by month, region by region](https://lensandvows.com/journal/best-time-to-marry-in-france): Météo-France’s climate normals for eight places couples marry, how many couples marry in each month (INSEE), the best months for each region, the holidays, ponts and events of 2027, and sunrise, sunset and golden hour for 2027 in eight cities. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/best-time-to-marry-in-france.md) - [How to choose a wedding photographer: the steps, and the questions to ask](https://lensandvows.com/journal/how-to-choose-a-wedding-photographer): The decision in order — whole weddings, style, availability, the package, the contract and deposit, cancellation, delivery and a conversation — then a checklist of questions, with why each one matters. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/how-to-choose-a-wedding-photographer.md) - [Wedding venues in France: châteaux, bastides, vineyards and Alpine chalets](https://lensandvows.com/journal/wedding-venues-france): Twenty-two places that say on their own sites that they host weddings — palace hotels in Paris and an abbey outside it, Provençal bastides and wine estates, a Riviera villa and a castle on the sea, Loire châteaux, Bordeaux and Dordogne hideaways, Norman and Breton manors, a lakeside abbey and Alpine chalets, Burgundy and Champagne châteaux — with where they are, what they look like, capacity from their own pages, and what each means for your photos. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/wedding-venues-france.md)