Gourmet products local specialties and wines Ain

Born in 1967 from the association of 6 winegrowers, the Caveau Bugiste, located in the charming village of Vongnes, offers an unusual venue, a synthesis of the best of the Bugey AOC appellation. A museum of winegrowing traditions, a place for tasting and selling Bugey products - white, red, rosé and sparkling wines, marc and Bugey fines... - and a meeting place for visitors, winemakers and local artists, all in a convivial atmosphere. Children's games, picnic areas, camper van sites...

Weddings, banquets, dinners, congresses, seminars and other business events up to 2 500 guests, Bourg Caterer offers menus from 15,20 to 27,90 euros, as well as a brasserie with cold entrées, a medallion salmon stamp, tiramisu salmon medallion, and a warm entrance (Carpe carp timbale, Carpe). Spicy pheasant with chestnuts…), poultry, meat (beef net, blanquette, tournedos…) or game (boar from boar to cranberries, deer jig to trumpets…). Clear quotes and impeccable service make it an address to know.

Catherine and Christian Perret are more than 30 years old, at the entrance to this pedestrian street in the old town. A discreet and refined shop, according to the French tradition of pastry-chocolate. The specialty of the house is the Cure, a sandblasted dough with almonds, praline and meringue cream. Many other cakes on display and a beautiful collection of fine chocolates. We appreciate being able to sit in the tea room for a relaxing moment.

Gaudes, bressanes specialities, are roasted corn grains. The Gaudélices is a set of salty and sweet recipes based on gaudes flour. Impossible to miss, just steps from exit 7 of the motorway, this establishment as a gift package, with a small knot on the roof. A long glass corridor allows you to visit the workshops before accessing the shop. These recipes are also available in organic stores, tourist sites and motorway areas.

Sometimes we have to queue out, so this address is running. It must be said that space is restricted in front of the counter and the cold bank. County, Bleu blue, Petit Blue, little Saint Denis… All the cheeses in the region come together. But if the establishment makes a beautiful contribution to local productions, those of other regions have not been forgotten. Raw milk, fresh cream, cheese and white cheese are also offered in detail.

Since the beginning of the last century, Brother Henri-Marie's distillery has been making natural drinks based on regional aromatic plants. You will have the opportunity to admire the sumptuous oak casks, the most impressive of which reach 18,000 litres! After maceration, distillation in the traditional steam-heated stills, the products are bottled before being put on sale in the magnificent factory shop. A tasting is of course planned!

Set in a beautiful boutique from the late th century - originally, a fine grocery store - with beautiful ceiling mouldings and antique woodwork at the walls, Monet chocolate is both the heir of a great tradition and an innovative handicraft company. Among its specialities, the Blue Bresse which is certainly a cheese, but also a chocolate, a mixture of hazelnuts and praline coated in a chocolate chocolate, with a box imitating the homonyme cheese. Bresse eggs for their part hide their praline coated with black chocolate in a real shell to break…

The traditional sugar cake, a real specialty of the medieval city, is an indissociable gourmet souvenir of Pérouges. Didier Rapaud is a craftsman of good taste and he prepares excellent cakes with quality ingredients. You should not hesitate to enter this small shop where you can order your cake on busy days. Among the other delights of the house, organic breads also cooked in the wood fire and gingerbread. Gourmet address.

The Seysselan vineyard extends over two banks of the Rhône, straddling the department of Ain (01) and Haute-Savoie (74). Three cities constitute the appellation area: Corbonod (Ain), Seyssel (Ain), Seyssel (Haute-Savoie). The Mollex family has been devoted to the vineyard culture and wine trade since 1359. It is Ernest and Marguerite Mollex sell wines are the first to offer bottled wine in addition to the loose wine they sell. Ernest Mollex loved to combine firmness and taste of a job well-done. He took part in all the struggles, especially the one leading to the creation of AOC Seyssel in 1942. You can taste the famous Seyssel white wines: Taconnière, Péclette and Seyssel Or at Mollex's. We advise you cross the Rhône to this very renowned winemaker in the region.

In the ^19th century, doctors produced here a drink made from fermented grapes. In 1985, Thierry Troccon acquired the Clos de la Bierle. His Frizant de Cerdon, version Cuvée des Elites, deserves to be discovered. Fruity, enticing, this wine delights the table at aperitif time or with dessert. The domain emphasizes its "biodynamic ethics" and the reasoned use of phytopharmaceutical products in the greatest respect of the environment.

Part cellar, part beer bar, part wine bar, La Buvette offers over 850 proprietary wines, grands crus and vintages, crémants and champagnes, as well as whiskies, cognacs, ports... All these French and foreign wines can be discovered during tasting evenings, accompanied by plates of local produce. Together with delicatessen products such as chocolates, mustards, foies gras and terrines, these bottles and specialities can also be used to create gift boxes, designed according to the caviste's advice, with the option of personalized labels.

Two addresses for this very greedy Halloween. On the one hand, you have the pastry with a contemporary tea lounge, in pink and white tones, at 7 rue Notre-Dame, and on the other the chocolate shop itself, at 2 square of town hall. The speciality of the house? Big-Kisses, pralines chocolates, black or milk, lip-shaped. The shop also offers selected wines for their ability to marry chocolate. A very good address for chocolate drinkers.

In the territory of the A.O.P. Comté appellation, don't miss the opportunity to taste the artisanal products of this cheese factory where you will find excellent... Comté cheeses matured by the Monts et Terroirs company. Other cheeses are to be discovered, among which a famous morbier, raclette... and dairy products: butter, cream and white cheeses of very good quality at prices much cheaper than in supermarkets. Other local products with cold cuts, jams, honey.

The Lingot-Martin winery, whose vineyards suffered greatly from the climate in 2021, was born in 1970 from the merger of farms that today cover 47 hectares. With great attention paid to the quality of the products at all stages, they continue to work according to the traditional method several vintages of sparkling Cerdon - Classic, Dry, Selected, Reserved, Intense and Organic -, each developing its characteristics. Many events and animations. To discover, a new organic lemon-basil lemonade, according to a delicious ancestral recipe.

Every Wednesday and every Saturday morning, the halls and the fairground cover many stalls. Local artisans and producers compete with imagination to excite your taste buds. On Wednesday, it is one of the few markets in France where live poultry can be bought. On that day, food doubles from the market to clothing, shoes and other accessories, between fair field and downtown.

This farmers' cooperative was a pioneer in direct sales when it opened its doors in 1987! The store gathers 11 producers and breeders offering direct sales plus hundreds of fresh products delivered every week: poultry, pork, sausages, fruits and vegetables, eggs, honey, cheeses... We have a particular liking for Bugey wines. The welcome is charming, information on the productions and fill your shopping bag for a local picnic.

Guillot is an institution in Bourg. This nearby supermarket has been under the name Carrefour Market, and is still known under this name. Located next to the Place des Bon Enfants and its underground car park, it is first and foremost extremely convenient for all residents of the pedestrian city, even if it is not everything and may be a little expensive.
Guillot is also a quality bakery where many staff provide diligent service, including between 12 h and 14 h peak time for pizzas, sandwiches and other oak.

Besides 400 references in wines from France and abroad, apart from 250 references of spirits and alcohols, including rums and whiskies, La Cave du Grumeur offers a large number of vinegar and oils, as well as many local products: Gaudélices cookies (Tossiat), Libeluile oils (Jayat), Gaillard coffees (Attignat) or even rillettes frogs and carp rillettes from Dombes. The establishment also consists of the customer's request of the gourmet baskets from 15 €. A nice idea of gift.