The best local producers Alpes-Maritimes

Created in 1896, the Saint Michel oil mill is a family business, which selects its oils in France and Italy to package them according to processes that combine tradition and modernity. Scented oils are derived from the infusion of fresh plants in virgin olive oil, without additives or preservatives. It is possible to order directly.

This store, which opened its doors thanks to the initiative of an association federating nearly 28 local producers, aims to maintain small-scale farms on a human scale, while offering quality products. Run by farmers in turn, the idea is to buy directly from the producer to the consumer, limiting margins in the process and encouraging direct exchange. You'll find everything to fill your gourmet basket: meats, fruit and vegetables, groceries, Bellet wine, cheese, eggs, flowers and plants, and olive products.

Just an hour from Nice, head for the medieval village of Beuil les Launes. Before or after your visit to the honey house, take the opportunity to walk around and try to see marmots. In the store next to the extraction and transformation workshops, you can taste the different kinds of honey (mountain, Provence, lavender, bramble, thyme...) as well as the derived specialties: nougats, gingerbread or beeswax candles. Products to be found on the market of Valberg all year long.

Do not leave Menton without discovering the sweetness of the Herbin house. During your visit, you will discover the secrets of the manufacture of artisanal jams and will appreciate particularly those with astonishing mixtures because the establishment is unceasingly in the search of new associations of tastes, for the greatest pleasure of the most faithful customers and the curious ones. You can go to the shop without visiting the jam factory by going directly to n°2 rue du vieux collège in Menton.

There is as much sun in this beautiful shop as in the bottles it contains between its walls! Genuine wines of olive oil carefully selected. Every harvest has its history and if the labels are detailed, we look with interest to a connoisseur who guides us in our choice. Because who knows that the oils of Tuscany have this year a taste of green apple and pepper, that the wonders of Provence reveal scents of fresh herbs? Coming from the largest producing countries (France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal, Israel, Croatia, Turkey…), we discover bottles full of happiness of pure or scented oils, such as oil in truffle. In a gift box we add quenelle, olives, but also organic cosmetics. The handy card (it stays at the store) allows you to return often.

Welcome to L'Abeille Savonneuse, artisanal soap maker and beekeeper. We offer gourmet and cosmetic products that make excellent gift ideas. Everything you will find in this Alibaba cave of a thousand fragrances is made from organic raw materials and according to environmentally friendly manufacturing processes. Thanks to its 350 colonies of bees, it offers you honeys from exceptional floral varieties. L'Abeille Savonneuse is also a family business of passionate beekeepers, father and son.

Extra-virgin quality oil, excellent salted olives and delicious olive paste: this is a family address for gourmets, who will also be delighted to discover the citrus orchard with its famous Menton lemons, oranges, mandarins, clementines, kumquats, etc., which are sold at the markets and can also be sent or transformed into exquisite jams, jellies or condiments. Don't miss the Citrolive® speciality, an extra virgin olive oil with Menton lemons that will spice up your summer recipes.

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Throughout the growing season, the mill welcomes around 700 people, regulars who are very attached to their mill: in fact, it's the only one in the commune. You can leave with your own oil, starting at 10 kg. And for the record, the olive trees on the municipal estate are used to make an oil that is redistributed to the elderly of Le Broc. A wonderful initiative. Since 2015, the pomace (residue from the crushing process) has been recycled to heat public buildings. It's environmentally friendly, and helps reduce the commune's electricity bill!

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Specializing in phytotherapy (essential oils, medicinal plants), the Domaine de la Chapelle Saint-Jérôme naturally thought of including olive oil in its product range. Biodynamically cultivated, the 800 olive trees planted in the mountainous heart of a cirque adjacent to the Mercantour Natural Park produce a Nice PDO oil that is entirely handcrafted and packaged in stoneware bottles to protect the nectar from air and light.

The estate, in the family since 1974, included olive trees that had been abandoned. Through hard work, some two hundred hundred year old trees have been put back into production, and today they give one of the best oils of the region. The plantation has been densified, which brings us today to about 800 trees of the quail variety, cultivated in organic agriculture, on 4 ha of a terraced land, at 600 m of altitude. Let us add to this production some 150 centenary olive trees taken in rent by the operators on the commune of Castillon. Two types of olive oil are produced at the Lucéram mill: the Amandine cru, PDO Nice, with ripe fruitiness and aromas of fresh almonds and hazelnuts, and the Annette cru, also PDO Nice, but with green to ripe fruitiness and aromas of artichoke and lemon zest. The oils are decanted and stored in stainless steel barrels, protected from light, and bottled as they are sold. The estate also produces PDO Nice olive paste, tapenade and olives in natural brine. Since 2004, Fréderic Soffiotti has given a new impulse to the company. He has developed the range of products, created a visual identity, built a jam laboratory, set up a sales store, organized visits and snacks... Nowadays, his oil is sold directly at the estate, but also in delicatessens, in the region and in Paris (Lafayette Gourmet), in a wine shop in Milan, and even in Japan!

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The mill of Spéracèdes is resolutely modern. It works with steel mixers. The oil is produced from November to March with olives from the Alpes-Maritimes and the Var. You can visit the mill during the production period. You can then buy olive oil, tapenade, biscuits or anchoïade directly at the shop or online via their website. A great opportunity to bring back a bit of the French Riviera in your suitcases. Friendly welcome.

Food lovers, there's no need to wait for market appearances to fill up on harvested honey - it's now on sale in Biot! Bee Riviera has opened its boutique opposite the town hall, filled with charm and magnificent stone walls, where jars of 100% local honey can be found, as well as mead and jams, not forgetting Catherine Brothier's delicious ZK chocolate spread. The honey producer has also entered into a partnership with Héloïse Gaidoz, a talented pastry chef from Biot.

The old Rossignol oil mill, which dates back to 1760, has kept its granite millstones over the years. Today, they stand next to a sophisticated modern machine which ensures the pressing. Only 80 kilos of fruit are needed to leave with the oil. Homemade olive paste and preserves are available on the mill's shelves. Interested individual visitors can ask for a guided tour. The production is on sale in the shop: olive oils, and all the products derived from the olive, including the olive preserve, a home-made recipe...

You enter this store like a museum, where the minimalist, modern decor plays with wood and metal. Meticulously-crafted shelves display all kinds of olive oils and by-products, inspiring gift ideas and the creation of custom-made baskets. The brand has a proven track record dating back to 1822, when the first olive oil was produced by this house. Since then, the company has come a long way, and the charm of the premises and the quality of the products make it a pleasure to browse in any store (Grasse or Nice).

This oil mill built in 1850 has been passed down from generation to generation. Today it is managed by Roselyne, the founder's granddaughter, assisted by her nephew Jean-Luc. As harvesting owners, they run a local olive grove and produce a great PDO oil that has been awarded several times. A small museum shows the flour mill of yesteryear and a video film retraces the stages of the oil mill. In the store, you can taste and buy olive products. Make an appointment to visit: Roselyne can't be at the mill!