The best local producers Alpes-De-Haute-Provence

The olive oil produced here is a little jewel. From the 6 ha of organically grown olive trees, Guillaume produces: an explosive Haute-Provence PDO, 2 mono-varietal oils based on bouteillan and aglandau, and 2 lemon or bergamot flavoured oils. The olives are harvested by hand to ensure optimum ripeness and quickly pressed to retain maximum flavour. And in an eco-friendly spirit, Guillaume uses the remaining olive paste to spread on his land as fertilizer, and the stone waste to fuel the stove.

Isabelle's oils are just like her: full of vigour and very fruity! It must be said that she pampers her 4,000 olive trees of the Aglandau and Bouteillan varieties: reasoned treatments and olive picking with a feeler. Since 2006, she has her own mill in order to fully control her production of unfiltered PDO Haute-Provence, which gives it an incomparable texture. Her olive oil has already won a gold medal at the Concours National des Huiles de France in Nyons. Call early in the morning at the mill to be sure of its presence!

A nice little grocery store in the heart of the village offering all the best products of the region. Recently taken over, it has been redesigned and the farm products are well highlighted. Vegetables from local producers, cheeses, honeys, cookies, artisanal beers and olive oil. Everything you find here is of high quality, ideal to fill your basket before leaving the region or simply for your lunches on the go while walking in the gorges. The manager herself produces products that she sells here.

Situated at an altitude of 450 m, the Salvator estate is made up of 40 hectares of multi-centenary olive trees. This terroir gives Sophie and Frédéric Pinatel's olives a unique character. Four oils are extracted: cuvée Mistral AOP Haute-Provence, cuvée Durance AOP Haute-Provence (aglandau), cuvée Paradis AOC Provence (bouteillan) and cuvée Ventaïre AOC Provence (fruité noir in organic conversion). These cuvées regularly win awards (even standing ovations) at all the major agricultural competitions. A fine achievement.

At the foot of the famous Penitents, this mill was created six years ago on Jean-Louis Sauvy's farm. From its eleven hectares of organically cultivated olive trees, it produces nearly 6,000 litres of oil: AOP Haute-Provence fruité vert and a fruité doux olive oil from France. In the shop adjacent to the mill, nearly a hundred products are also on sale. You will find flavoured oils, candied tomatoes, various fruit juices... Ideal to fill your basket with delicious products!

You will taste here in the Fortuné Arizzi Mill, a magnificent property, one of the best olive oils in France made from the blend of Aglandau, Picholine and Frantoio. In fifty years of experience, this mill has built up a solid reputation that extends beyond the borders. Twenty-eight hectares and 8,000 olive trees make up this superb estate in the heart of Haute Provence, in a typically Provencal farmhouse nestled in a wooded park. You will have the possibility of coupling the visit with that of the ecomuseum of the dovecote, masterpiece of the domain.

André-Michel Breger invites you to take a trip back in time. Back in the days when olives were crushed by millstones driven by donkeys or mules, when the olive paste obtained was then placed in scourtins, a sort of large flat beret, and then compressed in order to harvest the precious nectar... Thanks to this enthusiast who has restored this mill, which probably dates from the 15th century (the last one left in France), you can not only make a very instructive visit but also taste a quality AOP Haute-Provence oil.

The mill's renaissance began a few years ago with Bruno, who restored a hundred centuries-old olive trees and created a new impetus in the village. Another Bruno (from his first job as an olive grower) took up the reins and created a 4,000-tree organic orchard. He welcomes you to his mill, where you can discover his production workshop and store for olive oil made from local olives: the Aglandeau variety. Bruno also works with small local producers who entrust him with their olives. Local products in the store.

Gréoux-les-Bains is a town in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence region of France. This farm, located at Domaine de Pigette, grows and prepares aromatic herbs such as thyme, rosemary, savory and oregano. The plants are grown in open fields and dried on site to preserve their aromas. You can buy these quality products directly from the producer. Senteurs des Collines also offers gîtes for those wishing to stay in the area.

Created in 1928, the Olivette mill has accompanied the history, development and modernization of local olive growing throughout the 20th century... And it still accompanies more than 2,000 cooperators in the region! After being one of the first French mills to buy an olive washing machine in the 1970s, it is now one of the mills equipped with a continuous extraction system. The mill produces two appellations: AOP Haute-Provence (with an organic variant) and AOC Provence, as well as an oil called "de France" (with a subtle fruity taste).

In this family farm, the welcome is warm. 400 hives and nearly 20 varieties of honey (lavender, thyme, savory, rosemary, pine, chestnut ...) are waiting for you for a tasting. The shop installed on the farm offers all kinds of products derived from the activity of bees. Free visits are organized during July and August, with a description of the life of the bees thanks to a glass hive allowing the observation inside, as well as the discovery of the honey extraction room.

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During her agronomy studies, Geneviève Auric had no intention of taking over the family farm. And yet, 19 years later, she does not regret her choice. With her partner Laurent Bouvin, she farms organically some forty hectares of lavender and lavandin, cereals and 1,142 olive trees to be precise. With their trees, the couple produces a blend of oil, pressed at the Bonaventure mill, which they produce in fruity green and fruity ripe. These nectars are sold at an affordable price and are of very good quality.

About ten years ago, Véronique and Thierry Baudrain decided to change their life and to settle in a house of the XVIIIth century in the middle of a farm of 20 ha, in the place called " Les Truques ". They cultivate this land in organic agriculture according to the Mediterranean trilogy: wheat, vines and olive trees. In addition to their olive grove (Aglandau AOC), they harvest Apt milling wheat, rye, chickpeas and small spelt, not forgetting the vine (merlot and cabernet sauvignon). They also have beehives and a truffle oak plantation.

Michel Paschetta installed this family oil mill in 1979. With the help of his wife Françoise, he added an artisanal soap factory to it in 1985. There are produced soaps based on olive oil and coconut oil, according to the traditional method in the cauldron of Marseille. The result is a 100% natural range, without colouring agents or synthetic products. In the shop, you will find olive oil and donkey milk cosmetics, olive oils and other regional products.