Regional cheese and cream stores Aude

Every time we visit, Au Bon Groin surprises us. Anne-Lise and Alexis have managed to evolve the concept from a beautiful butcher's shop to a well-stocked raw-milk cheese department, and now to a local produce area full of surprises. The store is superb, with its wide openings and trendy decor. A real pleasure for the eyes and the taste buds, with superb meats from small-scale breeders and charcuterie prepared on site, guaranteed GMO and additive-free. And for aperitif platters, just ask!

Guilhem Raynaud, an epicurean at heart, has set up his cheese corner a stone's throw from Place de la République. Keen to make the best-aged cheeses accessible to all, he offers advice on his products with friendliness and professionalism. His stall is a real place dedicated to local production and short circuits, and he's looking ahead to extending his range to include tableware items that will showcase his creamery products. To round off your meal in style, there's nothing like one of his platters...

Located in Narbonne's famous halles, Le Haloir showcases the finest cheeses from the region and beyond! Do you prefer cow's milk? goat's milk? sheep's milk? Here, there's something for every taste. Goupil has a soft spot for fresh goat's cheese and truffled Brie... Fabienne and Bernard Nabonne also offer quince paste, butter, Italian cheeses, homemade chantilly, fromage blanc by the ladle, and superb aperitif platters to order. A very popular address for cheese lovers!

Tiphaine offers you her products in her beautiful boutique in the heart of Narbonne. This Savoyard, epicurean and cheese lover meets the producers before listing them. Whether you prefer cow's or goat's milk, you'll be delighted by organic farmhouse Saint-Nectaire, farmhouse Ossau Iraty or Ariège goat's milk tomme. Visit the store or order by phone from the website, and she'll deliver your cheese platter, raclette or grocery products such as wine, beer or jam, wherever you are in the Narbonnais region.

The old-established cheese factory Bousquet, in the covered markets of Carcassonne, is also present in the beautiful grocery in "Halles Gourmandes" located in zone industrielle la Bouriette. If you are a lover of cheese cream, you have the right address. The shop offers more than 80 varieties that vary according to the seasons, some AOCs, refined ones, "cows", "sheeps", such as the excellent Broucaou de Ariège which is a subtle blend of goat and sheep and the Aude "goat". For your meals, cheese can be arranged on a slate or in a giant box of Camembert, a pleasant effect is guarranteed! The shop also offers an interesting selection of gourmet produces, spices, duly selected vintages, craft pasta, spices... In addition to all these good things, guests appreciate the good mood of Nicolas and his useful advices. An address that deserves to be a "favourite"!

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!

For more than thirty years, this couple has been raising goats. A great success, since they are now at the head of 60 goats, 20 ewes, and a beautiful production of cheese. If you feel hungry, Catherine will be happy to set up a table and a few chairs on her large plot of land next to the sheepfold. You will be able to admire a magnificent panorama while enjoying a homemade goat cheese pie and a good glass of wine. Think to warn in advance: either the day before, or before starting the walk.

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.

At the exit of Bize-Minervois on a pretty narrow road surrounded by scrubland, you will find this small artisanal exploitation. As soon as you arrive, you will be welcomed by the chickens and the pig of the sheepfold! Young and old alike will not want to miss the milking of the goats, every day from 5pm, a moment both fun and fascinating. Afterwards, stop by the store; Master Fox has fallen in love with the Ecu du pays cathare and the Caprichon, a soft goat cheese. A pleasant and greedy visit to share with your family.

Since 1980, Lenne Delaveau has been delighting its customers with delicious cheeses on the markets. Now they're also available in the heart of the resort, in an attractive boutique open all year round. You'll love the warm welcome and advice on choosing from a hundred varieties of PDO cheeses from small French and Italian producers. The cheeses follow the seasons, so you'll find everything you need to prepare tartiflettes and raclettes as soon as the cold sets in. Traditional charcuterie, Iberian hams and regional products complete the range.

Here, in the heart of La Piège, at the farm La Marg'Aude, Christèle and Stéphane L'Homel raise about 70 dairy cows whose milk is then sold or transformed into dairy desserts. Yoghurts, charlottes, crème brûlées, or even cheesecakes are an example of the high quality natural products that the L'Homel family offers you. The range of desserts is elaborated at the farm, and since Christèle and Stéphane's son, Thimotée, joined the adventure, his training as a pastry chef has enriched the range of gourmet desserts offered.

The Fromagerie cheese factory is a traditional mountain farm. The farm houses about 1 dairy cows of the rustic race (Abundances and Brunes of the original Alps) which pastured the grass of the Massif du Madres between 2 100 m and m in the Pyrénées Pyrenees in mid-May), without going down in the barn. Trafficking is taking place there. You can buy on-site fresh cream, laitiers, white cheese, nature or jam, in the Pyrenees, in the fresh tome for the aligot. The opportunity to discover a traditional cheese farm in the Pyrenees and to provide excellent agricultural products, cheeses and meat. You can also find the Madres products on the markets (Les Angles, Caudiès, etc.). Thomas and Frédérique reserve the best welcome and even offer an original cow's sponsorship system. You sponsor a cow (one can get to several), then you have cheese of "your" cow to will…

Auntie Juliette, Edouard's great aunt and proprietor, was a farmer in Peyriac-Minervois. It was in her honor that our epicurean at heart created this cheese bar, creamery, delicatessen and wine cellar in the heart of old Gruissan. You'll find a fine selection of goat's cheeses, regional affineurs and various cheeses from France, as well as Occitan specialities on the delicatessen side. Tastings of platters and tapas accompanied by regional wines or local craft beers will delight you. Platters can be made to order

Cellar and local delicatessen, this store in the center of Castelnaudary complements those in Villefranche-du-Lauragais and Castanet-Tolosan. Christophe Hernandez welcomes you amid the finest cheeses, charcuterie, preserves and spices available on the local market. It's a veritable Ali Baba's cave, showcasing the full range of French know-how! In the cellar, you'll find a fine selection of wines (mainly regional) and champagnes. Spirits from theregion rub shoulders with those from Ireland and Japan. Chez Christophe, it's good to be an epicurean!

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 fruit 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.

In 2010, Mathieu and Anaïg created the Chèvrerie la Rove de Fa in the heart of the Hautes Corbières, in a wild environment of beautiful forests and meadows. From the outset, the avowed aim of these farmers and naturalists was to practise organic farming in order to preserve biodiversity and revive a breed that was then in danger of extinction. Daily milking of the herd's sixty or so goats enables the production of top-quality farmhouse cheeses. Meat from kids reared under mother's milk is the other product offered by this goat farm.