Olive oil producers Midi-Pyrénées

Gildas looks after the 12 hectares of trees on the estate, which has the particularity of straddling the border. Olive trees, picholine and picual share the limelight with very specific varieties such as argudell and rudunell. Each season 4 single variety oils are produced in fruity green and fruity black. Isabelle also makes a delicious olive jam, olive paste, table olives and small preparations. Facing the sea, the panorama is enchanting...

This vineyard turned to olives in 2002. The first olive grove was planted at that time, with the predominant varieties being the olive tree, the lucques and the picholine. In the following years, the plantations were continued and the varieties were enriched. Nowadays, there are also clermontaise, aglandau, cornicabra and amellau, a particularly interesting variety for confectionery with its typical rose taste. Three "French olive oils" are produced as well as table olives.

For 4 generations, Christophe Paradis has been perpetuating the family tradition of milling. In the mill and sales outlet, which is located near the road leading from Uzès to Remoulins, one can discover the secrets of the manufacture of oil in the old way and the stages of the elaboration of this essential southern product. The mill produces and sells a quality oil, monovarietal picholine, aglandau, bouteillan, négrette and oils of assembly like the sublime oil taste to the old, resulting from over-ripened olives. A visit which is essential.

The two oils of the domain (the vernal and the olive) are proposed in monovarietal: the verdale, in green fruity, and the olive, in ripe fruity. Thérèse and Christian have just won their 20th medal in 10 years with the olive variety: the gold medal at the Olivalies world competition. The secret, they confide it to us a little "to have a good oil, it is necessary to assemble the ripeness of the harvest over about 20 days". Soaps, condiments, tapenades and many other products are also on sale in the large shop.

Since 2004, the mill is installed in the activity zone of Milliaires. It specializes in olive oil from the Picholine variety and is certified organic. This olive from the Gard gives the olive oil an inimitable green fruitiness and ardour. The oil bar of the mill allows you to taste other Gardoise oils freshly pressed at the mill: AOP of Nîmes, etc... The shop also offers a wide range of regional products related to the olive tree

It was in 1997 that the union of olive growers of the Gard filed the request for recognition as an AOC for the olive of Nîmes and the olive oil of Nîmes obtained respectively in 2004 and 2006. From now on PDO, these appellations around the picholine olive certify a large part of the department as well as the communes of Herault. Nîmes olive oil stands out for its herbaceous aromas and its power. The Nîmes olive offers a crunchy taste that is much appreciated by gourmets.

The Sou mill, belonging to the CAVALE cooperative, produces and crushes 100 tons of olives from November to December. After the washing and crushing stage, the olives are carefully kneaded by the millers. The fruits from the olive, aglandau, picholine and bouteillan varieties are used to produce two extra virgin oils: the Olisoli intense taste, subtle taste and old-fashioned taste and the Olisancti Christmas oil. The products can be found in many sales outlets but also online at terroir-limouxin.com.

The site's 30 hectares are farmed organically, and ponies and horses ensure natural weeding. Next door, the estate store displays some twenty olive oils stored in stainless steel vats and bottled on demand. There are single variety oils (picholine, lucques, violette de Montpellier...) as well as flavored oils (mint, saffron, basil, truffle...). The boutique also sells olives, flavored vinegars, local products and olive oil-based cosmetics.

The organic farm is composed mainly of century-old olive trees and a young plantation of olive and redouneil varieties, typical of the Albères region. This family business produces only extra virgin olive oils, in fruity or ripe monovarietal. You must try their olive and fig chutney and the Oliv'gingembre preparation made from olives and herbs from the garrigue and ginger. A mixture where the flavours balance each other in an unexpected way. Discover the fruit trees on the property.

This family business initially specialized in olive oil production. Then, after the terrible frost of 1956, Emile Noël successfully turned to oilseed crushing. Thanks to a traditional, artisanal method, with slow, gentle extraction, the company's certified organic oils are known the world over, and have a large following. Today, the Emile Noël oil mill is reviving its olive-growing tradition with the acquisition of 300 olive trees in Spain. The organic store awaits you for direct sales and more.

Dominique and Jean Bardou opened their store on the banks of the Canal du Midi, but their 4,200 olive trees, 16 hectares of trees planted in 1957, with varieties of lucques, moncita, picholine and olive tree, are located 25 km away. Jean takes pleasure in making people taste his preparations, giving tours of the mill, as well as looking for original containers for his oils. Enjoy an initiation by appointment and finish with a tasting of the wines of the domain. They also offer cosmetics made from their olive oil, go and discover them quickly!

Five kilometres from Bellegarde, the Domaine du Haut Broussan is a 9-hectare olive-growing estate worked with love, fervour and respect by Murielle and Florian Monnier. Once ripe, these olives will produce a fruity and golden oil, which can be found in the restaurant overlooking the lake. In the middle of the 3,000 olive trees, the table of this restaurant is authentic and simple. Everything is fresh. Florian takes care of the grilled meats and Murielle composes generous salads served with a homemade tapenade that leaves a lasting impression.

L'Olivène's olives come from their own olive trees. As soon as the fruit reaches maturity, it is harvested and immediately sent to the Cali mill, where the olive oil is extracted using a cold mechanical process. Most of the work is done by hand, by the owners, using organic methods. Picholine, the Gard olive par excellence, is grown here, along with other varieties such as Negrette. This is a "Sud de France" certified product. Alice and Barbara sell their products at markets throughout Provence. Olives, tapenades, everything is homemade.

In the heart of the countryside of Castelnau-Valence, four generations have successively transmitted their know-how, their passion and their love of the olive. Today, it is Célia Ribot who perpetuates the tradition and develops a range of generous and tasty olive oils. From the 1 800 olive trees of the domain, the picholine, emblematic variety of the department, the bouteillan variety, but also the négrette, the lucques, or even the aglandau enamel the parcels of the domain. Exclusively French, AOP and Nîmes varieties are produced.

Passionate about the land and its history, Elena Anton divides her time between her truffle field of 1,350 oak trees, her olive grove and her authentic gites. On her farm, she offers her products for sale in her small store, as well as local products such as salt with Gruissan truffles. She also offers educational activities. As for the gites, nestled in a coomb, in the middle of holm oaks and olive trees, they are classified 3 or 4 ears of corn and can accommodate 4 people each. All of them are built according to eco-environmental standards.

The Odyssey of the Olive Tree, within the Oulibo cooperative, combines staging, sound and light, educational tours, multimedia screens, sound effects... to discover the king tree of the Mediterranean. The 1h30 visit begins with the olive grove, then a sound and light show that retraces the stages of oil production will be shown. If you want to know the different virtues of the oil, the symbolism of the olive tree, the jobs related to the olive (scourtinerie...), this is the place to go.

Since 1998, Carole and Fabien Jeanjean have been committed to producing organic quality oil and tapenades. Their flagship product is Nîmes PDO olive oil, but they also produce oils from aglandau and bouteillan, as well as some highly original aromatic oils: try the thyme and garlic oil, and the cep and basil oil! Our expertise has been rewarded with three medals at the 2018 Concours Général Agricole de Paris for our Marcel, Hugo and Les Capitelles cuvées.

The Château de Montfrin, built on this mound of earth and rock overlooking the village, produces organically grown oil (AB label since 2010). 120,000 olive trees are planted on this hill, which was once a refuge for animals fleeing the recurrent floods of the intrepid Gardon river. Grouped together in a union oléicole, the site's producers offer 3 oils. Moulin des Ombres (the estate's flagship oil), Château de Montfrin (a predominantly "arquebine" blend) and Petit Château (a predominantly "petit ribier" blend).

The Domaine de la Mer Blanche has 3 hectares of organic land with 800 olive trees, one hectare of pomegranate trees and one hectare of fig trees. The Mer Blanche olive oil comes from the olive tree, emblematic of the Catalan region. It is a blend of black and green olives that gives birth to this oil, which is highly appreciated for its balance, its aromatic richness (especially tomato flavour) and its beautiful roundness in the mouth.

For nearly 100 years, combining tradition and modernity, but always with the aim of selecting the best olives, the Catalan offers you a tasting of its products which are declined in 3 ranges: the flavoured, the medium and the intense. Also on sale are tapenades, olive jams and olives in jars. Its museum, its production workshop open to the public and its guided tours are really instructive for the whole family.

The Gruissan Oil Mill, located on the outskirts of the Massif de la Clape, owes its existence to the true passion of its owner, Frédéric Granier, an olive farmer since 1996, who created the Gruissan mill in 2009. Specialised in the plantation of the olive tree up to the sale of finished products through an assiduous and meticulous control. Thanks to their diversity of character, the olive groves planted near the mill allow the elaboration of subtle blends as well as varietal vintages. Lucques, Olivière, Bouteillan, Aglandeau and Picholine, that is to say about 1,800 trees whose green fruits are found in the productions elaborated by Frédéric Granier. There are no less than 20 references of olive oils that the producer offers in his store. The store reflects the traditions of the South: many regional and Provencal products are presented here, in addition to the mill's own productions. In addition to the wide range of olive oils, you will be able to indulge yourself with olive oil-based cosmetics, shower gels and soaps, as well as honey and other souvenir items and gift ideas (hand towels, tea towels, potholders, gourmet baskets, etc.). The olive grower will be happy to show you around his workshop and his mill: you will then be able to discover what goes into the making of his local products. A warm welcome, for individuals as well as for groups.

Their olive groves, scattered around the village of Tourouzelle, are not the plots that occupy them most, but Frédérique and Denis Josserand have understood their interest in cultivating the eternal tree in addition to their vines. Thus, alongside the 12 hectares of grapes that base their agricultural business, born in 2004, this mole couple planted 900 trees. On 3 hectares, Lucca, olivière, aglandau, picholine and salonenque extend the range of products from the Domaine de Clarmon, with two oils (including an olivière), spreading and table olives (lucca). The experience of Frédérique and Denis Josserand is a unique story. It was in 1997, while they lived in Marseille, that they bought their first rows of vines in this corner of the Aude that Frédérique frequented every summer, a family property, since her earliest childhood. Descendants of farmers from Ain, Denis was then a welder, his wife an interior architect. The next year, Clara was born. Their younger sister, Manon, was born in 2001. From the contraction of their two names, their parents will baptize the company that founded this new life that they would not change "for anything in the world".

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Although Fabienne's farm is located in Trèbes, it is a few kilometres further, in Floure, that you have to go to taste her olive production and leave with a few bottles. The mill can extract up to 5,000 litres each year. Its oils come in 5 monovarietal extra virgin, sweet and fruity productions, as well as two oils flavoured with basil and lemon. The cuvée Thomas (named after his son) is a blend of olive, verdale, clermontaise, aglandau and picholine. Fabienne also makes table olives with her lucques.

Magali and Laurent started olive growing on the land of Magali's ancestors. Their olive grove has 1,250 young trees and 400 hundred-year-old olive trees. Since 2006, their mill is installed on the property. There, monovarietal oils are produced (lucques, olive, aglandau, picholine) as well as four blends and two flavoured oils (citrus and thyme). Not to mention table olives (lucques) and olive purées. Also a lodge.

Cop à Coop offers organic or organic-reasoned products from its founding members from Sigeanne; Jean-François from Domaine Saint-Michel des Etangs and Emmanuel from Domaine Vent Terral for organic wines. Benjamin and Emmanuelle, breeders from Bergerie du Salin, for sheep and goat meats, and Boris from Potager Sigeannais, for organic fruit and vegetables. The range is rounded out by local producers with a similar approach. It's a real short-distance grocery store. And let's not forget the festive evenings when all these products are in the spotlight!

This estate, formerly dedicated to vineyards, has been exclusively devoted to olive growing since 1999, after its takeover by Anne Purseigle in 1979. The famous varieties of olives from Languedoc such as Olivière, Picholine and Lucques are produced on a soil that is favourable to the traditional cultivation of the olive tree, rich in ancient garrigues and stony clay-limestone soils. With 1,300 olive trees, the farm offers tours and a store selling local products. You can even sponsor an olive tree, an original idea!

Bioplanète's award-winning productions are the pride of this Audoise company founded more than 30 years ago. It is the oldest organic oil mill in Europe, whose products are produced locally and through fair trade. From the fields to the bottling, all the manufacturing stages are elaborated by hand. The range includes more than 78 top-of-the-range oils, always cold-pressed, but also wheat germ, chia, black cumin, flax, hemp or camelina, and innovative products such as organic clarified butter or Ghee.

The southernmost olive groves in France are in the Pyrénées-Orientales! Olivier invites you to discover his farm of olive trees planted on terraces. 7 varieties spread over 12 ha and cultivated without any pesticides to revive a tradition extinct since the terrible frost of 1956. At the oil bar, you will taste a selection of oils such as Authentique, Argoudeil or Courbeil. The guided tour of the olive groves and the mill is followed by a tasting.

It is an organic farm where vegetables such as potatoes, leeks, white onions and pumpkins are grown. Aromatic plants are also grown here. Rose, thyme, sage, lavender and rosemary are used in essential oils and flower waters. Since 2003, 10 hectares of olive trees have been planted on the southern slopes of the estate. Its flavours of black olive, Jerusalem artichoke and undergrowth are to be discovered. It is a very nice discovery, full of quality choices!

Of the six children, Luc Pasquiet was the only one who wanted to take over his parents' estate. It must be said that he discovered the olive-growing profession at the same time as they did: he was at secondary school when his parents started olive-growing in the 1980s. While helping them with the harvest, the idea gradually took root. When his parents retired, he took over the olive grove scattered in several parcels around the village, and in particular behind the abbey which is the charm and fame of Lagrasse. That's about 7 hectares of trees, the oldest of which are a hundred years old. While his parents favoured integrated farming, Luc chose to go organic and began converting the estate to the AB label as soon as he arrived in 2013. A year when the fly was particularly bad and his entire harvest was lost. However, Luc Pasquiet is still faithful to his post: on the Lagrasse market on Saturday mornings, but also in his little shop at the foot of the old bridge. There, he offers four single-variety oils in fruity green: olive, a rustic variety typical of the Languedoc, the lucques, with which he also makes table olives, the bouteillan and the picholine. The "cuvée du terroir" is a green fruity made from a blend of what the other cultivated trees produce (aglandau, cailletier, arbequine). As for his olive pastes (without capers or anchovies), he makes them in his workshop and integrates, according to his recipes, the vegetables he grows in his garden.

The La Cavale cooperative, which has just celebrated its centenary, is a reference in the Limoux region in terms of agricultural supplies and plant production. But the cooperative also offers a range of products that delight us, all in an eco-responsible approach: Olisoli olive oils - Le Moulin du Sou, Ardence eau de Vie, a craft beer: Alambiquée and the famous Mint, Tangerine or Lemon Crème Religieuse from the Apéroc range. You will find them in the delicatessens and the Gamm Vert stores of the Haute Vallée de l'Aude.

Since 1999, the Marin family has been farming 1,800 olive trees on 4 hectares of land. The harvest, which can reach 10 tons of fruit in the best years, is taken to the nearby Millas mill. But what really makes the difference with the other producers in the region is the choice of a unique variety... and originating from Spain: the arbequina. Its olive tree gives a small and round fruit, particularly adapted to the production of oil. And, inevitably, the one from the Moucha estate is unlike any other of its closest competitors.

The Minerve mill was the first private mill in the Pyrénées-Orientales. The owners of the place, the brothers Charles and Pierre De Benedittis, taking over from their father, opened it in 2005 in order to press the olives from their 8 hectares. The olives are organically grown and come mainly from seven varieties. The resulting oils are all organic and monovarietal, fruity green, with a medium and light taste (except for the more fiery Picholine) as well as some Italian varieties, frantoio....

The Beaufort mill has been producing olive oil since 2003. The olives are harvested by hand. The different varieties (grossannes, lucques, bouteillans, négrettes, picholines) blended together give the oil its distinctive character. Other producers can bring their own olives (minimum 100 kg) and leave with their own production. The crushed pits release an antioxidant that preserves the unfiltered, first cold-pressed oil. Home delivery and personalized labels available.