Regional cheese and cream stores Loire-Atlantique

Le Curé nantais is a real institution in the region. In the shop, a selection of about sixty cheeses from all over France, as well as Bordier butters, regional products and a very nice cellar (about 600 wines, 150 whiskies, 50 rums). Other creations include the Petit Fumé and the Curé nantais samosa, available in 3 recipes. The Cheese Factory also opens its doors to visit the production workshop: you will discover the transformation of the milk and a museum retracing 100 years of cheese history, with a tasting session to finish.

Located in the industrial area of La Seiglerie, towards Challans, the Beillevaire cheese dairy now enjoys a fine reputation for the quality and variety of its products. Guided tours are organized to discover the techniques of making cheese and fresh products. These begin with the screening of a presentation video, continue in a panoramic space open to the manufacturing workshops and end as usual with a tasting of the homemade products with a glass of wine. Also available, the gourmet visit which ends, in the middle of the Machecoul marsh, with an all-cheese meal followed by a homemade dessert. The Beillevaire cheese dairy has a network of sales outlets as far away as the Paris region, where it is even possible to have a tray of cheeses delivered by courier in less than 3 hours! Among the cheeses to discover, mainly cheeses of farm tradition, AOC and raw milk: Barbeillon, Beaufort d'Alpage, Pont d'Yeu, Livarot... Milk desserts and cheese preparations (fondues, raclette) are also available.

In the heart of the Brière Regional Park and the Guérande peninsula, since 2006, this GAEC has been transforming the milk from its cows into farm products. The farm includes 175 hectares of forage land mainly used to feed the 100 cows of the Prim'holstein, Normande or Simmental breeds, the 90 heifers and the meat workshop made up of 60 cows and heifers of the Charolais or Limousin breeds. A farm chicken farm completes the production. You will find milk, butter, white cheese, yoghurt and cheese pudding.

Created by Esther and Benjamin, La Laiterie Nantaise opened its doors on the Ile de Nantes in 2021. Delicious and varied products made with milk from an organic farm in Loire-Atlantique (a farm in Bouvron!): fromage frais, yoghurts, mozzarella and burrata, ricotta... in short, enough to delight a large number of gourmets! Cheeses and yoghurts are made on site in a totally artisanal way, with organic, local, quality cow's milk bearing the "Lait de foin" label. Dairy products from Nantes that are well worth discovering!

The Rublé Farm is first of all a family story, that of Régis and Colette Boileau, joined by their son Benjamin in 2006 on the exploitation became organic. And it's also the story of passionate farmers who have been able to adapt and change their activity over time. Their dairy farm gradually diversified, with the creation of a cheese factory in 2008, followed by the creation of a vegetable activity the following year. In 2010, Martin (Benjamin's brother) joined the team to focus on beef production. At the Rublé Farm Store, there are naturally products developed on site: cheese and dairy products, vegetables, meat (beef, veal and pork), and there are also other products, of course: bread, pizza pasta, goat cheeses, drinks, fruit, groceries, hygiene and maintenance products.

Mathieu, creamer-cheesemaker, and Nicolas, farmer-cheesemaker at the Bois Joubert farm in the Marais de Brière, opened their store in April 2022 in the Copernic district. In the window of Racines, passers-by can contemplate the range of cheeses maturing in their cellar: Basque ewe's milk tommes, abondance fermier, gouda mayennais, Ronde des Marais, Sort-Palud... Cheese nuggets made from organic raw milk of local breeds, delivered directly from the farms. You can also find Gwell, a Breton dairy speciality, as well as Corsican bruccio, in season. Mathieu and Nicolas pass on their passion and their wise advice for the choice of wines and ciders. There are also some great finds in the grocery store.

Dreaming of a creamery in the heart of Vertou? They've done it! Since January 2021, your wish has been granted by Frédéric. This former sales manager found that there was a shortage of cheese shops in his home town, so he gave up his job to set up his own cheese shop. A team joined him in this adventure. And it's with passion and enthusiasm that the two of them welcome you to this pretty place with its whitewashed beams and exposed brickwork enhanced by a touch of celadon. Let us advise you on a range of classic and lesser-known cheeses, such as Comté 18/23 months, Blue Shropshire, farmhouse Mothais and a delicious homemade creamy Burgundy made with Brillat-Savarin and truffles. Those with a sweet tooth will be delighted by Bordier yoghurts or the famous rice pudding from Éclats de riz. Of course, a selection of wines, beers, arranged rums, ciders and fruit juices is available to accompany your choice of cheeses. But also organic farm eggs, sausages and delicatessen products. A great initiative that promotes local products!

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If Nantes is famous for its Curé nantais, Couëron is especially famous for its tome! The famous "La Tome de Couëron" cheese was created in 1994 by Jean-Paul Rivière. At the end of this year, Delphine and Alexis have taken over his legacy. In their workshop in Couëron, they make and mature for a month this artisan cheese made from raw cow's milk, salted with Guérande salt. Every morning, the milk comes from a local farm for an authentic product. They offer cheese lovers a choice of a dozen flavors, including plain tome, muscadet, bruschetta, wild garlic, pepper, beer, cumin... There's something for everyone! You'll find Tome de Couëron on sale directly from the workshop, as well as in the cheese sections of stores around Nantes.

Originally from Pornic, the Dagnat cheese dairy has been in business for over 20 years, including 2 years at the Talensac market. The company is also present in La Baule, Pornic and Noirmoutier. Célia, in charge of the sales outlet, and Édouard, the manager, are both cheese ripeners. And they know how to work with cheese. You'll find a fine selection of French cheeses, with all the AOPs and a regional range including Curé nantais and Vendéens. The star homemade speciality? L'Herbillette, a goat's cheese matured in the cheese dairy, washed in Muscadet and lined with herbs. Don't miss the wide range of goat's cheeses and butters. For the holidays, don't hesitate to order your own platter. Dagnat, a leading name in the art of cheese-making!

Lisa and Frédéric welcome us to their creamery, cheese factory and cellar in Saint-Herblain. Asil, or Lisa in reverse, is the home of their products of character. They have at heart to propose artisanal and local products and work with about ten producers of the department. At Asil, you can find a range of a hundred cheeses, most of them farmhouse or raw milk. To accompany these dishes, ask their advice or let yourself be tempted by the beers of the Nautile or Philmore breweries, the CoqLicorne spirits, the liqueurs produced in Valette or the rums of Fontanel. Don't hesitate to come and see them and become a consum'actor!

It is in the middle of the market, near an outside door, that you will find the superb stand of the well-known cheese dairy Pascal Beillevaire. The customers are numerous to admire and to taste the best of the local and national cheese production thanks to a rigorous and constant quality of its good products. This cheese producer and creamer since 34 years in Machecoul, rather top-of-the-range, manufactures butters, creams, white cheeses, yoghurts, milky desserts (chocolate mousse, rice pudding, the famous cremet nantais, the big Swiss...) and gingerbread which made its reputation. Ludovic Condroyer is the manager of the Talensac shop. He and his team treat no less than 100,000 customers per year. Very demanding on the quality of their products, they regularly visit producers from other regions. Here, artisanal farmhouse cheeses take pride of place, as well as local producers: raw milk cheeses, Machecoulais, Pont d'Yeu, Grands Causses, Livarot and many other appellations for all tastes and budgets. You will even find ghee (clarified butter) for cooking, and Roellinger spices that will enhance a plain yoghurt. Every week specialities are prepared on the spot: truffade, aligot, tartiflette of all kinds... croziflette, chevriflette, chtififlette... what a treat!

The name is clear: this is Fromages à Gogo! Cheese aficionados will find in this place a small paradise, in the heart of the Chantenay district. As happiness never comes alone, the store also offers delicatessen, wine and spreads. Enough to prepare good meals! The young cheesemaker Gautier opened the doors of his shop at the end of 2021 and offers a nice selection of farmhouse and artisanal cheeses, difficult to choose... If needed, you can let yourself be helped and tempted by the practical and tasty tasting trays or aperitifs. A beautiful cheese shop that brings a little more flavor to the neighborhood, what a cheese!

In this district, which is undergoing a major transformation from La Prairie au Duc on the Ile de Nantes, the inhabitants are delighted to be able to count on Laiterie Gilbert since November 2019 to stock up on cheese, cold meats, delicatessen and cream products. It is headed by Geoffroy Denaud, a Parisian who left finance to move to Nantes: a new city, a new life, a new store. This cheese enthusiast spent his holidays with farmers in the mountain pastures. It was the values of the company created in 1948 that made him decide to open this franchise: respect for the environment with local products, no preservatives, colourings or added flavours, a fair approach with producers, special attention to transport and packaging to limit the carbon footprint. Here you can discover a wide variety of cheeses such as tomme aux fleurs, beaufort, kaltbach, saint-marcellin and gorgonzola fondant with a spoon, but also goat's milk cheese from the farm of La Tremblaye, coulommiers from the Dongé cheese dairy, Revard soft cheese with truffles or even mont-d'or... As a fan of raclette, you will be glazed with a dozen flavours: smoked, peppery, mustard, blue, bear's garlic, walnut, morbier, truffle, mushroom, goat, Espelette sheep. Compose your raclette platter by mixing cheese and charcuterie. You can also buy potatoes and get a raclette machine. Geoffroy thought of everything, even bottles of wine to accompany your tasting! And many partnerships for your greatest pleasure with the Boutique des Éleveurs, Cavavin, Barapom or Éclats de riz?

Installed on the boulevard Schuman, here is a pretty creamery. This cheese and cream shop reserves beautiful and good surprises, for sure, it delights our papillae! Quantities of cheeses all as appetizing as each other arranged under our amazed eyes: hard paste, soft heart, bloomy rind, ashy ..., there is for all tastes and the choice is Cornelian! Why not a little of this one, a little of that one? Gabin will be able to give you his precious advice. If you are looking for a little wine to accompany your shopping, you will find good bottles, especially from the Loire, but also a delicatessen corner, and cold cuts! Everything you need for a nice aperitif!

Muriel and Olivier, alias Olive and Mirabelle, opened this beautiful business in the Leclerc commercial area at the end of 2017. Passionate about their profession, but above all eager to offer their customers beautiful and good products from a sustainable cultivation method, they emphasize a fine selection of local products. On sunny days, the store is decorated in colour with a variety of tasty and original fruits and vegetables; during the season, for example, about sixty old Guérande tomatoes will be on the shop shelves. There is also a selection of cheeses, as well as a range of delicatessen products, including terrines, chocolates, biscuits and even atypical vinegars to be tested.

This new fromagerie-crèmerie, opening in autumn 2019, is nestled in a tiny boutique in the shape of an illuminated corridor. Here, Amélie shares her passion for cheeses, preferably made from raw, farmhouse milk, which she carefully selects directly from small producers all over France (Savoie, Auvergne, Pyrenees, Normandy, Val du Doubs...). A former journalist, she got the cheese bug from her great-uncle, who was a cheesemaker, and the catalyst for her conversion was interviewing shepherds returning from summer pastures in the Béarn region. The result is delicious, to say the least! You'll find plenty of ideas on how to treat your guests to an aperitif, end a meal or even a raclette evening... We can even prepare pre-cut cheese platters for you! Among the sixty or so cheeses on offer, let yourself be tempted by a Saint-Marcellin or a Saint-Félicien, crunchy Brie or even Gorgonzola by the spoonful! And if you're sweet and savory, try our cherry/chocolate/Espelette chili paste, which goes very well with hard cheeses like Etivaz. Discover also the fine grocery products and the selection of wines to accompany your meals.

In Sautron, it is a few steps away from the dynamic Rue de Nantes and its dynamic shops that Jessica Dureau has set up her cheese dairy, creamery and delicatessen. The young cheese maker has created Coin Fromages, a pretty shop with black walls on which are written the names of our favourite cheeses. Among the demanding selection of cheeses: the wheels of Snowdonia Welsh Cheddar with different flavours : Picckle Power, Black Bomber, smoked Beechwood and Godminster (Black Truffle), Brie de Meaux, Brie de Melun, Mont-d'Or with its warm box for cooking, Comté 14 months, Emmental de Haute-Savoie, Le Fumaison (cheese made from Auvergne ewe's milk), Livarot Fermier, fruity summer Beaufort... These cheeses from the mountain pastures give us all the flavours of nature. In the grocery store, you will find high quality products such as Meaux mustard, products made by Flore d'érable (a farm dairy with raw milk): yoghurts, fresh cream, cottage cheese, milk, butter... But also the products of the Hédène brand: honey and fruit jams or the jars of L'Epicurien which reveal the tastes of our cheeses such as mango confit with Penja pepper... The sweet-salty agreements guarantee real taste emotions. Coin Fromages is the place for your gourmet gift ideas. For professional and private events, you will be delighted with tasting trays. Please note: delivery is possible to the area of Vigneux-de-Bretagne, Temple-de-Bretagne, Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc.

A veritable institution since 1984, CHEZ PAULETTE in La Haye-Fouassière is a travelling dairy where passion for the trade is passed down from generation to generation. CHEZ PAULETTE meticulously accompanies and selects loyal producers, committed to their industry, to promote quality products. It offers over 200 raw-milk cheeses, most of them regional PDO. Human contact and exchange are at the heart of their selections, with regular visits to producers to ensure consistent product quality. A gourmet address not to be missed.