Gourmet products local specialties and wines Pays De La Loire

Change of ownership in 2023 Chez Melon tout est bon! This little shack on the picturesque Port du Bec offers shellfish such as oysters, clams, mussels and crustaceans to take away or enjoy on the spot. The flat and hollow oysters come from their park. Their open sea oysters won a silver medal at the last Salon de l'Agriculture. You may decide to take your shellfish home to eat, but stay here to savor the iodized products in a friendly atmosphere in the tasting room with its terrace.

You will find in this specialist organic products: meal, cereals and dried fruit in bulk, teas, but also a selection of wines, fresh fruit and vegetables and a zone of frozen products. A small bakery, a fromagerie-barking and a cosmetic beam and toiletries as well as a few books complete the offer. Particularity of this store, he joined a bio butcher, who manages the butchery-butchery radius with his own products. We also love the sympathy of the employees willing to provide us with kind information. Don't hesitate to jump! You can register to have a membership number, which provides systematic cash discounts.

Opened in 2019, Frédéric's brewery offers artisanal beers with authentic flavors, made with know-how and from natural elements only. Unfiltered, unpasteurized and refermented beers in bottles, without additives or preservatives. Frédéric imagines authentic creations, without forgetting tradition, through a dozen beers with sunny names and graphics: white, light and full-bodied blonde, amber, different IPAs (double IPA, NEIPA...), brown, winter beer.

Go around the town hall and down this little street. Denis Leroux's boutique is well worth a visit, not only for his warm welcome, but also for the many local products on display. You'll find a whole range of products from the Sarthe region, including charcuterie and confectionery such as pierre de Pontlieue, as well as products from outside the Sarthe. You'll find foies gras as well as tapenades from the South-East or fish terrines from Sologne... We appreciate the care he takes in selecting the products he offers. But you might also be tempted by the idea of putting together a gourmet parcel... to suit your taste or curiosity. He's also working on exclusives like Casteloir, an aperitif made with Coteaux du Loir wines and fruit cream. Red, rosé or white, to be enjoyed in moderation. We liked the Esprit de Casteloir jams, also in white, red or rosé, which retain the taste of the wine. There are also rillettes de canard au jasnières and rillettes de campagne au jasnières... a welcome change from the traditional. After a visit to his store, you're sure to find a souvenir or two to take home for yourself or a friend.

This store is open on the street, so convenient for fast purchases. You will find the pastry, bread and tea lounge on the floor. A friendly place to spend a pleasant time during shopping.

If you visit Git and you are going to rotate in the swamp, don't forget by returning to the markets of Saint-Lyphard. The first, a market for crafts and local products is held in the centre of the town on Tuesday afternoon during the summer. He brings together about exhibitors. Street entertainment regularly complements this market. The second is a real institution that runs on Thursday all Day from July to mid-September in the enchanting surroundings of the village of Kerhinet and its cottages. It is organized by the producers of the Land and Salt Association and the Brière Regional Natural Park. You will find excellent products from the area of the region that you will taste with delight.

Another Pornicais institution and a must for food lovers! Bertrand Gavet, worthy heir of 5 generations of pastry chefs, took over the family business in 2005, and renovated his shop in 2014, while preserving its spirit. In this pastry shop, you are bound to find something to please you, between the chocolate, the biscuit and the confectionery. A choice so vast that one does not know what to choose. So why not try the Armoricain with its almond meringue and praline cream? Or the kouign-amann with its excellent puff pastry? Or the Délicat&Sens chocolate, a creation by Bertrand Gavet made from selected cocoa beans. You can order online and pick up your order at the back of the shop.

Sublime house as this wine house located opposite the bridge of Ancenis, near the Castle and the Tourist Office! Entering it is taking the risk of becoming unspoiled on wines from the region and elsewhere. Worn by Maxime Daviet's passion and two other sommeliers, this cellar offers a range of 850 wines and 160 spirits. Wines with the appellation of Ancenis are offered free of charge at the tasting, history to discover the richness of the wine heritage of the region. Possibility to organize personalized tasting evenings or corporate cocktails. A wine bar - tapas makes it possible to taste beautiful flavors, inside the house in the room designed for this purpose, or on the outdoor terrace, with view of the Loire! Also note the opening of the floor since this spring, offering a splendid view of La Loire.

The Génaudières estate has been run by the same family since 1635. It offers a remarkable panorama on the Loire. The vines grow on hills of schist and gneiss implanted on the ancient sedimentary, eruptive and metamorphic formations of the Armorican massif. The vineyard, certified HVE (High Environmental Value), produces Muscadet, Gros Plant, Gamay, Cabernet, Pineau de la Loire, Malvoisie, thanks to a traditional method.

A local brewery producing a range of 100% natural craft beers. You can taste the traditional and organic Trompe Souris (blond, red, black, pink and white), the Vieille Tour, made of a blond and a brown beer, the Magnolia made with magnolia flowers and the organic Duck (blond, triple and red). The place is regularly transformed into a concert-café with an eclectic programme alternating between jazz, punk and traditional Irish melodies.

In Pornic, Super U et Drive is a convenient supermarket for residents and visitors to the town. The store offers a variety of services, including in-store shopping, drive and delivery. Customers can take advantage of the convenience of the drive to quickly collect their shopping or choose to have it delivered to their home. Super U also has a U station for refueling.

In Saumur, the E.Leclerc hypermarket is a must for residents and visitors alike. With a wide range of services available, including in-store shopping, in-store collection, E.Leclerc DRIVE Saumur, E.Leclerc parapharmacy and E.Leclerc service station, it offers consumers a wide variety of possibilities. Whether shopping, picking up products ordered online or taking advantage of additional services, E.Leclerc Saumur is a practical and accessible place for the daily needs of the town's residents.

Petitgas offers a wide range of pork products, including the famous hams, whose reputation is well established. They are eaten raw, but can also be pan-fried or grilled for thicker slices. The flagship product, the Jambon de Vendée, characterised by its original aroma, tender texture and delicate flavour, is made from a recipe handed down from generation to generation in accordance with traditional know-how.

It is a mandatory passage after the beach or at the bend of a walk: this glacier is a must. The variety of flavors is vast and difficult to choose from all these artisanal ice creams. Examples of flavors: amarena, cookies, millenium, Louisiana, rock, crunchy raspberry, Buenos, whisky cream and many others. You will have to come back to taste another flavor. The North Pole also offers waffles.

An unmissable speciality of La Baule, the real Fondant Baulois is imitated today, but never equalled. It was Monsieur Denis who, in 1980, developed the recipe. It is made from noble and natural ingredients: a large amount of cocoa, fresh eggs, butter with Guérande fleur de sel, wheat flour and cane sugar. Its fine texture and delicately caramelised flavour, typically Breton, make it a sought-after local speciality. Today distributed by nearly 350 outlets, you can also buy it in this shop.

The boutique de la chaumière des saveurs et de l'artisanat brings together about thirty artisans and producers who are fervent defenders of "Made in Brière". The store offers products from local producers and craftsmen located in the Brière regional park. Here you will find everything: Guérande salt, cider, honey, jams, pâtés, knives, jewellery, wooden objects, ceramics, leather goods, etc. In addition, going to this shop is a beautiful walk on a picturesque site, in the heart of a village of typical cottages, the village of Kerhinet.

The Fonteneau brioche was born in the 1970s in a bakery in Chavagnes-en-Paillers; today, the company has several production sites: in La Copechagnière and Boufféré. It is above all a family story, the passion of 2 generations. It produces spoils and several ranges of brioches: organic, festive and... nutritional! This brioche has won numerous awards: it was awarded^first prize for the best Label Rouge Vendée brioche at the Vendée products competition, and a silver medal for the gâche at this same competition.

This is the direct sales store of the Noirmoutier Island salt cooperative. Here, you can buy Noirmoutier salt directly, harvested by the island's salt-makers in keeping with age-old traditions. The fleur de sel is delicately hand-picked from the surface of the water and dried naturally in the sun, under the Nature & Progrès label. A wide range of salts - coarse salt, fine salt and fleur de sel - natural or flavored, as well as a range of complementary products (salicorne, caramels, chips, etc.).

The caterer organises receptions for up to 150 people. It offers traditional cuisine but also specialities such as couscous, paella, sea sauerkraut, tajines as well as a range of sausages and grilled meats. You will also find what lunch on the thumb (quiches, salads, puff, etc.).

The city can be proud of the success of its halls with contemporary architecture. They are home to 120 traders including fishmongers, oyster farmers, butchers, butchers, delicatessens, caterers, bakers, pastry cooks, cheese makers, market gardeners, winegrowers, florists, wine merchants, wine merchants, salting shops, snail farmers... This is what makes you want to get up on Saturday morning to go to the market. Organic market every Sunday morning on the Place de la Vieille-Horloge. Good plan: possibility to order on the website with delivery (7 €) at 25 shops.

The temple of cheese! Sandrine offers farmhouse cheeses made from raw or pasteurized milk from all over France and abroad. A hundred varieties depending on the season. Present on the markets of Les Sables-d'Olonne (Arago, La Chaume), Luçon, La Mothe-Achard, Talmont-Saint-Hilaire. Next to the stall, take-away food, with specialties: salads, tartiflettes, gratins, quiches, changing every day and homemade desserts: rice or egg pudding, chocolate mousse, tiramisu, coconut flan, crumble. Also a space with some wines and new: a delicatessen!

It is the fish shop on the island! The place is pleasant and the enthusiastic atmosphere. The stall offers a splendid fish galore, like the bar, tuna, the conger and many others, also of shellfish and superb lobsters and crayfish. Prices are the same as in mainland ones, but freshness is impeccable. It is a real pleasure to find a fish shop of this quality. Moreover, you will be revealed some recipes and small tricks ideal for cooking and the choice of the ingredients.

La Cabane is an ideal place to enjoy a seafood platter or a dozen oysters with a little white wine. On the terrace, facing the oyster basins or in the colourful hut. Here you have a breathtaking view of the bay of Bourgneuf. Here are the products that Fabrice Musereau suggests: oysters, mussels, shellfish, sardines. Tasting of seafood platters on the spot or to take away. Small peculiarity: it is necessary to bring your own bread and butter.

A farm which ensures the force-feeding of fat ducks and the breeding of squabs. The duck livers are deveined and we advise you to taste them plain, fresh but not iced, accompanied by a mellow white wine. Forget the diet to taste the royal duck breast, a turnover of two duck breasts in which a foie gras has been cooked; the whole is eaten cold. As for the pigeon, it is also available in confits, gizzards, terrines and rillettes. You can also choose fresh squab, ready to cook, which you can cook yourself.

Le fournil Saint-Pierre is not a bakery like the others: you come here above all to enjoy yourself! The bread is made in the pure tradition by a craftsman who uses only organic flour and leavened dough. The breads are various: corn, dried fruits, raisin-hazelnut... As for pastries, the family speciality is the fruit tart and the "tendresse angevine", but don't forget the sablé saumurois with pommes tapées. At lunchtime, the bakery offers very good sandwiches. There is no doubt that this is one of the best bakeries in the Saumur region!

Located on the Atlantic coast, Eric Marché and his wife created in Nantes this address with a nice window. Eric prefers, above all, a scrupulous choice of raw materials: meal from controlled and local agriculture, Red label, organic label. Our artisan works on natural leaven and then shapes them in very varied breads. Here you can taste the traditional and special breads, the black wheat stick, the special Erdre but also the crowns, the balls, the campaigns, the minibuses, all shapes and sizes await you. We must come here to discover the "special" ones, such as the olives or lemon and rosemary, as well as the bread of the sportsman (hazelnuts, apricots, grapes) in the competition of the bakery in 2009 as the best aromatic bread. This year, a new blow blow your guests: Norwegian bread, developed from spelt and rye, is very rich in taste! On the other hand, the croissants of the butter in butter has also earned its price. And what about the beautiful chocolate breads, brioches, almond breads! It is called and we do not end up licking the lips. Wait to try the real doughnuts, the kouign aman, the chocolates… and one of its delights that surprise: !! It's also the right address for bread bread and giant meringues! A little trough or lunch? Quality sandwiches and salads are there. Counsel: don't forget dessert.

Mmm! As soon as you enter, your eye is inevitably drawn to the pastries on the right, the macaroons on the left and the cakes: entremets glacés, dome-shaped marbré blanc et rouge glacé, carré au chocolat with successive layers of sponge cake and nougatine, charlotte aux framboises... If only it stopped at pastries... Well, it doesn't. It also sells handmade chocolates and bulk chocolate (with hazelnuts too...). But it's also a bakery: we make the Gana baguette, with its soft crumb and crisp crust. Sandwiches are also prepared daily. Will you give in to temptation?

Domaine des Galloires is a family-run vineyard that has been cultivating land and vines for 7 generations. The estate offers remarkable views of the slopes overlooking the Loire. It offers a wide range of wines, from Crémant de Loire to Anjou, Malvoisie and Muscadet. The vineyards benefit from a temperate oceanic climate thanks to the influence of the Loire, which creates a corridor where the wind plays a drying role. The micaschist and gneiss soils ensure good water drainage, creating optimal conditions for the production of concentrated wines. The estate offers free self-guided tours (booking required), as well as a treasure hunt for children. It's also possible to book picnic outings, with menus based on fresh seasonal produce.

Domaine Sainte Anne is a winery located in Brissac-Loire-Aubance, in the town of Sainte-Anne. It offers wine delivery services. The tasting cellar closes 30 minutes before closing time. To get to Domaine Sainte Anne from Angers, head towards Niort, Poitiers and Brissac. From Poitiers, after Les Alleuds, at the first traffic circle, take the direction of Angers, then the first exit Brissac, St Mathurin. At the STOP sign, turn right towards Brissac, then right at the second STOP sign. Domaine Sainte Anne is about 500 m along on the right. From Gennes, St Mathurin (via the D55), simply enter the town without leaving this road. At the first STOP sign, turn right towards Angers. Domaine Sainte Anne is 500 m along on the right.

Château de Chaintres is a charming 17th-century manor house in the heart of the Saumur Champigny appellation, in Dampierre-sur-Loire. The wine estate extends over some twenty hectares, including the famous Clos du Château, of exceptional size and unique in the region. Since 1938, the de Tigny family has been perpetuating the tradition of producing refined wines, notably Saumur Champigny. The estate has been certified in sustainable agriculture and in organic conversion since 2010. Château de Chaintres offers tours and tastings for individuals and groups. For wine lovers, Château de Chaintres offers a selection of quality products, including organic Saumur Champigny AOC Vieilles Vignes, organic Saumur Champigny AOC Les Sables and organic Saumur rosé AOC Les Hirondelles. Prices range from 8 to 14.30 euros.

Also owners of the Vrignaud liqueurs, the Mourat vineyards are on the hillsides overlooking the Lay valley. The whole vineyard is in organic culture (of which a part in conversion). One of the largest protected wine territories. The main grape varieties for the whites are Chenin and Chardonnay, and for the reds, Negrette, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Franc. Among the vintages: Château Marie du Fou, Collection, O.V.N.I, Clos Saint-André, Moulin Blanc, and a traditional method 13.36. To be tasted at the medieval cellar at the foot of the castle and at the estate.

On the Market Square, a new shop has opened, the Biscuiterie de Pornichet. Through the sweet and sour stalls, but always from the corner, crakous, aperitif snacks, caramels, Breton palets, buckwheat chips, but also Breton beers or other arranged rums... For a gift, a snack or an aperitif, there is only the embarrassment of choice at Vanessa and her team. But what we appreciate above all are the pastries prepared directly by the baker, how to resist a cake from Nantes, a Breton lighthouse or a kouign-amann, when we have our eyes on the stoves and the smell of fresh butter in our nostrils?

For over 40 years, on several levels, you'll find all year round: decorative objects, furnishings, souvenir gifts, textiles, fishing baskets, VENNERY items, landing nets, crockery, POTTERY items. Large selection of regional gourmet products. Second boutique at 52, avenue de la Mer, from April to mid-September (7 days a week in summer, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. or 11 p.m.), offering souvenir gifts, beachwear and swimwear. You're sure to find a gift to bring home for your loved ones!

Born in 1945 from an observation, tired of being exploited, the farmers of Noirmoutre decided to create a work tool allowing them to pool all the means of mutual aid. It gathers 50 producers, who cultivate approximately 450 hectares of potatoes on the island. At the Noirmoutier Agricultural Cooperative, a retail store (l'Île aux Jardins) open to individuals. You will find the famous bonnottes of the island, as well as vegetables and regional products..

The Biscuiterie incontournable of Noirmoutier has this^2nd store. Enjoy raspberry-white chocolate cookies, peach-caramel-salted butter shortbread, rhubarb-almond glaze, croquants, palets, meringues, prefou or salmon-dill shortbread, the delicious chocolate-caramel fondant heart, the good brioche. The flagship product, caramel, is available as a chocolate truffle, peanut or banana flambé. All homemade by chefs, in the Noirmoutier workshop, with exceptional regional raw materials and no preservatives or artificial coloring.

In this artisanal brewery we make the "triple": a beer of triple fermentation. Several steps in the manufacturing process: crushing, mashing, filtration, cooking with hops, fermentation, bottling, storage in a warm room. Several varieties of beer in a range of 8: blonde, white, triple flash, cherry beer, red, brown. Possibility of visiting the brewery and ending with a small tasting before leaving with your little boxes. Do you know what "cabaude" means? The bottom of the port.

Once we're there, we can spend hours. And because of that, we're all on the spot. The bar, with its 9 pressures and a range of 90 beer beers, the cellar with of course a beer area with more than 450 references from all over the world, the most famous ones and a wine area with over 200 references. For tasting, in addition to a bar, the place has a beautiful terrace and to accompany your drinks, you can order a tartine or a board. All under the wise eye of Sébastien, passionate, who can guide you and advise you. To deepen your knowledge, he also organizes tasting evenings, as well as musical animations and sports transmissions.

It is impossible to miss this sign in the centre of Nantes, in one of the most shopping streets. So, of course, Monoprix is a bit more expensive, but it troubleshoots well. Here we can buy food until 21 p. m. and say that there is always the world at the last moment. Who has not forgotten eggs or milk, a salad or simply bread at the time the guests arrive? The ground floor also consists of an adult mode and perfumery-cosmetic. The first floor is dedicated to child fashion, school stationery and the arts of the table.

The Chocolatier Sablais, in addition to its vast boutique, also opens the doors of its production site for guided tours with the program, the discovery of the profession of chocolate maker, the origin and manufacture of chocolates, cookies and candies. After watching the film, you can visit the shop and all the delicacies made on site. More than 250 references of chocolates, pralines and homemade sweets. In addition to chocolates by weight, mouldings, chocolates with various alcohols, truffles, pistols, biscuits.

This concept from the north of France séduit the amateurs. To the Three Brewers, you're breaststroke and you're doing a bar in the heart of a brewery (one would doubt it) just two steps from big surface Auchan. In addition to a series of beers (blonde, amber, white, scotch), a 5 l tonnelet can be ordered as well as 30 l or 50 l drums. The brewery is also available for sale as well as the rental of a pressure draw device for friends. Visit the brewery for free by appointment. It is also the place to enjoy good dishes from the north and east of France, such as Flammekueches and la.

In the heart of the Talensac market, Carol & fils brings sunshine to your dishes with flavors from Provence. This traditional family-run delicatessen offers quality products. For an original aperitif, a varied choice of olives and antipasti are proposed, without forgetting the inevitable anchoïades and tapenades. It is also the ideal place to find seasonings that will enhance your preparations with a range of AOC olive oils and flavored vinegars. Come and smell the spices and herbs that will delight your taste buds.

It is one of the best chocolate and pastry shops in the city and, without a doubt, the one whose window is the most artistically decorated during the Christmas season. The quality of the chocolates and cakes is the work of Jean-Yves Cerisier - the father of specialties to be tasted with an eye on his scale, the Douanier Rousseau and the Alexandra - and the beauty of the various decorations that adorn the façade and the window throughout the year, that of his wife Christine. It is true that she watches over her pretty store like a mother hen over her brood, and likes to show her talents as a decorator every year in December during the Christmas markets in Boston Square, where the "Imperial's chalet" is systematically one of the most noticed for its originality.

Ackerman has been a pioneer of Saumur wines since 1811, and offers a complete immersion in its gigantic troglodytic cellars, in the midst of majestic artistic installations inspired by the singularity of the place. Indeed, every year, in collaboration with Fontevraud Abbey, an artist is welcomed here for a residency. The tasting and the guided tour allow you to discover more! An exceptional sensory visit to discover the best products of the Saumur region, in particular the famous crémants de Loire.

A beautiful Art Deco building, the Gratien & Meyer house in Saumur is nestled into the hillside and offers an exceptional panorama of the Loire River. A visit to the cellars takes us back to the Middle Ages, when the tufa stone galleries were dug, and to the ^19th century, when Alfred Gratien and Jean-Albert Meyer developed their fine bubbly wines. These wines are available in white, red and rosé, as well as champagne (Alfred Gratien d'Épernay), and can of course be tasted at the end of the tour.

Craving ice, textured, milk-shake or hot drinks on Royal Square at any time in the afternoon or evening? This is where we must come! In jars or bags, Amorino offers both good and beautiful ice creams presented in the form of flowers. In choice, many perfumes without dyes or artificial flavourings: Amarena, caramel with salt butter, rods of her, stracciatella, Sorrento nuts and figs… The advantage, with the cut not in balls, but in petals, is that one can put more in its cornet, and combine up to 8 fragrances for the pot Brandissimo! The house also offers some Italian specialities: foccaccina, hot or cold brioche topped with ice, assortiments of candy or cream. A pleasant setting, where you can enjoy sweets at any time of the day!

One of the biggest markets in the city, with its 300 merchants, invades the Place de la Petite Hollande every Saturday morning! Mixed, conviviality and moderate prices summarize the interest of the famous popular market of Nantes. In the open air, it's swarming, poking around, haggling, here there's life! You can find everything, at a lower cost, local products of course, bread, cheeses, organic products, as well as fruits and vegetables, meat, spices and herbs, caterers, clothes, leather goods, accessories... It's the corner of good deals, full of colors and flavors, ideal for small budgets and for those who flee from aseptic markets!

On the port, farmers, especially organic farmers, cheese makers, pastry cooks and caterers gather every day all year round to offer their products to the island's inhabitants and summer visitors. Gourmets can fill up on the flavours of the sea (fish, fish preserves...) or of the land such as island lamb, jams..., while talking with local producers. Several craftsmen of the Factory are also present on the market and propose the creations of the island's creators: painters, jewellery creators...

Since 1920, family-run Le Roy René has been delighting us with specialties straight from the South of France, in Aix-en-Provence. Directly inspired by our Good King René, who, according to legend, received at his third wedding a smile-shaped confection, commonly known today as a calisson, a mixture of crushed almonds, candied melon placed on a wafer leaf, topped with icing. But this is not the only speciality on offer: there are all kinds of nougats (pistachio, black, white), shortbread cookies and fruit jellies, all handmade to preserve traditional know-how.