The best local producers Aude

L'Hôtel du Pont Vieux is not only a charming hotel, ideally located for enjoying the wonders of the medieval city of Carcassonne. It is also committed to promoting good regional products, and has a grocery corner. This is where you'll find Catherine's wonderful jams, under the name "Confitures de la cité". While the packaging is elegant, don't hesitate to remove the lid to taste them: salted butter caramel, apple jelly with spices, kiwi from Cuxac d'Aude... with a steady stream of new flavors.

At Le Trivalou, owner and chef Cyril understands that cassoulet has to be exportable. If you're in Carcassonne or just passing through, we urge you to come and taste it on site, with the medieval city just around the corner. It's made to the highest standards and is entirely homemade, right down to the duck breasts, which Cyril confits on the spot. Please note that everything you eat in this restaurant is homemade. If you prefer to eat your cassoulet at home with friends or family, you can place your order via their website. In addition to cassoulet, Trivalou's foie gras is also available to take away. Delivery should soon be available throughout France, but that's for later...to be continued.

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.

It is on the hillsides of Narbonne that Henri and Louis Durand, father and son, will take you on a tour to discover the crushing of olives and the tasting of oils. The oil mill of the Mas de Geyssière produces an olive oil with fruity aromas, a reflection of the land and the varieties: lucques, olivière, picholine... The walk among the 1200 trees of the orchard (6 ha) is a unique moment. It is possible to buy products made on the spot such as: olive oil, olive paste with herbs, table olives... Excellent gift ideas.

La Ferme promotes short circuits and regional producers in this store, which is very popular with locavores. You'll find fresh produce such as fruit and vegetables, traditional butchery, charcuterie, cheese by the slice and, on Fridays, trout and oysters. You'll also find delicatessen, chocolates, wines, cosmetics and many other products that are both ecological and economical. And don't forget the tastings organized all year round!

Here is an exceptional site for the Salt which produces about 40,000 tons of white gold per year, and the salt makers, strong of an ancestral tradition, concoct for us a salt which received in 2018, the eco-label Natural Regional Park Value Natural! Come and discover it in this shop of local products, just like the bath salts with essential oils and different virtues (energizing, toning or relaxing). At the back of the shop, take a look at the salt ecomuseum (free entrance), an invitation to relive the salt harvest at the beginning of the 20th century.

Rucher de l'Ours was founded in 1975. Today, Philippe Weibel runs 300 hives in the Pyrenees, producing around 10 tonnes of a wide variety of honeys every year. Within a 100 km radius of the honey house, the bees find a wide variety of resources in a pollution-free environment. Among the products on offer here are some twenty honeys, such as dandelion honey, with its pronounced taste slightly attenuated by the taste of wild cherry, very bitter arbutus honey, woodruff honey...

Gruissan is well known for its salt flats and its Fleur de Sel. On site, take a guided tour of the salt flats on foot or on an electric scooter to discover the secrets of this product and its know-how, without forgetting a visit to the eco-museum. If you want to bring back a souvenir, you have the choice: find the salt bar where you can choose between 24 varieties of large flavored salts in bulk, or head to the grocery store where you will find salt shakers and even a cosmetic section, with bath salts made in Gruissan!

Catherine's jams have been delighting visitors to the Hôtel du Pont Vieux for some years now, and now that they've opened the grocery store, a whole space is dedicated to gourmet delights! L'Echoppe, located right next to the hotel, not only sells Les Confitures de la Cité®, but also wines, charcuterie, cheeses, preserves and cookies, mainly from the region. As for jams, there's always the staple: salted butter caramel, apple jelly with spices, kiwi from Cuxac d'Aude... and new products regularly!

They have been close to bees for twenty years. The friendly Oulès couple today has 220 hives, which is more than ten million winged and very dedicated workers who work to transform the nectar and the honeydew of plants in honey of scrubland, flowers of sunflower, mountain, rosemary, chestnust tree, bush, heather and many other perfumes. They are all character honey. Carole and Armand also sell gingerbreads, honey sweets, hazelnut confits, almond comfit with honey, as well as chestnut cream.

La Miellerie des Clauses isn't just a producer's store, it's also an invitation to discover the life of bees through the eyes of passionate beekeepers. Through an observatory, Laurent explains the life of bees in a specially dedicated workshop, and the beekeeper won't hesitate to open a hive full of bees, which you can observe in complete safety behind a bay window. Our production, which is being converted to organic farming, regularly wins awards in competitions. Summer workshops for young and old.

Located in Roquefeuil, in the Aude Pyrenees, GAEC des Bordes is a livestock farm specializing in the direct sale of beef and veal. The animals are raised with respect for tradition and ethics, in compliance with current regulations. The herd of Gascony cows from the Pyrenees is fed quality feed, with hay and cereals produced on the farm. In summer, the cows graze in the farm's meadows and in the summer pastures. In addition to meat, the GAEC des Bordes also sells potatoes grown on site. You'll have the opportunity to sample these products and many others (such as home-made charcuterie), by booking a meal in the old natural stone barn, converted into a reception room. It's at the heart of the farm, above the cutting room where they process all their produce. The farm's products are highly appreciated for their quality, and are available for sale on site or for delivery. The GAEC des Bordes also takes part in markets and fairs to showcase its products. For lovers of quality meat, a visit to the GAEC des Bordes farm is highly recommended.

For three generations, the Canguilhem family has been growing market garden produce in Coursan, in the lower plain of the Aude. Renowned for its famous black and gold stamped Charentais melons, it also offers, for direct sale in its store, asparagus, artichokes, squash, tomatoes, eggplants, strawberries and grapes from the farm. Other seasonal fruits and vegetables and local groceries, including homemade olive oil, complete the picture. Practicing a reasoned agriculture, the farm is certified HVE3, guarantee of food quality.

Did you know that the best mozzarella in France is a mozzarella made in Corbières? Edoardo pampers his beautiful buffalos and they give him the best quality milk. The mozzarellas are made with fresh milk... and have a unique taste! With the success of the mozzarella, Edoardo also offers pressed tomatoes, cooked and uncooked, lactic cheeses made from buffalo milk and ice cream to die for. The Antonini family also offers a gourmet table to discover their 100% home-made Italian cuisine

In Gruissan, we know the white gold, but since a few years, the red gold is also produced there. TheCrocus Sativus has found in these Aude lands the ideal climatic conditions to bloom and offer a quality saffron. Marjorie and Cheick cultivate it on a small plot of land in an artisanal and reasoned way, without pesticides or fertilizers. To discover the secrets of saffron, visit them in the fall, you may witness the harvest that must be done at dawn, before the flower opens. Point of sale at the Cave du Baroudeur or online.

In the tea room or in the cookie shop, discover a farandole of homemade delights based on family recipes. Shortbread, in a wide range of flavors, rubs shoulders with meringues, oreillettes, and La Belle Aude ice cream in summer. If the croustade has its success, the star is undoubtedly the "poumpet". This speciality of the Tarn is revisited here: its puff pastry contains a homemade apple compote, a lemon cream, with a topping of the same citrus fruit caramelized during cooking.

The Sou mill, belonging to the CAVALE cooperative, produces and crushes 100 tons of olives from November to December. After the washing and crushing stage, the olives are carefully kneaded by the millers. The fruits from the olive, aglandau, picholine and bouteillan varieties are used to produce two extra virgin oils: the Olisoli intense taste, subtle taste and old-fashioned taste and the Olisancti Christmas oil. The products can be found in many sales outlets but also online at terroir-limouxin.com.

Dominique and Jean Bardou opened their store on the banks of the Canal du Midi, but their 4,200 olive trees, 16 hectares of trees planted in 1957, with varieties of lucques, moncita, picholine and olive tree, are located 25 km away. Jean takes pleasure in making people taste his preparations, giving tours of the mill, as well as looking for original containers for his oils. Enjoy an initiation by appointment and finish with a tasting of the wines of the domain. They also offer cosmetics made from their olive oil, go and discover them quickly!

Jean-Luc and Eric Bergé are producers of fruit and vegetables: asparagus, melons, tomatoes, squash, artichokes, pears... Their produce is varied and is sold in their shop along with that of over 90 local producers. All the specialities of Aude agriculture and breeding are represented. The opening of the 1st Drive Fermier Audois by these producers allows you to place your orders online and to collect them from the shop or from one of the other collection points.