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A former fortified medieval town, Vaux en Bugey is a pretty bug village. Stone residences, peacefully flowing Buizin, church surrounded by the old walkway and remains of mills bear witness to a past rich in activities and stories
The town was Dauphinois, Savoyard then French in 1601.
The village has partly kept the memory of its oval shape, a legacy of its medieval past.
The walk, from its alleys to the heights, or on the hamlets, is very pleasant in all seasons. The many views of the town, the vineyards or the meadows make it a peaceful and rejuvenating place.

From its past the village also retains a beautiful chapel: Notre Dame de Nièvre, which was once a very popular place of pilgrimage.
The rural and peasant population practiced polyculture: animal husbandry, cereal and market gardening, viticulture and forestry.
The basement was also exploited: first iron ore from 1824 to 1865, then gas from 1906 to 1961. Vaux en Bugey was also the first natural gas deposit exploited in France.

The Cave du Buizin was born from a simple idea: to compose a varied and atypical wine estate by bringing together plots of quality vines. And from these original grapes, to offer you unique wines, respectful of Man and nature.
On Vaux-en-Bugey, the stronghold of Maud and Sébastien, the vines are steep, cannot be mechanized, and planted with dozens of different grape varieties, white and red mixed. They are sometimes framed by vegetable gardens in espaliers or decorated with sheds of vines called "grangeons". As often in the past, the vines are accompanied by peach trees, gooseberries and fig trees. The flowers and grasses scatter freely between the rows. Maud and Sébastien will passionately share their knowledge, learned from their training with the elders.

The Tissot cellar is located in the heart of a charming village of medieval origin. Nestled between steep, sunny hillsides, and crossed by a stream, the Buizin, this village offers its winding streets and cut stones to curious walkers.
The hillsides of Ain offer a magnificent wine-growing region clinging to the last foothills of the Jura massif, before it is stopped by the Rhône.
The Tissot vines offer a beautiful mosaic of terroirs: Jacquère is planted on limestone scree, and despite its 100 years of age, it displays resplendent health. L'Altesse is planted on a superb blue marl hillside, very steep and facing south. Gamay draws its fruity and spicy character from the very stony clay-limestone soil where it is planted. La Mondeuse flourishes in the steep and very sunny hillside of Mataret.

The estate is family-run (5th generation working the vines) and on a human scale. The winegrowers work 5 ha and produce 10 different vintages. After spending many years working with respect for nature and without herbicides, the family converted to organic farming in 2016, with AB certification obtained from the 2019 vintage on the entire estate. There is a lot of manual labor on the steep hillsides, including disbudding, lifting, picking, and of course the harvest.

The Tissot family takes great care to produce quality grapes so that vinification takes place in the best conditions, and that the wine expresses all the complexity and power of the Bugey terroirs.

All production is sold in bottles and as much as possible in short circuits: at the estate, in producers' stores, at wine fairs, at wine merchants and restaurateurs, as well as for export (to the United States, Belgium and the Netherlands and Japan). These wines are not found in supermarkets, it is a choice on the part of the Tissot family.

The vintages are regularly selected in the Hachette Wine Guide (1 star for the Mondeuse 2021, "Par les Soirs bleus d'été" in the 2024 edition) or participate in competitions: the Altesse 2022 was rewarded with a medal gold at the 2023 “Amphore” international organic wine competition, the Roussette du Bugey Mataret 2020 received the gold medal in the 2023 “Elle à table” competition. They were also honored by journalists (Bugey Brut in the March 2022 Elle à Table issue).

The Tissot family welcomes you with pleasure (by appointment), to help you discover their vintages!