Gourmet products local specialties and wines Causses et Cévennes

The creation of Roquefort Société dates back to 1842, when a producer decided to group together several of his colleagues within what would become the oldest limited company in Europe. In the 1960's, 385 cheese dairies were working for Société. You will have the opportunity to visit the cellars, built in the Middle Ages and still in activity. In 12,000 square meters, at a temperature of 10 degrees, the cheese is matured between January and July. Don't miss the store to take a little (or a lot) of this Aveyron delicacy home with you.

After several decades in Prévenchères, in Lozère, Jean-Claude Briet settled in Ardèche. His catalog includes no less than 150 chocolates, each one more delicious than the next. Jean-Claude Briet is not only an alchemist of taste, but also a chocolate sculptor. His creations are works of art and all 100% pure cocoa butter. Under his big wooden spoon and his little gouges are born divine sweets. You are bound to find one to your taste. Apothecary, Ardéchoise, spices, fruits, overseas... The choice of flavors.

It's one of Alès' must-sees. From butchers and greengrocers to fishmongers, bakers and cheesemongers, all these regional producers invite you to join them at Les Halles de l'Abbaye for a delightful discovery that will awaken all your senses. You'll find all the local produce you need to put in your basket to enjoy the best of the Gard Cévennes: Cévennes charcuterie, goat's cheese (the famous Cévennes pélardons), Cévennes sweet onions, Vigan reinette apples and chestnut honey.

People come to La Brûlerie before or after filling up on local produce at the covered market next door, to enjoy a coffee on the terrace, chat, catch up on old times, savour a macaroon or two or another sweet treat. An artisan roastery and family business for over 30 years, it offers a selection of the world's finest coffees, as well as quality teas and herbal teas. Coffee machines and accessories are also available. A friendly, relaxing address that locals love and visitors appreciate.

Since 2004, Olivier Paris's butcher's shop has built up quite a reputation. Here, raw materials are of the highest quality, bagged in natural gut. Dried products mature for 3 to 5 weeks in the store's natural vaulted cellar, developing all their aromas. Distinguished by Gault-Millau for his coppa in 2016, he also won an award at the Lozère Gourmande trophies. His specialties include fricandeaux, boletus or Roquefort sausages, rolled brisket, and of course the local dish par excellence: the famous bag of bones!

Meats selected from the same local breeders for over 30 years, homemade charcuterie specialties and a substantial catering department (including the Cévennes gratin, with potatoes, chestnuts and fricandeau): this is the Martin's winning, authentic recipe. Chantal and Gilbert work as close to tradition as possible. They cut up the animals (lamb from Causse Méjean, beef from Mont Lozère, De Lozère brand pork) and transform them into the very best products: sausage in oil, ham, smoked duck breast, meat..

They offer a vast selection of champagnes, wines and spirits, with over 550 wine and champagne references, 80 Réserves à Vin®, 450 whiskies, rums and spirits, 150 craft beers and casks, as well as 100 delicatessen products. The caviste is passionate about helping customers discover treasures unearthed in France and around the world. In addition to product sales, the store also offers a range of services such as trunk loading, home delivery, equipment rental, organization of festive events, tasting evenings and customized gift boxes.

Built in the 19th century on the model designed by Baltard, the Halles de Millau are all made of iron and glass, which makes them a light and bright space. Merchants unpack there and tempt gourmets with their fresh produce. In addition, an outdoor market is held on Wednesdays and Fridays on the Place Foch with its stalls filled with farmhouse breads, cheeses, charcuterie, aligot, farm poultry, homemade jams, flaune, seasonal flowers, greengrocers... A true Aveyron-style market!

This bakery-pastry shop is a real institution in Mende, especially thanks to its stone bread with cranberries and hazelnuts. Alex makes everything in his own laboratory, 10 km from Mende. The best-sellers of the place, made from traditional flour. Local raw materials that give a taste of the land and authenticity. Also on sale are the crunchy almond and hazelnut biscuits from Kermes, which are terribly addictive, as well as the shortbread, which follows the same quality and short circuit requirements by integrating honey and nuts.

The Maison Papillon is one of the best known names in Aveyron. Founded in 1955, this cannery, in the hands of the same family for three generations, produces mainly terrines of pork, poultry, rabbit, game... The meat is worked with a knife, in a traditional way, to preserve the flavours and the quality. Without colouring or preservatives, the recipes also include other carefully selected ingredients, such as Roquefort cheese, walnuts, ceps, summer truffles, among others, which give the preparations an incomparable taste.

No, it is not a flour mill! It is olive oil that is at stake, and it is the fourth generation of the Froment family that is passionate about this production, but also the collections of bicycles and old vehicles presented to the public. The ancestral mill from 1900, one of the few mills in the south of France to have survived the harsh winter of 1956, gave way in 2009 to a new modern equipment, and it is now Alain Froment who is in charge. His Alpine granite millstone extracts extra virgin, green and black fruity oil, although the house specialty remains the ripe fruity. The crushing is done with a stone millstone, which allows a slow and soft extraction, in order to preserve the gustative and aromatic qualities of the fruits. Made with different local varieties of olives (rougette de l'Ardèche, négrette, béchude, dorée, l'ubac and blanche de Payzac), these oils are rich in aromas. Depending on the year, a hundred tons or more of olives are crushed. A must in Les Vans. At the Concours Général Agricole, organized every year during the Salon de l'Agriculture in Paris, in early March 2022, the olive oil from the Froment mill in Les Vans won a gold medal. Do not hesitate to discover the store, located on the spot, where you will be able to buy the artisanal olive oil of the Froment family, some derived products, and multiple products of the soil and the regional products.

In business since 2000, Les Halles offers fresh fruit, vegetables and greengrocers, under the responsibility of its managers, Bruno and Philippe Martinez. Here, you can buy seasonal fruit and vegetables harvested nearby by local producers, as well as delicatessen products. Strawberries, kiwis, asparagus and seasonal flowers are all available. Easy access. Many producers await you! You'll be able to shop for gourmet souvenirs of your stay.

La ferme du Coin is a direct sales store which gathers about thirty producers from Gard and Lozère. You can find all kinds of regional products: onions, cheese, yoghurts, vegetables, fruits, honey, chestnuts, jams, wines, asparagus... but also cosmetics and soaps, floral waters, etc. Everything is 100% local, generally organic or of reasoned culture. An essential stop for gourmets who love authentic regional products! The farm is a great place to connect with nature and taste good products.

Laëtitia, the owner of the gardens, scours the market stalls daily in search of the most interesting products. She makes a point of satisfying her customers through the quality of the products on offer, such as jams, honeys, vinegars and top-quality oils, charcuterie and other regional specialties. Naturally, the company is a member of the Compagnons du Goût, an association of some 350 carefully selected craftsmen who are the guarantors of French gastronomic know-how.

An urban farm but an ecological farm. This is how Emilie and Franck define their farm, which combines all the necessary conditions for growing spirulina. The two young people embarked on this unusual adventure in 2013, convinced of the virtues of this micro-algae. Harvested by hand from April to October, the spirulina, grown in a greenhouse, is filtered for two hours, before passing under the press. It is then shaped into fine spaghetti and dried for five hours at low temperature.

A wine estate in the heart of Alès? Not at all. But Papilles au Nez is really worth the detour... Above all, it will delight lovers of organic or natural wines. Indeed, here is a nice selection of passionate winegrowers, deeply rooted in their territories and terroirs, respectful of nature, offering 100% organic and natural wines. There is plenty to discover and be guided by your taste buds during the tasting workshops, or to exchange on wines through wine tours proposed in July and August.

Here's an establishment that lives up to its name! In this organic and fair-trade bean-to-bar chocolate shop set up in 2015, European medalist Corinne lets us taste an organic almond praline chocolate of her own making. Enjoyment and discovery! The range of chocolates on offer is impressive. Everything is made with local produce such as Cévennes honey, fresh butter and organic gourmet cream... Taste creations such as white licorice chocolates and organic white gianduja with chili pepper.

If you don't have time to tour the wineries in the region, come here. A wide variety of the best of the region awaits you. In addition, you will have the opportunity to learn more about these wines and you will be advised with kindness. Of course, you will find wines from all French regions, from Pic St Loup to Saint-Emilion, from the Loire to the Côtes du Rhône. Without forgetting the sparkling wines, Champagne and Clairette de Die. But also craft beers and spirits.

Numerous Cévennes farmers work together in this former forester's house to promote and sell direct Cévennes produce: sweet onions, goat's and sheep's cheeses, chestnuts of course, but also honeys, foie gras, charcuterie and jams, fruit and herb syrups... Specialties made without preservatives, healthy and natural products that express all the richness of the Cévennes region. And if you're back home, you can order from our online store!

Here, local producers come to sell their produce, offering an opportunity to exchange ideas and even make an appointment for a visit to the farm. Vegetables are delivered every morning, meat once a week, and bread and fruit three times a week. Products on offer include vegetables, fruit, meat (pork, lamb, veal, poultry, etc.), fish, honeys, jams, olives and olive oil, breads, eggs, fruit juices, wines and cheeses.

In the heart of the Causse Méjean in Lozère, shepherds Clément, Lauren, Anaïs and Hugues have settled on this family farm dating back to 1730. They wanted to pay homage to their grandparents through local, organic production, and have created Armand et Marie, a range of desserts and ice creams that they produce themselves on site. On reservation, come and discover and immerse yourself in their farm, but above all taste their farm products and their delicious farm ice creams, from the classic chocolate to the original Châtaignes d'Ardèche flavor.

Thierry manufactured, during thirty years, white flours, on an industrial scale. Today, it is in Hures-la-Parade, a village of less than 200 inhabitants, that he exercises his trade of miller in a more traditional way. At the mill of Borie, Thierry benefits from the cooperation of the farmers of the territory, who cultivate for him, wheat, rye or spelt, in old varieties. He markets his wholemeal flours under the brand Méjeanette and offers visits of his mill. An opportunity to discover the history of agropastoralism.

It is well known that good recipes are passed down from generation to generation. So once you've exhausted the beauties of the city centre, push the door of this good house: stuffed leg (the house specialty, for decades), dry sausage, fricandeau and dry ham compete for your favours. As for the natural pork liver pâté, it is unanimously appreciated. The artisan pork butcher has been awarded several times at the Lozère gourmande contest for his dry cured ham. Appetizing preserves are also proposed. To be discovered!

Laurine and Bryan's bakery and pastry shop, which opened in early 2018, is very dynamic and inventive. She in the store and he at the kneading trough, they offer a bread called the Louisette, made with buckwheat and wheat flour, and a bread of the month, made with special flours, like this bread made with rye from the Borie mill, dried apricot, artisanal and local honey and roasted hazelnuts. The two young people also have a menu of delicious pastries: strawberry or blueberry tarts, pavlovas...

If the idea might seem eccentric and unorthodox, to say the least, it must be acknowledged that the result is worthy of the king of mushrooms, who is particularly venerated here. Developed by Alain Lesage, who created the Gour'Mende Flavours delicatessen, this amazing liqueur can be used in cooking for both salty and sweet dishes. You should taste it without preconceived ideas and not expect to smell the mushroom in force. No, it's much more subtle than that, even if the taste of the mushroom, after a few aromas of fruit in brandy and roasted chestnut, is perfectly recognizable and particularly long in the mouth. You can prefer to taste it at the time of the digestive, use it in cooking where it sublimates foie gras like scallops, and even dare to marry it with chocolate. The shop has thus declined it into a sweet and sour tiramisu as original as it is excellent.

Originally from the Paris region, Delphine has made a real change in her life by opening this pastry shop and tearoom. A former executive assistant and childminder, she now spreads smiles with her little cakes. With a CAP in pastry-making, she specializes in the preparation of sweet and savoury macaroons, as well as choux, and also offers desserts and cakes to order in her store in downtown Mende. Taste and pleasure in every bite!

Ferme de Mourènes, in the heart of the Cévennes National Park, is home to a chestnut plantation with organic certification, A.O.P. since 2023 and Esprit Parc National des Cévennes. Harvested and processed on site, chestnuts reveal their full flavor in chestnut cream and jam with pieces, in purée and flour, and in many other products. Chestnut syrup is another specialty we recommend for seasoning desserts and plain yoghurts. Chestnut growing is a culinary heritage rooted in the land.

Renowned throughout the region and beyond for the quality of its products, this workshop focuses primarily on the development of local fruit, and offers a fine range of products with no additives or preservatives. Jams, coulis and fruit jellies, many of them based on red fruits (strawberries, blackcurrants, raspberries, blueberries) and chestnuts, are available in a range of twenty-five to thirty products, including a surprising rosehip jam (or more colloquially, confiture de gratte-cul). All, of course, handcrafted to the highest quality.

A committed organic grower, Lena set up her small farm with absolute respect for the environment. After patiently restoring the terraces, she sows, weeds and harvests her plants entirely by hand. The drying of the plants, a key stage in preserving the active ingredients intact, is also carried out in an artisanal and ecological way. The result is tasty blends with poetic names such as "nos poèmes et nos chats" (peppermint, trough, chamomile), "verger de plein vent" (open-air orchard) or "1,2,3 soleil" (1,2,3 sun), and carefully designed packaging.

At Cochons du Mont Lozère, the breeding is that of free-range pigs, but also of oxen, which take advantage of the greenery of the slopes of the Mont Lozère! The Limousin cows are raised on hay and grass, as are the pigs, which graze in the same conditions. The meat is cut up on the spot by Marie and Olivier, in an approved workshop. A short circuit sale, deliveries in Lozère and in the Gard. Meat is sold at the Génolhac producers' store.

This grocery store offers local products from short circuits. Bread, cheeses, cold cuts, fruit juices and other yogurts, honeys and beers are waiting for you here. But this place is also a restaurant with a terrace, games and a library to spend a relaxing moment. We propose you tapas made exclusively from the products of the grocery store, a good way to taste before buying! A third zero waste space offers bulk and organic food.

This pocket-sized wine estate is the dream come true of Frédéric, an epicurean with a passion for nature, wine and the Gorges du Tarn. He has replanted vines - in a place called Les Vignes! - and shares his hard work on wine tours he organizes on request for groups of up to ten people. A stroll along the slopes and through the gardens, a visit to the cellar, all precede the tasting of Brigadier wine: a confidential micro-production that only visitors to the estate have the privilege of tasting.

These craftsmen of the taste are established on the road of the gorges of the Tarn. Catherine and Laurent Deparpe make in their laboratory, jams, syrups and cookies, among which a sweet gram (the beaver almond praline, hazelnuts) and another of aperitifs from local cheeses (Aubrac, Rodez and Roquefort) but also thyme, parmesan. The flour comes from the Trescanous Mill in Aveyron. The syrups are only pasteurized (no coloring or preservatives). The blueberry and lemon jams are a delight.

The GAEC Le Lévéjac raises ewes on the Causse de Sauveterre. Their milk, intended for the industry of the roquefort until the end of the years 1990, is today transformed directly on the exploitation in the workshop of cheese making of the farmers. The GAEC du Lévéjac elaborates its pure ewe's milk cheese by dint of its craft, according to ancestral methods, with a lot of love. Its Lévéjac with a bloomy rind protects a soft paste, with an ideal soft texture. It is on sale at the farm (by appointment) and in many local shops.

The GIE Plante Infuse brings together a dozen producers and pickers of aromatic and medicinal plants. This small world has appropriated the mountains and valleys of the Cévennes to cultivate small plots of land, maintained by hand. Mint, Roman camomile, tarragon, marshmallow grow under the benevolent supervision of the farmers, who supplement this production with a wild harvest. The fruit of this harvest is then processed into herbal teas, essential oils, aromatic herbs and plant-based cosmetics.

The originality of the fish farm of the lake of Villefort, besides being the only fish farm in France on an EDF dam, is the use of a floating platform with cages suspended in the open water. A reduced density per cage and a food close to the conditions of natural life authorize the organic appellation. Nearby, the local fish farmer transforms and smokes the fish in a traditional way. You can buy his products on the spot or on the market of Villefort.

Maison Mathieu boasts an attractive delicatessen section, complemented by mouth-watering charcuterie specialities. Here, everything is homemade, and you can confidently stock up on boletus or chestnut sausages, tripoux, terrines and other brioche sausages. The store also offers a selection of local products from Lozère and Ardèche (wines, honey, chips...). You can also find all the good homemade products in nearby supermarkets, but frankly, this is the only place where you can enjoy such a warm welcome.

Specialized in the distribution of organic products, the company Manger bio chez moi is located in La Cavalerie, in the heart of Larzac. The company, supported by a family team and sincere convictions, has selected more than a thousand organic products on its website. You can find, in no particular order: organic terrines from the neighbouring Maison Papillon, salts and vinegars made nearby by Aromatiques du Larzac, cheeses from Aveyron, meat, but also cosmetics and grocery products. Enough to build up a complete shopping cart.

Close to Millau, the Brasserie du Larzac has made a place for itself in the field of beer. This micro-brewery created by Rémi and Camille offers unfiltered and unpasteurized organic craft beers, with a choice between Blonde, Blanche, Ambrée, Indian Pale Ale, Triple as well as ephemeral brews such as the Gardarem, the East Causse and the Imperial Blaque IPA. They favour local suppliers and short circuits, so you can buy their beers directly at the brewery or in organic stores in Aveyron and Hérault.

The spit cake is one of the best specialties of Aveyron! Maison Alibert makes you discover this authentic traditional pastry. Each cake is unique, with its own weight, its own shape and its own cooking because it is made by hand: the dough is poured by hand, layer by layer, on the rotating mold in front of the wood fire, for several hours. Don't hesitate to stop by the store for a free tour of the factory and a tasting!

As the villages in the cellars of the Tarn valley remind us, the area around Millau has always been favourable to wine growing. The sandstone and schist soils are subject to the Mediterranean influence and to strong thermal amplitudes. The new winegrowers have managed to restore this 65-hectare vineyard and plant suitable grape varieties: Gamay Noir is present in the red wines, and in the whites, associated with Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon and Fer Servadou.

Mirvette and Sami took over this emblematic bakery in the spring of 2021, after 38 years in the hands of Stpéhane Balke and his wife Sylvie. The brother and sister have preserved the DNA of this century-old house, with breads and pastries made with local red label flour. Quality, but also proximity and passion continue to guide their work in this historic place. The two young people have quickly made their mark, especially as they take great care in welcoming their customers.

Arnaud Favey took over the former Séverac bakery-pastry shop in spring 2018. The young man, who worked at a world pastry champion in Normandy, now works only with traditional breads, with additive-free and preservative-free flours. Trained as a chocolatier, pastry chef, confectioner and ice cream maker, he offers fine and elaborate cakes. With Sophie, his partner, they are also at the head of a second address, boulevard de Bonald, dedicated to chocolates and cookies. Pancakes, waffles and ice creams complete the proposals.

In Aveyron, the big night markets are a tradition in summer! Enjoy discovering Aveyron's gourmet products in a friendly atmosphere and meet authentic producers during an evening in the heart of Millau. With musical animations and more than forty local producers and craftsmen present to share their know-how, you will be able to taste the sweet and salty specialities directly in the middle of the market. As a bonus, the view on the majestic Millau Viaduct!

Fancy some coffee? This desire can be effectively satisfied in this small shop which smells of freshly roasted beans - Ruthéna has been a master roaster in Rodez for sixty years. You can also come in to treat yourself with the selection of original teas and infusions, and the choice of good gourmet products: chocolates from the Bonneval abbey, little sweets to accompany hot drinks, sweet scented products... This counter also offers a collection of coffee machines, teapots and crockery.

Founded in 1890 by Paulin Vernières, this family business has about thirty employees and two Roquefort cheese cellars where the maturing process takes place. Its annual production, even if it represents only a small part of the sales of Roquefort, has not prevented it from attacking international markets. It must be said that, endowed with a particular typicity, the Vernières Roquefort seduces by the smoothness of its paste and the colour of its veins. Today it is available in various forms of packaging: in cubes, in trays, in pots or by the slice.

The Roquefort Papillon and its maturing cellar was created by Paul Alric in 1906. Milk producers, master cheesemakers, ripeners, all work hand in hand to produce this famous delicacy. During your visit, you will go down into the coolness of the historical cellars to discover all the secrets of the production process, from renneting and curdling to cutting and stirring, molding, to maturing. You will also be offered a gourmet tasting before visiting the store to find the whole range of Roquefort and Pure Ewe cheeses.

For more than half a century, La Pastourelle Roquefort has owed its unique texture and taste to the work of a few dairy farmers. Gathered in a cooperative and being the only ones to have their own maturing cellar, they have given themselves the means to produce a high quality cheese. Some of the 75 producers invite you to visit their sheep farms, to understand the process of creating this Roquefort, but above all to share their passion. Enriching, interesting, and tasty. This Roquefort has a unique taste!

For three generations, this company in the South Aveyron region has been producing pâtés and specialities from Aveyron: melsat, farçous, stuffed duck necks..... It also offers organic products and vegetarian mousses (goat's cheese, dried tomatoes, basil or feta, peppers and balsamic vinegar...) to satisfy all appetites. The Roquefort pâté, the chorizo terrine and the Causses tome terrine are still the favourites of epicureans, who come to the shop in Saint-Jean-du-Bruel to stock up.

L'Aura des Champs is a member of the Boutiques Paysannes network. Direct sales of farm products from a selection of twenty farmers who offer you products grown and prepared on their farms and in their workshops. They work with respect for the land and animals. Products: breads, pâtés, syrups, fruit and vegetables, meats, honeys, cheeses, plants, preserves, jams, eggs... Quality food that promotes local agriculture and short supply chains! A beautiful store with a wide choice, and a very friendly welcome!