Gourmet products local specialties and wines Livarot-Pays-D'Auge

Created in 1910 in the heart of the Auge region, with the emblematic Livarot cheese as its flagship product, this cheese factory has remained a family business for a long time. Eugène, Bernard, Thierry, three generations of Graindorge and a name inseparable from the AOC. In 2016, the group was sold to Lactalis, which maintained the identity and value of the company. The Cheese Village invites you to an audio-guided tour (recommended in the morning) of the cheese factory and its workshops through a corridor of glass galleries with tasting.

"You need Belleau Farm cider! This is the slogan of the Piednoir family. So don't hesitate to walk through the door of this farm where cider-making has been hereditary since 1856. Ambroise Piednoir, producer and harvester of organic farm cider, is always busy. Between picking apples and processing them, his days are full. Between orchards and dairy farms, you are in the heart of the Pays d'Auge, cradle of cider and AOC cheese. All the more reason to discover the Belleau Farm, where the ciders are among the vintages to discover!

At La Moissonnière, we reserve for you the fervaques, the latest of the cheeses that will be a sign of growing success. Its recipe with raw whole milk has been refined by Carole and Olivier. The couple, installed since 2011, also keeps the Pont-l'évêque AOC-AOP (produced since 1946) and the Pavé d'Auge from their predecessors. The visit is an opportunity to discover some manufacturing secrets. A life-size lesson where you can see the milk being transformed into cheese from the cow's udder to the cheese mat where, washed with water and roucou, the fervaques take on their orange colour.

Grafting ? In Normandy, it is the art of grafting an apple tree to harvest the best varieties of cider apples. Now you know almost everything about this renowned cider. In the heart of the Pays d'Auge, the Maison Écusson, created in 1919 by the group of Cidreries du Calvados la Fermière (CCLF), has kept the soul of its childhood since its birth. The family history of its beginnings was followed by that of the agricultural cooperation. The supply of fruit is ensured by a hundred or so small producers: their diversity makes the typicality of the land with its asserted identity.