The best local producers Rhônes-Alpes

This estate has been in the same family for six generations. A century ago, wheat was the main crop. Then crops diversified. Today, olive groves, vineyards, orchards and market gardens occupy the land. Domaine des Arches offers a wide range of fruit and vegetables, not forgetting Nyons oil, table olives, fruit juices, jams and Côtes-du-Rhône wines, all available direct from the small roadside store next to the farm.

Founded in 1902, Vercornoix produces over 80 tons of walnuts a year. Just outside Saint-Jean-en-Royans, in the direction of Saint-Laurent-en-Royans, Vercornoix opens its pretty wooden store. Here you'll find walnuts and a whole range of by-products, as well as handcrafted Vercors products. Most of the production is carried out on site. Walnut oil, walnut aperitif, vinegar, jam, mustard, sweets... A tasting bar on site will help you make your choice. Gift idea: the "cooking box" or the "snack box".

The Richard family has been working with olives since 1885. The first mill in Nyons was inaugurated in 1922. Then came the move to Aouste-sur-Sye in 1958, and finally the inauguration of the new Montoison mill, dedicated to walnuts and rapeseed, in 2006, with its direct sales boutique. Huilerie Richard now has 19 truck stores, 10 stores and 4 mills. The know-how and rigorous extraction methods used to produce our oils have remained unchanged for 140 years. In the Drôme region, you can buy direct in Montoison, next to the mill dedicated to the production of roasted walnuts, hazelnuts and rapeseed, but also in Aouste-sur-Sye in a pretty stone store, and finally in Nyons, in the store next to the olive oil mill. Come and discover the expertise of an Artisan Moulinier at the Montoison Boutique, where you'll be told the story of the Maison Richard during a tasting session at the oil bar, followed by a tour of the mill. A fascinating and gourmet immersion.

Alongside olive oil, the ancestral star, and olive by-products, the company has expanded its range to include gourmet oils, a host of sweet and savoury grocery products, as well as spreads and other gourmet products. L'huilerie Richard has also thought of your well-being with a fine selection of beauty and home products. For a unique experience, take a seat at the oil bar and dare a tasting!

The Brès farm, with its 1,900 olive trees of the tanche variety, is at the heart of the Nyons protected designation of origin zone. For six generations, the tanche has been worked to make PDO Nyons table olives and black olive paste called "affinade" as well as PDO olive oil, olivade, a green tanche olive paste with garlic and basil, and a tapenade made from Nyons olives flavoured with organic dried tomato. You will find these products for sale directly from the farm all year round and at local markets.

A Abeille d'or has been stinging our sweet tooth for... over a century! The fourth generation of the Chabert family with Laure, who selects renowned French beekeepers, offers honeys served by the spoonful in 1 kg, 500 g or 250 g jars, at affordable prices for remarkable quality. All hive products and their benefits: propolis, royal jelly, pollen... Wax, candles, honeyed treats and beekeeping equipment. L'Abeille d'Or combines well-being and gourmet delights.

It's a pity that this address is only open at weekends! Because you could shop there every day. At the end of the week, you can buy dairy products, poultry, snails, lambs and calves, cold cuts, cheeses, fruit juices, wines, bread, honey... Excellent products, with particularly remarkable meats and delicious cheeses. All products come from local producers.

At Domaine de Prapin, a family-run vineyard for 6 generations, Coteaux du Lyonnais wines flourish naturally. The Gamay grape, grown entirely organically and biodynamically on 10 hectares, expresses itself fully, giving full expression to its excellence, with powerful notes of black pepper, in a cuvée aged in oak barrels. Atypically, the Terre de Silène cuvée is vinified, macerated and aged in terracotta amphora. A terroir, wines to discover and a passion to share during wine-tourism activities (oenoludic workshops, tasting tours, mâchon...) upon reservation.

René Bayle took over the family business in 1995. With his 500 olive trees, cultivated using integrated farming methods, he produces three oils: a Nyons PDO, 1 single variety of tanche and 1 single variety of fruité vert verdale. Between 500 and 600 suppliers come to his mill on a continuous basis. From 200 kg, they can take away their own oil. The mill's added bonus: it's entirely heated with olive stone residues.

Vincent's Oil Mill, located in Payzac, is in the front row of the most beautiful square in Les Vans. Nestled on the Place de la Fontaine, in a 17th century house, the store offers oils, tapenades and cosmetics from the mill; other local products, including flavored oils, honeys, or jams complete the list of delicacies. You will also discover the work of the olive growers. Possible tasting and visit in the afternoon.

The last factory of scourtins (circular filters used for oil extraction) in France is in Nyons, where Ferdinand Fert founded it in 1882. Although the freeze of 1956 nearly bankrupted this craft, today Frédérique and Arnaud Fert, his great-grandchildren, continue to make them as decorative objects. In their workshop, still using coconut fiber, they make scourtins that will become interior mats, bath mats, trivets or place mats. And don't miss the beautiful store.

The best jams are made by Philippe Bruneton. Member of the Collège Culinaire de France, elected Meilleur Confiturier de France. This enthusiast is as demanding in his selection of fruit, sourced from the region's small producers - starting with apples from Pilat - as he is in his working methods, using more fruit than sugar. The jams are available in a range of collections, including Fruits et Chocolat, made with Weiss chocolate. Culinary aids, fruit pastes, coulis, syrups... More than jams, real desserts.

Lime, lavender, acacia, fir, chestnut, heather... Chantal and Michel Carton, these bee enthusiasts, send their hives to different parts of France to find these subtle scents. This couple of beekeepers also produces wax, royal jelly and pollen. In addition, you will learn more about this fascinating world of bees by tasting their gingerbread, honey sweets, mead, nougat or jams.

In 2007, after a career change, Didier decided to set up his own bakery to produce quality products using organic ingredients. The sourdough bread is kneaded by hand and baked in a wood-fired oven. In Didier's bakery, we rediscover the flavors of yesteryear. You'll be able to taste "cotancinettes", a kind of breadstick, lemon and orange breads and many other specialties. You can find these delicious products by ordering them online or by visiting one of our drop-off points. Didier takes his deliveries by the back door.

Joyeuse macaroons have been around since the ^16th century, created from an Italian recipe, passed through the intrigues of the King of France's court and then brought back to the Ardèche by the Duke of Joyeuse. In the Maison Charaix boutique, you'll be welcomed with infinite kindness to discover this historic sweet. Take your time, look around, taste... we advise you without pushing you, we inform you without stressing you. The store also sells local honeys, other cookies and chestnut products.

This barn is the result of a group of ten or so producers from the Drôme and Ardèche who decided to open and run a direct sales shop at the entrance to Saint-Péray, ideal for shopping. On the shelves, the delicious wines of Pascal Jamet, producer in Arras-sur-Rhône, the beef and pears of Philippe and Florent Cros in Boffres, the vegetables of Rosa and Jean-Pierre Vial in Bourg-lès-Valence, the goat and ewe's milk cheeses of Nathalie and Alain Noyer in Mariac, the jams and chestnut cream of Martine, Michel and Aurélien Grange in Lamastre, fruit from Jean-Paul Laprat in Saint-Laurent-du-Pape, eggs, potatoes, raspberries and chestnuts from Véronique, André and Fabien Moins in Chalencon, lamb from Sylvie Volle in Dornas and charcuterie from Pascal Robin in Rochessauve. Among the newcomers in the house: Yann-Vari Carel from Mas de Barral in Marsanne, for ducks and duck foie gras, and Eric Roumeysi from Ardoix for chickens, guinea fowl and other poultry. And to get to know all these producers who are committed to quality, a film shows you the daily work on the farms. More than one reason to stop by. An address recommended by the Futé. And keep an eye out on Facebook: tasting days are regularly organised by this or that producer around ostrich meat, ewe's milk yoghurt... A very nice initiative that deserves a detour to shop, bring back souvenirs...

Located just 5 minutes from Saint-Etienne by car, the Coin des Producteurs is the ideal alternative to the classic market. Here, local farmers come to sell their farm produce directly from the nursery of the Reynaud Fleurs shop. Vegetables, fruits, meats, cereals, yoghurts, jars, wines... You will find only fresh and seasonal food, as well as organic products! Artisanal ice creams, ewe's milk sausages or aromatic plants, you will easily be tempted by new flavours. The producers themselves manage the point of sale, so don't hesitate to ask about the origin and manufacture of the products on offer!

Marie-Odile and Philippe Doron are craftsmen who rigorously select fruit from producers or cooperatives in the Loire, Rhône-Alpes or other regions. All the art of the jam maker is to transform in order to sublimate the basic products. Jams and syrups come to satisfy our pleasure of sugar, but not only, since some light or chocolate preparations are offered to our future toasts. Where to buy ? On the spot or via the online store!

Close to Annecy, 15 minutes from the lake, gourmets can buy directly from the producer to find excellent products of the typical French soil: wines and snails. On his estate, Philippe Héritier grows vines and raises snails for the pleasure of gourmets who enjoy one with the other! As the grapes grow in an organic way, the snails are raised in the best conditions on the farm. All you have to do is take them home and enjoy them with a good bottle of wine.

Here is the ideal address to shop for good local products sold directly by the producers themselves. Here, consumers find the taste of products brought by about fifteen passionate producers, often family farms where nature is respected. Seasonal vegetables and fruits, regional cow and goat cheeses, milk, yoghurts, white cheeses, meats and delicatessen, eggs, jams, soups, honey, wines and beers from Savoie or fruit juices. Enough to fill your basket, not to mention that the producers invite other vendors to offer other products of the same quality: chocolate, nuts, pasta, fish from Lake Geneva, snails ...