Gourmet products local specialties and wines Vendée

In the heart of the forest, this bakery-pastry shop-tea room, created in 1975 by Patrice Guitton, is now owned by his daughter. For more than 45 years, La Lutine has been making fresh butter brioche, hand-made, and prepared in the pure tradition. You can taste it on the large wooden terrace, in the peace and quiet under the trees. It was awarded a gold medal in the Vendée local products competition, as well as the préfou, a garlic bread to be enjoyed as an aperitif, a speciality of the South Vendée. Three other bakeries in Fontenay-le-Comte, Pissotte and Fontaines.

The Domaine des Granges is part of the Union des Fiefs vendéens. Christian and Delphine welcome you to the winery, a few dozen meters from the beach of Granges, after the district of La Gachère, to discover their Vendean wine land marked by the sweetness of the ocean. They elaborate their production with care and according to artisanal methods to offer quality products and are in full conversion to organic farming. They produce white, rosé and red wines, sparkling wines using traditional methods and also grape juice.

Owned by a collective of 245 members who have turned it into a " cooperative third party venue allowing for cross-fertilisation and collaboration between audiences and players from different backgrounds, specialities and sectors". At the organic products shop you will find farm products, but not only. On its stalls you will find vegetables, aromatic herbs, eggs, free-range chickens (to order), products from reuse, but also fruit and vegetables, groceries and dairy products... Once a month, parcels of beef and/or pork, on order. All organic and good!

Ile-d'Olonne is a commune close to Les Sables-d'Olonne and yet has a very different appearance. A natural environment, a little wild, a paradise for birds but also a land where salt is cultivated. At the Raffin's, we have been sauniers since 1744! The salt is harvested by hand, in the respect of tradition to produce a quality salt. Flavour your dishes with fleur de sel, plain or flavoured salt and salicorne. Get on your bikes for a peaceful ride through this magnificent landscape with its carnation pattern.

The pretty facade located in the heart of the long avenue François Mitterrand, next to a wine shop, catches the eye. One pushes the door of this slightly cramped but very greedy famous sign. It is the multicoloured macaroons and pastries that attract our attention, even if you will also find some varieties of bread (cereals, rye, white,...) as well as the great classics of pure butter pastries. In 2019, Baba É'clair's croissants won the gold medal. A nice reward that's worth a few deviations from the diet, isn't it?

Here is a multiple address! There is the farm with its 180 ewes, 140 of which are of the Solognese breed, which can be visited and which sells the wool of the ewes, but above all you come here for the products of the farm: lamb rillettes, lamb liver pâtés, jams and red fruit coulis. In compliance with the standards of organic farming. On your way back from the beach, take a break for herbal tea or red fruit sorbet and why not let the time fly by until sunset, on the terrace around tapas of ewe's meat, lamb rillettes and vegetable spreads from the farm.

In a 400^m2 futuristic style building the shop and laboratory of renowned chocolatier Vincent Vallée, best chocolatier in the world 2015. He creates chocolate sweets, confectionery, ice cream and other delicacies. In the shop, like a jeweller's showcase, chocolate sweets made from pure dark ganaches, grand cru origins, 100% pralines, spicy or fruity dark ganaches, caramels reminiscent of coloured glass balls and macaroons

Designated Best Bakery in Pays de La Loire in 2021, this master baker from Bouin, whose bread we discovered at the restaurant L'Écume gourmande, deserves the honours. Alexandre Merlet's passion and imagination have resulted in original creations such as his delicious seaweed and oyster bread, which can be savoured on its own! Other specialties include the chocolatine, a brioche with caramelized apples, curable and chocolate chips, Grandma Nicole's cake with almond flavor and of course the flan maraîchin.

More recent than the central halls, the building was built in 1935 by the architect-voyer M. Casse and the contractor Montegilardi; it is part of the avant-garde architectural heritage. Bargees and merchants give it a bustling life. The stalls abound with a selection of local products such as seafood, meat, fruits and vegetables as well as pastries and cakes. On Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays, a fairground market is set up on the outskirts of the Arago market to offer more products: flowers, clothes, etc.

Emmanuel Moreau, a fervent defender of short circuits, created La Petite Soupe in 2021. We like the spirit: artisanal production, originality of soups and spreads, and all this with as few intermediaries as possible between the producer and the consumer, favouring local and organic products. He produces tasty soups with original flavors. We fell in love with the delicious mogette/peanut soup and the Coffee Pot with its original combination of pumpkin and coffee. 100% vegetable products! Discover the foügra vendéen (mogette spreadable), ideal on a toast.

With its chocolate/pistachio facade topped by a mill tower, it's impossible to miss Séverine and David Seigneur's boulangerie-pâtisserie. It has a retro look, with beautiful stalls of varied, appetizing cakes. Another original feature, apart from the bakers working in the bakery before your very eyes, is a retro van stamped "Moulin Gourmand", displaying entremets. Bread is baked all day long, and there's also a snack range. Among the pastries, try one of the specialties, baba.

We've fallen in love with this new artisanal pastry-bakery in Luçon, with its elegant white façade and market bench. If you love éclairs, then this is the place to come: Alison won^2nd prize for best éclair in 2023! But that's not the only delicacy we love here. Everything is homemade and delicious! Generous traditional viennoiseries, fluffy brioche, creative pastries, entremets and chocolates, as well as a range of breads made with carefully selected flours.

This pastry shop has an excellent reputation. Here, the flagship products are macaroons (about fifteen flavours) and chocolate, but alsopasteis de nata, a Portuguese flan, and apple cabbage, which earned Julien de Sousa an award! He learned his trade with the master of macaroons, Pierre Hermé. In the shop, fine pastries, ice creams, personalized cakes such as wedding cakes, but also marshmallows, fruit jellies, spreads, chocolates... And all homemade!

In this good pastry shop next to Les Halles, everything is appetizing! An institution handed down to Guillaume's daughter Chloé. Specialties include Cayola, Magellan (with salted butter caramel in the middle) and Baba Planteur, as well as classic pastries, iced verrines and ice creams, not forgetting homemade chocolates (Chouan au café, Galion, Vent des Globes or caramel fleur de sel) and, of course, gâche and brioche (Parisian brioche!).

Les Viviers de Sion is over 100 years old! In the Merceron family, the love of seafood is passed on from generation to generation. Daily arrivals of shellfish from the ports of Vendée. Freshness, advice, choice, smile! Flagship products: pink shrimp from Saint-Gilles, lobster (European, whole or with a single claw), crab, lobster, spider crab, shrimp from Madagascar, clams from Bouin, mussels, whelks, periwinkles... and oysters from their claires at Le Veillon. Here we privilege the local fishing. Very good value for money.

The best place on the island to buy fresh seafood is at the port of Le Bonhomme. La Godaille, offers its production of oysters and seafood platters. In the small hut you will be served clams, whelks, periwinkles, langoustines, shrimps... And if you feel like eating oysters in the middle of the night, there is an oyster dispenser! The tasting plate includes 9 oysters (or, if you don't like it, 300 g of whelks or 150 g of langoustines or 100 g of shrimps), with a glass of muscadet, bread, butter.

Lucie (known as Lulu) and Fabien's fish shop is without doubt the best fish shop on the island and the warmest welcome. Freshness, regularity, daily arrivals. No farmed fish, only local fish! In its nets: red mullet, turbot, sea bass, sole, scallops, shrimps, tuna, oysters, mussels, shellfish, home-made smoking specialities. Vacuum packing of fish to take away. Seafood platters to order. Present at the market.

From April to September, the market is held in Place de la République on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday mornings. From October to March, only on Friday mornings. From 15 June to 15 September, every Monday, you can also meet the producers on the market of L'Herbaudière, next to the marina. In Barbâtre, it is held every Wednesday all year round, plus Mondays from 15/06 to 15/09. At La Guérinière: Thursdays all year round, plus Sundays from 15 June to 15 September.

Fancy some seafood? In a typical setting, facing the sea, it's the entire ocean that wanders through Jacques Petitgas' ponds: turbot, lobsters and crawfish, Guittière oysters, mussels, sea urchins, various shellfish, langoustines, shrimp... This oyster farmer accumulates awards for his oysters: 4 medals in 2018 at the Salon de l'Agriculture, including 2 in gold for the Celestine, a variety of fleshy oyster raised both at sea and in the marshes. Fair prices for this quality address. Reservation strongly advised.

This pastry shop in the heart of the pedestrian street, created several decades ago and in which three generations of pastry chefs have succeeded one another. The owners, who have been in place for about 3 years, are pastry chefs by trade and have kept the emblematic speciality created by their predecessors: the Saint-Philbert cake! This is not the only delicacy you will find here, since at Easter time, the flan maraîchin is on the stall, as are the pastries of the moment, between chocolate or fruit cakes, and chocolates.

In the heart of the village, this bakery offers a range of La Pétrie breads, available in organic or sesame balls. Artisan baker-patissier, member of Boulangeries de France and Pâtissier dans le monde, he works with seasonal products and regularly renews his range. Among the viennoiseries that change every week, try the 3-chocolate Suisse. We love the low-added-sugar vegetable entremets, made with hazelnut milk chocolate and creamy almond (no milk). Other must-tries include gâche, brioche de Mélie and Fion. Snack range and homemade chocolates.

Change of ownership in 2023 Chez Melon tout est bon! This little shack on the picturesque Port du Bec offers shellfish such as oysters, clams, mussels and crustaceans to take away or enjoy on the spot. The flat and hollow oysters come from their park. Their open sea oysters won a silver medal at the last Salon de l'Agriculture. You may decide to take your shellfish home to eat, but stay here to savor the iodized products in a friendly atmosphere in the tasting room with its terrace.

Opened in 2019, Frédéric's brewery offers artisanal beers with authentic flavors, made with know-how and from natural elements only. Unfiltered, unpasteurized and refermented beers in bottles, without additives or preservatives. Frédéric imagines authentic creations, without forgetting tradition, through a dozen beers with sunny names and graphics: white, light and full-bodied blonde, amber, different IPAs (double IPA, NEIPA...), brown, winter beer.

Petitgas offers a wide range of pork products, including the famous hams, whose reputation is well established. They are eaten raw, but can also be pan-fried or grilled for thicker slices. The flagship product, the Jambon de Vendée, characterised by its original aroma, tender texture and delicate flavour, is made from a recipe handed down from generation to generation in accordance with traditional know-how.

The Fonteneau brioche was born in the 1970s in a bakery in Chavagnes-en-Paillers; today, the company has several production sites: in La Copechagnière and Boufféré. It is above all a family story, the passion of 2 generations. It produces spoils and several ranges of brioches: organic, festive and... nutritional! This brioche has won numerous awards: it was awarded^first prize for the best Label Rouge Vendée brioche at the Vendée products competition, and a silver medal for the gâche at this same competition.

This is the direct sales store of the Noirmoutier Island salt cooperative. Here, you can buy Noirmoutier salt directly, harvested by the island's salt-makers in keeping with age-old traditions. The fleur de sel is delicately hand-picked from the surface of the water and dried naturally in the sun, under the Nature & Progrès label. A wide range of salts - coarse salt, fine salt and fleur de sel - natural or flavored, as well as a range of complementary products (salicorne, caramels, chips, etc.).

Run by our two Freds, this pastry shop, one of the best in town, also offers a tea room on a covered terrace. Among the specialities, all home-made, the unavoidable mille-feuille and the Saint-Gilles cake, a speciality for over 40 years. Other key products include chocolate, delicious macaroons and homemade ice cream. Among the creations, the Sweety, the Chu Passion (chocolate mousse, fresh passion fruit jelly in a chocolate brownie shell) or the For Ever raspberry macaroon, rose cream, lychee and fresh raspberry.

The city can be proud of the success of its halls with contemporary architecture. They are home to 120 traders including fishmongers, oyster farmers, butchers, butchers, delicatessens, caterers, bakers, pastry cooks, cheese makers, market gardeners, winegrowers, florists, wine merchants, wine merchants, salting shops, snail farmers... This is what makes you want to get up on Saturday morning to go to the market. Organic market every Sunday morning on the Place de la Vieille-Horloge. Good plan: possibility to order on the website with delivery (7 €) at 25 shops.

The temple of cheese! Sandrine offers farmhouse cheeses made from raw or pasteurized milk from all over France and abroad. A hundred varieties depending on the season. Present on the markets of Les Sables-d'Olonne (Arago, La Chaume), Luçon, La Mothe-Achard, Talmont-Saint-Hilaire. Next to the stall, take-away food, with specialties: salads, tartiflettes, gratins, quiches, changing every day and homemade desserts: rice or egg pudding, chocolate mousse, tiramisu, coconut flan, crumble. Also a space with some wines and new: a delicatessen!

It is the fish shop on the island! The place is pleasant and the enthusiastic atmosphere. The stall offers a splendid fish galore, like the bar, tuna, the conger and many others, also of shellfish and superb lobsters and crayfish. Prices are the same as in mainland ones, but freshness is impeccable. It is a real pleasure to find a fish shop of this quality. Moreover, you will be revealed some recipes and small tricks ideal for cooking and the choice of the ingredients.

La Cabane is an ideal place to enjoy a seafood platter or a dozen oysters with a little white wine. On the terrace, facing the oyster basins or in the colourful hut. Here you have a breathtaking view of the bay of Bourgneuf. Here are the products that Fabrice Musereau suggests: oysters, mussels, shellfish, sardines. Tasting of seafood platters on the spot or to take away. Small peculiarity: it is necessary to bring your own bread and butter.

A farm which ensures the force-feeding of fat ducks and the breeding of squabs. The duck livers are deveined and we advise you to taste them plain, fresh but not iced, accompanied by a mellow white wine. Forget the diet to taste the royal duck breast, a turnover of two duck breasts in which a foie gras has been cooked; the whole is eaten cold. As for the pigeon, it is also available in confits, gizzards, terrines and rillettes. You can also choose fresh squab, ready to cook, which you can cook yourself.

Also owners of the Vrignaud liqueurs, the Mourat vineyards are on the hillsides overlooking the Lay valley. The whole vineyard is in organic culture (of which a part in conversion). One of the largest protected wine territories. The main grape varieties for the whites are Chenin and Chardonnay, and for the reds, Negrette, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Franc. Among the vintages: Château Marie du Fou, Collection, O.V.N.I, Clos Saint-André, Moulin Blanc, and a traditional method 13.36. To be tasted at the medieval cellar at the foot of the castle and at the estate.

For over 40 years, on several levels, you'll find all year round: decorative objects, furnishings, souvenir gifts, textiles, fishing baskets, VENNERY items, landing nets, crockery, POTTERY items. Large selection of regional gourmet products. Second boutique at 52, avenue de la Mer, from April to mid-September (7 days a week in summer, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. or 11 p.m.), offering souvenir gifts, beachwear and swimwear. You're sure to find a gift to bring home for your loved ones!

Born in 1945 from an observation, tired of being exploited, the farmers of Noirmoutre decided to create a work tool allowing them to pool all the means of mutual aid. It gathers 50 producers, who cultivate approximately 450 hectares of potatoes on the island. At the Noirmoutier Agricultural Cooperative, a retail store (l'Île aux Jardins) open to individuals. You will find the famous bonnottes of the island, as well as vegetables and regional products..

The Biscuiterie incontournable of Noirmoutier has this^2nd store. Enjoy raspberry-white chocolate cookies, peach-caramel-salted butter shortbread, rhubarb-almond glaze, croquants, palets, meringues, prefou or salmon-dill shortbread, the delicious chocolate-caramel fondant heart, the good brioche. The flagship product, caramel, is available as a chocolate truffle, peanut or banana flambé. All homemade by chefs, in the Noirmoutier workshop, with exceptional regional raw materials and no preservatives or artificial coloring.

In this artisanal brewery we make the "triple": a beer of triple fermentation. Several steps in the manufacturing process: crushing, mashing, filtration, cooking with hops, fermentation, bottling, storage in a warm room. Several varieties of beer in a range of 8: blonde, white, triple flash, cherry beer, red, brown. Possibility of visiting the brewery and ending with a small tasting before leaving with your little boxes. Do you know what "cabaude" means? The bottom of the port.

The Chocolatier Sablais, in addition to its vast boutique, also opens the doors of its production site for guided tours with the program, the discovery of the profession of chocolate maker, the origin and manufacture of chocolates, cookies and candies. After watching the film, you can visit the shop and all the delicacies made on site. More than 250 references of chocolates, pralines and homemade sweets. In addition to chocolates by weight, mouldings, chocolates with various alcohols, truffles, pistols, biscuits.

On the port, farmers, especially organic farmers, cheese makers, pastry cooks and caterers gather every day all year round to offer their products to the island's inhabitants and summer visitors. Gourmets can fill up on the flavours of the sea (fish, fish preserves...) or of the land such as island lamb, jams..., while talking with local producers. Several craftsmen of the Factory are also present on the market and propose the creations of the island's creators: painters, jewellery creators...

In the middle of the countryside, in a typical Breton marsh building, the farm-auberge combines a restaurant, guest rooms, camping on the farm, farm products, with specialities such as foie gras, rillettes, confit, magret, gizzards, etc., and also coq au vin, guinea fowl and organic chicken, both of which can be bought directly from the farm or tasted in the restaurant. Also 5 guest rooms with bath or shower and toilet) or camping at the farm.

The brioche is part of the traditions and heritage of the Vendée! Made by hand, the Vendrennes brioche has existed since 1932 and still has the same flavor. Three generations of the Brosset family have succeeded one another within its walls until the takeover by new owners in 2017, the Guignard brothers, who are keen to maintain the tradition and know-how. Less focused on individuals, for a long time, this house has specialized in the production of artisanal buns in large volumes, for associations, schools, high schools..

The Maison des Vins d'Anjou et de Saumur is a winery located in Angers, in the city itself. The Maison du Vin de l'Anjou, owned by the Fédération Viticole de l'Anjou - Saumur, will soon be renovated. The restoration project involves bringing the store into line with accessibility standards, overhauling the interior and giving the façade a facelift. The budget for this work is around 100,000 euros. For wine lovers, the Maison des Vins d'Anjou et de Saumur is a must-see when visiting Angers.

The Vendelice melon is the fruit of a passion: that of the Bogers family, farmers for several generations, who by challenge innovated in the 1980s in the cultivation of melon in the Vendée. Their melon is produced on different sites in France (in Chaillé-les-Marais) and in Spain to ensure a distribution over more than 6 months of the year. To choose a melon, do the stalk test (the tail of the melon). It always comes off when the melon is ripe. Another alternative in summer, the mini black watermelon from Vendée that they also produce.

La Roche-sur-Yon is home to a Carrefour supermarket. It offers a drive-through service, where customers can place orders online and collect their shopping from the store's parking lot. A home delivery service is also available. The Carrefour store offers a wide range of products, including a delicatessen section, a petrol station, a parcel collection point, a photo printing and photocopying service, as well as banking and insurance services. Customers can also take advantage of promotions and loyalty benefits by using the Carrefour card. The store also offers events and shows, as well as car rental.

Passionate about their craft, master bakers Céline and Fabrice make everything from breads and pastries to snacks 100% homemade! The bread speciality is Castelaise. At any time of day, you can enjoy quiches, tartines, pizzas, 15 types of cold sandwiches, homemade hot dishes and salads. At weekends, fine pastries like mojito tarts and Borneo join brioches, gâches, traditional cakes and viennoiseries.

In, chocolates, pacifiers, purple, caramel, liquorice, marshmallows, tart… To visit the factory and to assist in the manufacture of all these wonderful candies, it is in Boufféré (Vendée) that you have to go - but to taste them and bring a tailor-made assortment, the store of Saint-Herblain is open to you. An indispensable address to rediscover all the flavours, shapes and colours that marked our childhood. At Goodness Pinson, confectionery maker since 1860, the real sampled in are still made to the old, cooked in copper cauldrons and worked by hand. For the most beautiful occasions, the sugar are extended to chocolate, almonds, heart shape… Among the 500 references made by this emblematic establishment, you will find what to do with the pleasures of all generations, at particularly interesting prices. For fine gifts, some compositions are presented in beautiful Belle Epoque or romantic designs.

Les Ateliers du Goût is first and foremost the story of Christophe Moreau, chocolate and pastry maker and companion of duty. As soon as the door is pushed open, the good smell of chocolate invades the pretty shop. In the chocolate, cake and biscuit display windows, cakes and biscuits rival each other in originality and flavour. Everything from delicious macaroons to tasty ganaches is a real treat. And if you're a macaroon lover, there's a workshop dedicated to it. A gourmet address to be discovered urgently.

The vine was introduced in the Brem area by the Romans who came to buy salt in the Olonnes marshes. Its cultivation was developed in the 9th and 10th centuries under the impulse of the abbeys of the region. At the beginning of the 17th century, it was encouraged by Richelieu, Bishop of Luçon, who appreciated the wines of this region and had them served at his table. He gave them titles of nobility, which is why the superior wines harvested in this region were called "wines of the cardinal's fiefs". AOC wines to be tasted in a cool cellar.

This is the direct sales shop of La Sablaise cannery, but not only. You will find grocery products around fish: canned food, fish soups, smoked fish... A multi-faceted place, a discovery site where you can use virtual helmets to find out about the jobs at La Sablaise Cannery and the entire industry; touch-screen tablets for the youngest visitors to understand in a fun way how seafood products are produced, from fishing to eating... And regularly gastronomic workshops, animations, demonstrations...