Gourmet products local specialties and wines Normandy

There is really something to enjoy in this pretty takeaway trattoria. Cold cuts, Italian cheeses and wines, coffees, beers, truffled or spicy oils... With, at the forefront, fresh pasta, daily dishes, colourful antipasti and other homemade bruschettas. Or how to brighten up your evenings by making your taste buds travel without leaving your home. "La dolce vita normande"! Italy in the heart of Pont-l'Evêque! This is the ambition of Sarah who runs this delicately flavoured transalpine grocery store.

It's a very small store, but a very efficient one! At Soufflame, we've selected the very best in teas and infusions. The walls are covered with shelves of beverages from the four corners of the globe, each with an incredible aroma. Matcha, green maté, chai, rooibos and even jellies (Korean lemon-honey to be diluted in hot water, unusual and delicious). As for infusions, try the Palais Royal variety, with its surprising taste that subtly blends sweetness and acidity. Cast-iron teapots, mugs and herbal teapots are also available to complete your purchases.

Feel like cooking up a banh mi with pickled carrots and radishes, stir-fried noodles, lemon chicken or even making your own sushi? Come and stroll through the well-stocked shelves of this Asian grocery store. Imported products are everywhere! You'll find everything you need to prepare a dish with an Oriental flavour. You'll find plenty of spices, kilos of rice and noodles, as well as sauces, oilseeds, tubes of wasabi... On the catering side, discover homemade dishes such as egg rolls and Asian sandwiches!

The Garitan family has been beekeepers for three generations! We met Jason who takes care of his hives full time. The black bee, soft, resistant and French, is the undisputed queen of the place. 70 hives for Clinchamps and many others scattered all over Normandy to give fabulous honeys, from the creamiest and purest to the sweetest slightly vanilla flavoured for the uninitiated. And where can you find these marvels? Try your luck at the Maison du Vrac or at the local producer's, and enjoy!

A few kilometres from Granville, the Ferme de la Chèvre Rit was the object of a real crush by two young farmers, Manu and Manon, about ten years ago. On 20 hectares, the place is populated today with tens of goats, kids and billy goats, which allow the production of delicious cheeses, mainly. But that's not all. The two entrepreneurs have decided to turn this place into a real educational paradise, first of all for the little ones, who will be able to watch the milking of the goats.

Michèle and Sylvain Lebrun operate a farm in Fay, the Country of Houses, for more than years. In this hilly and rolling region they raise deer for meat production and reproduction (Organic Agriculture label). They offer high quality products to gourmets, which can satisfy the most demanding palates. Daguet meat can be tasted in cuissot and roasted, simmered, stew, and terrine are also original and delicious dishes. All these products are crowned by the approval Orne Soils. Passionate and anxious to convey this passion, the couple, for years, welcomed the general public for visits. They recently started a new, unusual formula of reception on the farm, as only seven farms offer it in France: an atypical farm campsite on the concept "A bed in the meadow". Thus, urban dwellers can better understand the work of farmers at the same time as they are ressourcent. From the farm to the «glamping»…

The Saumonier Cherbourg is the only salmon farm in the harbour in France. The salmon is farmed in pure waters, is fed thanks to specifically designed sustainable fishing and is not subjected to any chemical products. This gives its flesh a natural, firm and tasty texture. A range of smoked products is also available: haddock, cold-smoked mackerel, hot-smoked and scented mackerel, etc. You can also visit the premises, including the aquaponic farm.

Tutti Planti specializes in the creation of natural gourmet products made in Normandy: delicious syrups, jellies and fruit jellies made from local plants, flowers and fruit. These delicacies are sold at fairs, in local grocery stores and on online platforms such as "le marché futé" and "ma ville mon shopping". But Tutti Planti doesn't stop there: the company also organizes creative workshops in Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer to share its passion. It's an opportunity to learn how to make tasty products alongside passionate people.

At the entrance to the town, the Conquérant des Saveurs offers several products: you will have understood that they all revolve around delicacies and good products. Firstly, and this is why many people come here, the delicatessen: teas, coffees, soups, charcuterie, or cider, but also a good number of craft products. Some people come here to have a drink in the sun, or to enjoy a crêpe or a galette - which you can also take away.

A welcoming boutique where you'll find a wealth of local products (with an s), finds from Normandy and beyond. Loose teas and spices, ground and granulated coffees, blended rums, Italian pasta of every colour, apple juice, ciders and calvados from the Loterie de Clécy cellars, Normandy beers from the Odon (awarded a medal in Paris). Gift baskets, jams, boxes of chocolate: you'll find your arms full. In summer, try artisanal ice creams from the Haizerie farm in Vaux-sur-Aure. In winter, warm up with mulled wine!

"It's a beautiful novel, it's a beautiful story". La Biscuiterie was born in Caen in 1850, and almost disappeared. And now, since 2017, it's been labelled a "Living Heritage Company". Les Jeannette are nationally renowned, a fine renaissance and recognition! Madeleines are traditionally made in Colombelles, using fresh, preservative-free ingredients. From the original taste of Isigny PDO butter to the more exotic organic version, the madeleine has undoubtedly made a place for itself in the Normandy sun!

In the heart of the Caux region, Sophie, Mathieu, Jacques and Marie-Odile welcome you to their polyculture and dairy cow farm. In this typical farmhouse, discover a wide range of farm dairy products labelled organic farming. Tasting and sale of cheeses (tomme des prés, palets, clos-masure) and other dairy products from the farm (cream, butter, cottage cheese). On Saturdays, on reservation, introduce your toddlers to life on the farm with the butter making workshops followed by the real bread and butter snack bread (just made) and chocolate. A delight.

That's all right. You may never have seen eggs like that! They're funny! You're not quite wrong! Because the eggs sold by Sylvie and Gérard are not found anywhere. They are the "work" of hens of the Marans breed. Originating in Charente-Maritime, they are recognizable by their brown or dark brown colour. A conversion for the couple who swapped their herd of dairy cows for these charming poultry that lay ‘golden eggs'. The approximately 1,300 hens (originally 200), fed outdoors on organic land, produce an average of 1,000 eggs per day that our farmers collect by hand. Do you want to taste them? They are delicious (more flavour and less cholesterol). Hurry to the farm to buy these unique eggs. At the same time, you'll be able to ask many questions and buy some homemade jams. Alternatively, you can find them at the market of Attacks-sur-Mer on Saturday morning.

A fine establishment, which has earned its letters of nobility over the years: such is this Comptoir des Vignes, located in the heart of the city. Here you'll find a fine but wide selection of wines from France's finest vineyards, as well as a number of vintages from further afield. Spirits are also in abundance, ideal for enhancing your cellars or for excellent gift ideas. Comptoir des Vignes also offers regular appointments with producers who come on-site to show you their products.

An orchard right in the center of town - you're not dreaming! Annelyse and Maxime, greengrocers by trade, run this pretty grocery store. While we liked the old-fashioned decor, we're not averse to a little novelty, and the stalls are as appetizing as ever! Favoring short circuits, seasonal fruit and vegetables are all yours! We also love the delicatessen section with tapenades, soups... all homemade! And don't forget the personalized baskets of dried fruit in bulk. And to top it all off, you can even order online!

You're bound to be familiar with Maison Jort cheeses, among the oldest traditional cheesemakers in the Pays d'Auge. Winner of the 2015 Gold Medal at the Concours Général Agricole, the Jort brand has been setting the standard since 1888. Passion, know-how and tradition are the ingredients of its "Camembert de Normandie" PDO. Every day, milk is collected from local producers who share the same commitment to making this raw-milk, ladle-molded Camembert. Tasting recommended at the Saint-Pierre-en-Auge boutique!

Held as a cooperative society, this bakery is an adventure 100% made in Normandy, combining the know-how of two talented craftsmen with the desire to offer local and quality products. Today, the bakery has such a reputation that almost all Normans know Osmont bread, a tasty traditional sourdough bread. In addition to the various varieties of bread, you will also have the opportunity to enjoy delicious pastries, homemade viennoiseries and a wide selection of homemade cakes. All products are organic.

Well-hidden (like all good addresses!), the Julien Marée fishmonger's is run with a master's hand by a true enthusiast ready to share his know-how. The ideal place for lovers of good fishing and seafood platters. With a focus on artisanal products, you'll enjoy shellfish and fish from our coasts: freshness and quality first and foremost, for all budgets! Tasting at any time of day, because you can't order a craving for whelks!

How about a scoop of strawberry basil ice cream? Honey and rosemary? Or with rose or lavender? Do these flavours seem far-fetched? Wait until you see the menu of the 50 flavours offered by this ice cream shop freshly installed in downtown Rouen. Delicious, in three words, is: organic, artisanal and... delicious! In addition to its ice creams, the establishment has recently started to offer salads, frozen pastries and even soups. In short, a gourmet lounge like you don't see many!

Les Mets Chai, before it was a drinking restaurant, it was a dining cellar! Jean-Charles has separated the two concepts to keep us happy! Here, you'll discover excellent vintages, natural wines, meaning organic, good and clean! Look at the walls full of bottles with labels and appellations that stand out (Va te faire boire or Gamay du matin). Evening presentations and tastings are organized (book in advance!) in the presence of the winemakers. There's something for every palate, and your favourite vineyards will no longer hold any secrets for you!

Isabelle and Sylvain Mugnaini, owners of the emblematic Trattoria, have created a fine delicatessen. In the kitchen, you'll find Roberta, a true Italian who has been with the restaurant since it opened. Rodolphe is in charge of sales. And that's when the show begins: pasta galore, Italian wines, antipasti, cold cuts, cheeses - and no, still no pizzas! Want to know their secret? Cooking classes and tastings are organized. Or how to live on sunshine and burrata!

All of Africa (or almost) in one shop, that's what Exodelis shop, located on boulevard de la Libération, offers! Here, we really like the food products offered in the grocery section, starting with the dishes of the day (the vegetable samoussas and the mafé, tested a short time ago, left us a nice memory), the drinks, the spices... so many flavours almost make you dizzy. You will also find here African handicrafts, and even others, dedicated to cosmetics. A little change of scenery is always welcome!

A stone's throw from the commercial zone of La Vatine, on the green side of the dual carriageway, this farm perpetuates an activity present here since the 13th century. After having changed its name many times, the site remains and offers to those who love healthy food products labelled organic: cider and apple juice, fruits, vegetables, cheese. All in season, which you can buy directly on site. The farm can also be visited during the summer. The little ones will be delighted to meet chickens, goats, donkeys and sheep in the educational farm.

Nicolas Allain's story is a pretty one, with his fish rillettes packaged in colourful cabins, a symbol of the town's waterfront. For several years now, in partnership with a chef he met in Brittany, the entrepreneur has been offering a wide range of products: sea bream with thyme, gilthead bream with garlic cream, mackerel with mustard, the flavours combine to perfection! Where can you find these tasty little nuggets? Simple: at the Gouville supermarket (its name is on the P'tites Cabines website!).

There are stores that do good, and the Coutances farm is one of them! This collective shop, resulting from the pooling of about fifteen producers several years ago, offers in Coutances products as good as local, and in short circuit, guaranteeing you an incomparable freshness. Cheese and charcuterie, cookies and honey, and all this without forgetting the local specialities, whether it is teurgoule or milk jam - and yoghurts! The space was expanded last year to offer more references!

It's possible to make your own gin during a workshop, because in Normandy, we also distil. Head for Colombelles, where English-born David and sommelier Julie have set up shop to make this spirit. From classic to fruit-infused gin, cold brew (coffee liqueur) and their vodka, tasty and original choices made in Normandy. In 2019, 2020 and 2023, this artisan distillery won the World Gin Awards for France's best gin! Drop by the showroom for a tasting and a stroll through their botanical garden.

A beautiful shop, in the heart of Cherbourg, from which emanate intoxicating scents even on the pavement! In addition to the famous coffee roasting offer (made for no less than 16 different vintages), the place proposes many teas and local products. You will also find here herbal teapots, teapots, and other mugs, as well as some delicacies. The welcome is excellent, and you can even taste coffee here. Finally, note that a second shop has opened its doors, on the heights of La Glacerie, in the Montmartre shopping centre.

A stone's throw from the Poiré Museum, this producer of aromatic and medicinal plants, flowers, and various fruits and vegetables offers herbal teas, flavoured salts, chutneys and other condiments, jams, jellies or syrups, not to mention flavoured organic cider vinegars. Philippe Fauchon's products can be found in some local markets and producers' fairs. Try his beet chutney with apple and ginger, you won't be disappointed.

In the heart of the spa town, the Biscuiterie de l'Abbaye boutique offers all the specialties made in its Lonlay-l'Abbaye workshop: Normandy galettes, Isigny butter shortbread, chocolate cookies, not forgetting the savoury range for aperitifs, including these little cookies with chia seeds or spirulina, as well as the organic range to make you blush with flavour; all in pretty boxes or caskets. Enough to fill up on gourmet gifts!

Fancy a taste of authentic charcuterie? Then meet Bryan and Mélina. In Normandy, they have chosen to perpetuate the traditional know-how of salting using ancestral recipes. To achieve this, the salting couple drew on their various experiences in Savoie, Ardèche and Corsica. As a result, they now offer delicious products straight from their drying and maturing cellars. We loved their plain and garlic sausages, as well as the Bourvil! We're still salivating!

The Hubert family has been producing ciders, calvados, pommeau and liqueurs for 5 generations. On its 50 hectares, this producer harvests 45 varieties of fruit. At the Vergers de la Morinière, the Calvados ages slowly, enriching itself with aromatic elements. To taste absolutely, the house liqueurs, a delicious marriage of fruit and calvados. If you can visit the place by appointment only, the online store is very well done.

On their farm on slopes of the Auge country, on the edge of Calvados, the Aguinet family strives to exercise traditional and extensive production. On a surface of 10 hectares, with low and high orchard orchards, their production is rewarded with the famous AOC Country for their Calvados, pommel and cider. Calvados is obtained from a cider aged 12 to 18 months and then transformed thanks to the still at the Vergers orchards. Then we have to wait 15 years of aging to appreciate his hot notes of alcohol and his complex floral bouquet. For the pommel, the particularity of this operation is to carry out a very long ageing in oak barrels and to carry out an assembly between several years (5 to 8 years) for a slightly smoked and truly powerful alcohol in the mouth. Here, no doubt, the specialities are made in the rules of art. Moreover, their cider was Gold medal at the Salon de l'Agriculture in 2011.

If, with daring, the nose, you leave in search of unknown flavours, the pétillant of sureau is made for you! This ancient recipe for EPA ritif, which has been refurbished by the Orchard de la Pippin, enriches the range of drinks Agre Terroirs Terroirs. A drink based on flowers, it does not contain alcohol and can also be used in dessert or snack. Success requires, producers have had to plant new sureau'hedges, which have for neighbors high stems for apple juice and cider. Among the production, the Philtre of Love, recipe derived from apple juice and infusion of thyme, mint, ginger and cinnamon, also very much loved. The "Organic Agriculture" label.

Voted one of the 12 best chocolate makers in France, Le Cacaotier d'Hubert Masse has been rewarded several times for its creative and traditionally made chocolates. Indeed, he is one of the rare chocolate makers in the country to create "bean to bar" bars, meaning that all the stages of cocoa processing are carried out by the craftsman himself, from roasting the beans to moulding and coating. You'll feel like you're tasting chocolate for the very first time when you come to taste the creations of Le Cacaotier, a boutique not only for gourmets but also for people curious to taste exceptional chocolate.

The nearly 3-hectare park is fully secure and home to a wide variety of animals including alpacas, donkeys, dwarf goats, Vietnamese pigs, rabbits, chickens, guinea pigs, geese, ducks and sheep. Visitors can wander freely around the farm and observe the animals in their enclosures, while learning from the educational posters. Guided tours are also offered, during which participants can feed the animals and enjoy cuddles and snuggles.

It is a large shopping centre, completely rebuilt across the east boulevard a few years ago. With an average commercial gallery, the centre is open every day except Sunday, and offers many services, including car rental, a petrol station at prices defying competition as well. This is the main area of Tourlaville, and generally in the eastern part of the agglomeration.

O Grain of Aroma is a beautiful fine grocery store where you can find many regional products but also coffee, tea, chocolate, biscuits, and jam. It is difficult not to crack for a small box to report for yourself or to offer…

This boutique offers direct sales from the producer to the consumer, whether it be to professionals or individuals. " Fruits of our orchards "harvest and produced cider, apple juice, vinegar, aperitif, gelées… You will also find a selection of aperitifs and digestifs based on homemade apple.

Gillot Fromagerie was born in 1912 on the site it has occupied for a century in the heart of the Ornais Bocage. Six families have come together to live the real Norman cheese of tradition. Normand Lait milk is collected within a radius of 25 km and follows a path as demanding as monitored before being transformed into a PDO Pie. The quality of this milk is the result of close collaboration between the producers and the cheese factory.

Are you tempted by an almond ice cream with caramelized nuts? Or would you rather have a champagne sorbet? On the Vexin plateau, Laurent Riault has developed an original speciality: ice creams and sorbets, with a choice of traditional or frankly original flavours, and above all superb quality. Handcrafted with milk from the farm's cows, without coloring agents or preservatives, a perfect smoothness and surprising flavors, so many assets to delight the taste buds of gourmets young and old!

Opened a few months ago on Rue au Blé - and easily recognizable with its white front - this pretty boutique has become a haven for spirits enthusiasts. Hundreds of references are on offer here, from whisky to the most unexpected spirits, and you'll be advised by Thomas, who also runs the cocktail bar nearby. Many of the spirits on offer are the result of the team's relentless research: nuggets waiting to be discovered.

In Caen, there is no lack of markets, follow the guide! On Tuesdays, go to rue de Bayeux and Grâce de Dieu, place du Commerce. On Wednesday, boulevard Leroy (we have a soft spot for this old-fashioned taste), rue de la Défense-Passive, or avenue Charlemagne. Thursday, La Guérinière and Chemin Vert. Friday, towards Place Saint-Sauveur, Rue Pémagnie, and Fossés-Saint-Julien. Saturday, Dr-Henri-Buot and Champlain squares. Sunday, place Courtonne and especially quai Vendeuvre, it is the huge market of Caen. It's your choice!

This farm offers a very nice shop, easily covered with wood, and which will allow you to discover the products of the place. One of the specialties of the Fraserie is terrines and foie gras, which you will discover in quantity - and quality - but also meat and poultry, as well as ready-made meals. Here, everything is made from A to Z, and the various awards and distinctions of the farm confirm the excellence of the place. Finally, note that beyond the shop, you can find the products at the local markets.

Foie gras, camembert, teurgoule, tomato-basil, cucumber... La Ferme de la Haizerie revolutionises the flavours of ice cream and sorbets! Don't worry, there is also sweetness: chestnut, gingerbread, violet, speculoos, rum-raisin, chocolate... Alain, pastry chef, also creates sorbets for diabetics, gluten-free sorbets and tailor-made ice creams. Guaranteed without colouring or preservatives, made from fresh fruit and good milk from the farm, his ice creams are on the menu of the best tables in the region. The farm is also open to visitors!

This excellent house in the south of France does not lack resources. And for good reason: the Maison Le Blanc offers a whole range of excellent products, from ham on the bone to pâtés and, more rarely in the area, andouillette and andouille de campagne. The Maison Le Blanc, named after Thierry, the master of these productions, can be found in Saint-Martin-de-Landelles or Saint-James, as well as on the local markets. The whole is obviously labeled Manche Terroirs, rewarding the quality of the productions.

Quentin Rambaud, a young 24-year-old pastry chef, has opened this tempting store. Here, it's a return to simplicity, no more fuss and too many ingredients. No more than three flavours in his cakes and it's perfect. We like the Paris-Caen, which made the success of the address, a gourmet alliance between the macaroon and the famous Paris-Brest. The Pavlova and the Madagascar vanilla flan are sweets to be tested urgently! We also like the fast execution of orders and the idea that in the nice days the ice creams will be part of the party!

In this beautiful store in the historic district of Rouen, you will be well received and will find a hundred varieties of Dammann and Compagnie Coloniale teas, bulk coffees and compatible pods, as well as very beautiful spices, including very high-quality peppers. In the sweets section, you will have a choice of traditional Norman cookies, Cluizel, Dolfin, and Monbana chocolates, honeys and jams voted "best in the world", which you can make into gourmet baskets. And for the passionate, workshops of discovery are proposed.