The best grocery stores Aude

If you're a gourmet, this is the place for you! This delicatessen is undoubtedly one of the best in town. We come here for the quality of the products selected, whether from the region or elsewhere. Local wines and beers, crémants and blanquettes de Limoux, champagnes and spirits to make your mouth water! And when it comes to good food, you'll love the cheeses from Chez Xavier (MOF), the artisanal charcuterie, the exceptional Iberian hams, the cakes and other gourmet preserves, and the ever-wise advice from the team.

Le Comptoir des Matins Bleus is Sandrine Béliveau's declaration of love for her terroir. In her small grocery store, she shares her passion for good products from here and elsewhere: vinegars from Laguinelle, peppers and spices from around the world, Greek feta, exceptional small goats' cheeses, Iberian ham, wines and beers from the region, organic coffees, teas and herbal teas, surprising syrups... An address that hides a multitude of little nuggets of all kinds

In the heart of the Cité district, the Cave de l'Amphore is a treasure trove of wines. Red, white, rosé, oak-aged or light, budget or grand cru, the team will guide you according to your tastes, desires and budget. The wine selection is rigorous, from regional wines to those from other French wine-growing regions. To complete the picture: a fine selection of sweet and savoury treats, a wide choice of spirits, champagnes and tasting workshops. An address where you can even find the unobtainable.

Gilles and Jacqueline welcome you to their magnificent red store, the aptly named La Ferme, the meeting place of every self-respecting Aude epicurean. Thirty years of passion for cheeses and local produce have made this a Mecca for gourmets. Here you'll find everything to satisfy your taste buds: 7,000 references are sifted, tasted and approved before ending up in your basket. Whether you're looking for a gourmet or rural meal, or a gift involving the culinary arts, La Ferme is the cave with a taste of the terroir.

When you cross Villalier, stop and find Dominique and Alain's little gourmet grocery store. You will be pleasantly surprised by this small shop where everything is well arranged, the fruits and vegetables are beautiful and well presented, the delicatessen reserves beautiful discoveries made in Italy, the cheeses proposed and in particular the truffled brie house are excellent! We appreciate the selection of wines offered with its nuggets. At Saveurs d'Antan, you can also sit down on the table to taste what you like.

In the heart of the medieval city and echoing the tea room and ice cream parlour in the lower town, the Cosy du Plo, offers a tea room-ice cream parlour and delicatessen concept that you will find right next to the Jean-Deschamps Theater square. This "gourmet store" features a selection of local producers, beers, wines, olive oils, cassoulets, honeys, liqueurs and sweet treats. For a gourmet break, sit down to taste the delicious specialties of the house such as the waffles in the Liège style that you can decorate with homemade ice creams.

Le Caviste Gourmand (by CDD) offers a temple to Occitan viticulture and quality local products. Here you'll find over 600 references in wines, whiskies, rums, champagnes, local craft beers... On the delicatessen side: charcuterie, preserves, fruit and vegetables, cheeses, and sweet treats. Donkey milk soaps, shower gels, and creams are also available. Animations and tastings take place in the company of sommeliers. During your visit, you can enjoy lunch at La Cantine du Caviste, the onsite restaurant.

A must at Les Halles when it comes to Italian gastronomy. Audrey and Julien offer you Parma and San Daniele hams, coppa di Parma, guanciale, parmigiano reggiano, gorgonzola, mozzarella, wines and a fine selection of groceries; it's ecstasy! Let us advise you on cured meats, and we'll show you recipes based on lardo di colonnata and other Italian cured meats. Don't miss the truffled mortadella or the artichoke and onion confit, perfect for an aperitif! La dolce vita...

Cyril's vinegars are renowned in the region. Highly acclaimed by top chefs, he satisfies a clientele looking for exceptional products. Taste his 48 different vinegars and balsamics, such as the wild blackberry vinegar or the candied lemon and ginger wine vinegar, or discover the production site, just a stone's throw from the boutique. From the barrels filled with a 10-year-old balsamic to the bottles of wine vinegar on the roof, you'll learn all about its production methods at the end of the free tour.

The hillside wine growers of Alaric came together to create this sales point where you can savour fine wines from local producers at very reasonable prices. We appreciate the reception quality, and also the possibility of tasting local products on sale in the shop, be they sweet or savoury: duck rillettes, foie gras, meals, olive oil, Marseillette pond rice but also local delicacies like badenques or craquets.

This beautiful 24m green-and-yellow Dutch barge, moored a stone's throw from the famous stone bridge, has been part of the bucolic landscape of Le Somail since 1927. From April to October, from 8 am onwards, you can buy bread, pastries, wine, groceries, and regional specialties selected by the owner, such as honey and cheeses. Boaters calling at the port appreciate its picturesque appearance and gourmet shop window. For breakfast, you can sit back and relax in the colourful chairs on the riverbank.

The location in an industrial zone holding Gamvert is misleading. You're dealing with genuine farm products. The result of the combination of sixty breeders scattered in the Aude, the Tarn and Aveyron, you will find only quality products here. This is due to the total control of production sectors and the respect of traditional processes. Outcome: South-West full duck livers (Gold Medal in 2011 at the General Agricultural Contest in Paris), magrets and candies, stuffed ducks, rabbit thighs with romarine and tagliatelles, rabbit at Provençal and tagliatelles.

Nestled in the heart of a valley, on a land once cultivated by monks of Saint Hilaire's abbey, the domain de Martinolles perpetuates the age-old tradition. Here, you can taste its blanquettes, crémant, chardonnays and Pinot Noirs that are often rewarded. The pale yellow and crystalline coloured chardonnay reveals scents of dry apricot and vineyard peach. Blanquette de Limoux Carte Noire, with a beautiful bright yellow colour and golden reflections, has foam rope supported by slender and many fine bubbles. It subtly blends notes of white peach with scents of white flowers, making it perfect for an aperitif, for cocktails, or to accompany meals.

A newcomer to Narbonne, Stéphanie Asco's highly attractive shop is a concentrate of good taste and gourmet delights, and it's because she doesn't want to be like everyone else that you'll find everything here that you won't find anywhere else. First of all, you'll discover a fine selection of wines from the region and beyond, all organic or biodynamic, but also spirits, gins, rums, digestifs... And what can we say about the selection of gourmet products such as Kalios smoked olive oil! A bit of literature and the very enlightened advice of Fanny the epicurean.

A shop as nice as in the past: solid wood low furnitures, metal boxes with little appearance, beautifully decorated and brightened in antique style and especially, especially, biscuits and local sweets with thousands of colours and scents. Just to mention the filled biscuits, choupettes (handmade lollipops in a variety of flavours), olives in chocolate, Berlandises, Marseille shuttle flavoured with orange flower or vanilla, cinnamon or chocolate, the mantecaos (biscuits of Spanish origin flavoured with lemon-cinnamon, almond, or cocoa) the madeleines... your mouth will water in front of these sweets that exude their sweet perfumes. It is a stop recommended for gourmet snacks and more. La Cure Gourmande is present in many other cities of the region, particularly in Narbonne where the chocolates of the brand are manufactured.

For many years, the Maison Rivière excels in cassoulet - prepared with white beans, confits, grilled sausages and cooked over the required time, delivered fresh in cassole or put into a box. This excellent cassoulet has been renowned for a long time. Other specialties will whet your appetite: rillings, pâté, foie gras… and dishes prepared like the coq au vin, the petit salé with lentils… You can taste the brand products prepared and served in the restaurant La Maison du Cassoulet in Castelnaudary, but also in Carcassonne, Toulouse, Lourdes, Font-Romeu and Saint-Lary. For your pleasure, the brand also offers gourmet gift boxes (also on sale on their website).

Promoting short circuits! That's why 8 local producers have decided to open Le Comptoir des producteurs. You'll find their products, as well as those of many local winegrowers and farmers. On the shelves of this small locavore supermarket, seasonal fruits and vegetables, farmhouse ice creams, cheeses, yoghurts, charcuterie, meats, honey, gingerbread, olive oil, bread, wine, eggs, pasta, jams, and cookies await you for 100% local shopping.

Stéphane and Anna Barbera's grocery store isn't just pretty, it's gourmet too! After a long career in the restaurant business, Stéphane and his daughter have made a dream come true: to open their own gourmet shop. Here you'll find an attractive cheese stall with around a hundred references, as well as charcuterie by the slice and in the form of aperitif platters (to order). You'll also find canning products from Castelnaudary, and spreads made in Gruissan. In short, savoury, sweet and for the thirsty, wines, champagne and spirits.

If you want to discover the products of the Aude region, while being sure of their quality, their origin and their production methods, welcome to the Pays d'Oc Farm! Located in the heart of town, opposite the tourist office, this showcase of excellence in Chaurian crafts and food products will let you discover the best of the Aude region. Here, the emphasis is on short circuits, since this delicatessen is a grouping of local producers and craftsmen, who put forward ancestral know-how in a concern for traceability and total quality.