Gourmet products local specialties and wines Côtes-D'Armor

The farm of Kermel is a cereal farm and also a breeding of cows, calves, lambs, pigs raised on straw, poultry (including ducks, turkeys, capons), rabbits. The farm has its own cutting laboratory. The artisanal products are sold directly at the farm in season from Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 12pm and from 5pm to 7pm. Out of season, you will find Marie-France and Christian Riou, the artisan butchers on the market of Pleubian on Saturday morning and on the square of the village of Armor-Pleubian on Thursday.

The emblematic cookie factory of the medieval city has just celebrated its 100th anniversary. Born from a delicious mistake, the history of Gavottes® has been shining since 1886. Among its most famous creations : the Crêpes Dentelle Gavottes®, plain or covered with chocolate... Irresistible ! In the store, the team welcomes you with a smile to make you discover the whole range of the cookie maker's offer from Dinan. Impossible to leave empty-handed... especially since you will want to spoil your friends and family when you come back from vacation. The lucky ones!

Located between the villages of Perros-Guirec and Ploumanac'h, this vast shop offers local products, mainly Breton. The fresh fruit and vegetables come from the family's market gardener. Bread, delicatessen, dairy products, meat and fish are all produced in the department. Most of them are organic and the quality is there. You will also find delicatessen products, wine, pulses and dried fruit in bulk. In the wellness corner, the organic marine cosmetics made in Perros offer an excellent value for money.

The Fumoir de Saint-Cast is above all the story of a man who is passionate about cooking, but especially about smoked fish and shellfish, namely Wilfrid Quinveros. The specialty of the house? Scallops smoked with beechwood sawdust and oak chips from Scotch whisky barrels. There are also haddock smoked at low temperature, semi-cooked smoked mackerel, smoked trout from the Pyrenees, salmon from Scotland, Isigny and Cherbourg. The chef works with fishermen from the port of Saint-Cast and has his own workshop in Hénanbihen. We love it!

A local institution, Ty'Papo has its own store on the port of Erquy, in addition to the one in Val-André. This artisan ice-cream maker doesn't rest in the summer. And with good reason: his handcrafted ice creams - 75 flavors - are exquisite, made with natural fruit purées and raw milk from the farm. The plain or chocolate cookie cones are crisp and crunchy. Among the recipes, brownie and caramelized pecans, cheesecake and strawberry pieces, and pure-butter Breton palet and Madagascar vanilla are at the top of the list. Futé: the ice cream tub to go!

The reputation of this family cider factory is well established and the numerous awards received at the Concours Général Agricole and at the Salon de l'Agriculture bear witness to this. Its organic range - sweet and raw ciders, rosé ciders, apple juice, Fine de Bretagne, cider vinegar - is gaining ground. The shop in Plestan offers the house production at reasonable prices. In addition, the tasting is free. On the shelves, you can also find cider-flavoured charcuterie, honey and other regional products. We also appreciate the friendly welcome.

This is a @ and unavoidable stop on the Saveurs route (or Brittany greedy), two kilometres from the Plaisance-Guirec marina on the heights of Kerambellec. The idea was most luminous for Alain and Jeanine Le Jaouen who, in 2001, sought to cultivate rocky and pentues plots difficult to exploit. The apple plantation has borne fruit and the farmer cider of the Orchard de Kernivinen has grown. The farm now counts two hectares of orchard and 650 trees. The visits to the field are very popular with visitors and tourist tourists who like to be entrusted with a few secrets of manufacturing this pure, rather crude cider cider. Sweet, bitter, bitter, bitter sweet apples are selected to make the soft beverage, which is skillfully balanced. As a result, the tour allows you to understand the different stages of manufacturing. 25 000 bottles come out of the vats each year, which will be sold half on the farm, the rest being in good place on the table of crepes, on the shelves of local shops, on the shelves of the weekly or local markets in summer. Do not hesitate to push the door and blow the caps!

At the Benoît family, the cider-making know-how has been perpetuated from father to son for decades. Their multi-awarded production is referenced in many restaurants of the region. Their range includes a dozen kinds of ciders (organic, rosé, flavored...) and some spirits. The cuvée Prestige, aged in oak barrels, offers a cider of a beautiful golden color, which develops aromas of tarte Tatin and caramel in the mouth. The new and spacious store, located on the road between Lamballe and Pléneuf, also offers other local products.

Founded in 1900, this distillery was first successful with its Elixir d'Armorique, a plant liqueur which is still produced today. In 1987, the establishment marketed the first Breton whisky, the WB. Ten years later, Armorik, a single malt which has nothing to envy to its Scottish cousins, is born. Today, in addition to the Armorik range, Warenghem produces a wide range of spirits: chouchen, Fine, pommeau de Bretagne, etc. A tour of the factory takes you to the cellars and distillation rooms, before a tasting session. Book in advance in summer.

Located in the commercial area, this cellar-bar franchise occupies a space arranged in an industrial style, a mixture of wood, bricks and concrete. You can sit on stools, around high tables or cans. Eight beers are available on a draught basis, a panel that changes regularly. You can also try one of the many bottled beers, also sold in the adjoining cellar area. Among the 300 references, many Belgians and Trappists, a good choice of French and some Breton. There are also whiskies, arranged rums and other spirits. Various activities are offered throughout the year: broadcasting of sporting events on giant screens, tastings, concerts... Not to mention the afterworks with DJ, every Thursday from September to mid-June.

The distillery is installed in front of the lighthouse of Les Héaux de Bréhat. Regularly rewarded, the house produces two ranges of malted barley whiskies, with an asserted Celtic identity, using traditional elaboration techniques. Open flame heating, slow distillation, small stills,... To taste (in moderation!) their production, go to the store. The team will be happy to inform you about the history of the distillery and the manufacturing process.

Located in Saint-Quay-Perros, in Trégor, less than two kilometres from the beaches of the Pink granite coast between Lannion and Perros-Guirec, this family cider, created from every room in March 2000, is based on an orchard of 2,5 hectares planted with 100% varieties of cider apples, local and leads to organic farming. The transformation of apples combines tradition and new techniques to deliver organic products (without added sulphites) pure juice, with natural foam taking for cider and pure juice, always, for the preparation of vinegar and apple juice. Jean-Luc Kerroux, only on his operation, takes the lead from apple to glass, thereby ensuring the whole of marketing in direct sale. You'll laugh here with raw cider, half-dry and sweet farmers or apple juice, regularly rewarded in the regional competition of Brittany. From the orchard to the cellar, the visits are free, but it is advisable to call to advertise your arrival. Organizational question, quite simply.

L'atelier Romarin is an in-home chef and event catering service located in Trégueux, in the Côtes-d'Armor region of Brittany. They offer exceptional buffets and in-home chef services in several towns in the region, including St Brieuc, Plérin, Dinard, St Malo, Dinan, Paimpol and Lannion. Whether you need catering for a special event, or would like to enjoy a chef-prepared meal in the comfort of your own home, Atelier Romarin is here to meet your culinary needs.

This friendly bar-cave, a stone's throw from the Place du Martray, welcomes you in a warm and atypical retro setting. Here, you can enjoy an excellent homemade hot chocolate or, at aperitif time, enjoy a beer or glass of wine, accompanied by a charcuterie board. In the back room, the beer cellar offers a vast selection of Breton and Belgian mousses, as well as rums, whiskies and a regional grocery corner. Apero concerts are regularly organized. A warm welcome from Juliette and Frédéric.

Le Cru Gourmand Sarl is a restaurant. It offers on-site meals, take-away and contactless delivery. Customers appreciate the staff's warm welcome, the speed of service and the quality of the dishes on offer. Some customers have also commented on the varied choice of dishes and the fact that they are well presented. However, a few negative reviews mentioned disappointment with the quantity of dishes and their simplicity.

The Val de Rance cider factory was born from the association of twelve cider apple producers from Pleudihen-sur-Rance. Its role is to transform the apple juice into cider before marketing it. Cidres bouchés bruts, sweet, organic, farm and table ciders are made by the cellar master who ensures that the products are made with respect for both the know-how and the raw material. Visits are organized, punctually, during the year or by appointment.

Just a stone's throw from the Place du Martray, this renowned cellar has been a fixture of the wine scene since 1985, and boasts some 2,500 wine references. Here, you'll find expert advice and the ability to guide you towards small, surprising vintages as well as fine houses. You'll also find whiskies, old rums, armagnacs, cognacs and calvados. Beers have pride of place, with around a hundred references. The grocery section offers a fine range of local products: buckwheat potato chips, caramels, preserves, teas... The epicurean address we love!

We would deal here with the oldest cider of France led by the fourth generation «Johann». This is, in any case, a great family history begun in 1892, when Joseph (Johann) decided to base at the Field of Fairground near Paimpol Harbour a house of cider, wine and spirits trading in order to supply schooners to Iceland and local businesses. From the beginning, the cider is made on the spot and alongside, on the boats, the wine imported from Bordeaux. Trade lasts until the 1980 s when wine consumption begins to decline. A chance? In any case, this disaffection should give wings to young successors and, above all, the idea of devoting themselves fully to the production of cider and - as long as possible - of quality cider. A huge programme for planting orchards of varieties of Breton varieties is engaged, the cider is a team of modern and efficient equipment and we have arrived at the dawn of this st century: 1 200 tonnes of apples come from family orchards and the best varieties of apples to be transformed, in accordance with ancestral work, into stuffy cidre under the brand "Bolée de Paimpol" for pure raw juice or sweet, in farmer cider to the aromas of yesteryear, in cider of the "Ker Lann", in the brandy of cider "Fine of Brittany", pommel AOC. You will not be told any more. You can taste, taste and imagine that 120 years of history sing and dance at the bottom of your glass.

At the entrance to Perros-Guirec, before arriving on the port, stop at this boutique, which sells in particular crumbs, original biscuits without butter and egg yolk. They are declined in more than 25 flavors: black wheat and salt flowers have recently expanded the range, alongside the fragrances of salty caramel, tatin, lemon, blueberry, honey, grapes, apple… It may be the tasting of caramel cream or, more importantly, the alluring odor of kouign amann (heated on the spot) that will have brought you here. By walking in the shop you will also find various regional products such as sea rillets, local producers' ciders, Brittany beers… On the side of marine and sportswear: Mariners, dresses, wax, arrows, boots, bonnets and even baby bodyballs dress the whole family.