The best regional grocery stores New Aquitaine

Founded in 1998, this artisanal cookie and patisserie has all the makings of a great company. 100% homemade and made entirely on site, all cookies are guaranteed "preservative-free" and "additive-free". As for the cakes, they don't cheat: they're as pretty as they are delicious! You can also visit the Ardin boutique in Niort, where these marvels, always served with a smile, are accompanied by other culinary treasures, organic products from local producers and a host of gift ideas. An institution for 25 years.

La Botiga of Maison Pélégris in Sarlat is both a delicatessen and a tasting place. One comes to taste the famous croustous, to share, between friends, a plate of the products which proposes the store: duck breasts, semi-cooked foie gras, rillettes, dried duck breasts with foie gras, saltings, preserves, etc. As the market takes place just in front of the store, we enjoy ourselves. The opportunity to enjoy a truffle or cep brouillade with a small glass of wine.

These different weekend stays formulas are punctuated by unforgettable events. The one dedicated to truffles opens with a welcome aperitif and a gastronomic dinner on Friday. On Saturday, after the visit of the Périgueux market, the walk continues to the truffle museum of Sorges with a lunch at the inn. The afternoon is studious: learning truffle-based recipes with the chef. Again, dinner tasting. On Sundays, a little exercise with a hike in the truffle fields and the search for the rare pearl. Come on, one more lunch... and you'll have the week to eliminate! A comparable formula exists for duck cooking. Another program is dedicated to the discovery of wines, also over a weekend, it is possible to visit (with a driver) the vineyards of Saint-Emilion or Bergerac and to taste different Grand Crus in the company of an oenologist. Finally, a 7-day training course allows you to discover with Pierre Corre a good part of his know-how, fish and pastry in addition.

It's always a pleasure to enter this beautiful boutique to (re)discover the Basque terroir. A wide selection of local products at producer prices is on offer, including Bipia and its range of preserves made from Espelette chillies, Arnabar and duck, bottles from the Cave d'Irouléguy, honeys and jams. In the fresh produce section: hams, sausages... Also high-quality Basque linen: a range of tablecloths, aprons, tea towels, bathroom linen and handmade cosmetics and soaps. Always with a warm welcome and a desire to return!

Pitoresk lives up to its name! Both a boutique and a delicatessen, it's a delight to find local crafts and products that reflect the region's identity, as well as excellent local produce from short distribution circuits: juices, spirits, cookies, jams, terrines, preserves, ready-to-heat dishes and other delicacies exclusively from the South-West. A warm welcome awaits you, and you won't want to miss out on some mouth-watering tastings. Over the past few months, Pitoresk has also become a lively venue for aperitif concerts.

The red gold or Espelette chili pepper is available here in classic recipes, as well as surprising and tasty creations such as Espelette chili jelly, Basque chutneys and a whole range of organic products. All made without colorants or preservatives. And each new recipe has its own specifications. Try our Gorritu cocktail sauce, olive oil with chilli, piperade, gazpacho and spreads. The Bipia canning factory has been a benchmark since 1997.

Gourmet corrézien specialises in duck and goose foie gras and its derivatives, such as neck stuffed with foie gras and fruit stuffed with foie gras. As an accompaniment, a whole range of jams: black cherries, onions, peppers? But also a selection of French wines particularly adapted to foie gras. And of course mushrooms, fresh or frozen Perigord truffles, ceps and dried morels. Gourmet Corrézien is present on the markets of Tulle on Wednesday and Saturday mornings, and Brive on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.

Next to the town hall and not far from the port, Le Paradis Libournais offers a wide range of wines and spirits, including whiskies and bourbons, rums and digestives. On the cellar side, you will also find digestives, champagnes and crémants, beer and many other alcohols for the aperitif. There are many references and Sandrine is the one to advise you. To offer, also think of the accessories dedicated to the world of wine: : ! As for groceries, please, the most gourmands will appreciate the beautiful selection of products from the Bordeaux region. And more so affinities! Wine salt, foie gras, Périgord truffle, Aquitaine caviar, lamprey à la bordelaise, Médoc vine shoots... There are also sauces, spreads, cooked dishes, oils and vinegars as well as some Italian products. Lovers of sweet pleasures will find their happiness among biscuits, chocolate in all its forms and various sweets. Be careful, you may leave with a full basket!

The foie gras house of Domme is one of the oldest stores in the Sarladais. It has remained in its 1960's decoration, when it was created by the Castant couple, which gives it a certain charm. It is a grocery store specialized in the products of Périgord: specialities of foie gras to be spread and pâtés with pieces, soups, cooked dishes, truffles, mushrooms, sweetnesses, aperitifs and digestives and of course wine. Sale on line.

A stork has decided to nest in Poitiers and is nesting between the arches of the Palace Bridge. At the head of this pretty and warm store, Jean went to find the best products from Alsace, his native land. In addition to gingerbread, spaetzeles... the store offers, among its 900 references, all the ingredients to make your sauerkraut or your flammekueche. In the back, beers, pinot noirs and gewurztraminers fill the cellar. The place is also a tea room. You can taste generous homemade pies, spiced cakes, homemade ice creams, delicious pretzels, and at lunchtime taste, among others, the sauerkraut of the establishment.

Thocaven has been a reference for regional products from Quercy since 1983. City dwellers do not necessarily need to buy their supplies from the farm since it is the farm that comes to them. Raised in the wild, the ducks are fed with cereals and force-fed with grain corn in the purest tradition. On site or to order, you will find foie gras, magret, foie gras tournedos, duck sausages, semi-cooked foie gras, figs, prunes, apricots stuffed with foie gras, aperitifs and local wines, spreads for aperitifs and much more. Sweet and savoury ideas ideal to compose beautiful gourmet baskets.

Here's a grocery store that's very much in tune with its region and its time. Working with over 90 regional producers, many of whom sell organic produce, it offers fresh produce, dairy products, cheeses, dried goods, as well as breads, meats, poultry, wines, fruit juices, liqueurs, teas and coffees. Much more than a simple shop, it's a militant store with a clear commitment to rediscovering local consumption, bringing together consumers and producers from the Pico-charentais region.

In their goose and duck farm, Corinne Lavergne and Anne-Corinne Cardona offer lunch and dinner, during the summer and on reservation, meals to discover their productions. 3 menus: discovery, tasting and gourmet, composed of hot and cold specialties based on duck, Perigord salads and walnut pies, accompanied by red or rosé wine or apple juice. The house aperitif is offered. Visit of the farm and free tasting, groups welcome, on reservation. You can buy all these good products at the farm.

A gourmet stop-off on the road to vacation! With over 1,500 local products such as Floc de Gascogne, savory delights in jars, sweet treats such as P'tit Landais, gourmet baskets and gift ideas, Dominique and Georges Dejean's boutique lives up to its name. The address promises to be a must for prolonging the memory of a stay, but also for introducing family and friends to the Landes d'Armagnac. Here, you'll find the best people to advise you and tell you all about the region. So make the most of it!

This artisanal company works only with local productions and benefits from the certified origin IGP Périgord (duck fed with corn, raised, force-fed and cooked in Périgord). On the spot, sale of canned food, cooked products (enchauds, cassoulet with duck confit, goose stew, coq au vin...) and fresh products with the possibility of visiting the production laboratory. Pascal Vidal's company is also present at the covered market of Sarlat, every morning from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm (in season). Shop at 1 rue de la Liberté in Sarlat.

You have a tiny shop here that's overflowing with good local produce. Greedy, don't abstain! You will find foie gras from Chalosse, cooked, vacuum-packed... extra hams from Bayonne, Serrano, Pata Negra, sheep's milk cheeses from a shepherd from Bidarray, wines from the Basque Country, Rioja too, fresh poultry, chickens, ducks, rabbits... with black eyes, and preserves from Acoceberry, Tipia... A marvellous kaleidoscope of regional riches!