Gourmet products local specialties and wines Mercantour

Just an hour from Nice, head for the medieval village of Beuil les Launes. Before or after your visit to the honey house, take the opportunity to walk around and try to see marmots. In the store next to the extraction and transformation workshops, you can taste the different kinds of honey (mountain, Provence, lavender, bramble, thyme...) as well as the derived specialties: nougats, gingerbread or beeswax candles. Products to be found on the market of Valberg all year long.

Saveur Caprine is a farm of discovery and a dairy goat farm conducted in organic farming. Possibility to discover the breeding and the farmyard, but also to stock up on goat cheese and olive paste, the two specialties of the house. Snacks, snacks and tastings are available upon reservation. Its project is to educate the public on the life of the animal and vegetable farm, through fun visits. An educational farm has also been opened in Castillon by the association.

It was created to expose authentic products from the Ubaye valley for sale in a large space of 350^m2! The house was born in 1992 and today gathers more than 80 independent producers of the valley forming this dynamic cooperative. Whether you are a gourmet (chocolates, mountain pies, genepi) or an aesthete (crafts, earthenware, sculptures), or curious to know the region better (books, videos, posters), this is the place to discover!

Christiane has become a beekeeper and harvester, by passion, on the heights of Colmar-les-Alpes. It is better to call her to be sure to find her. On the spot you will have the choice between a sweet mountain honey with floral and fruity flavours, and a lavender honey, one of the jewels in the crown of the range produced on this territory, known for its power and its bouquet. Both are harvested in the hives of the valley, and are a testimony to the richness of a preserved environment.

Saint-Nicolas-de-Myre is a Catholic church in Jausiers. It is Baroque in style, but with a less theatrical influence than the Baroque churches of Italy, Austria and Spain. The church was built around 1670 and is considered the largest Baroque church in the Durance region. Dedicated to St. Nicholas of Myra, it was consecrated in 1686. The church has been listed as a historic monument since 1921. It is owned by the commune of Jausiers. The church of Saint-Nicolas-de-Myre is an important place of worship in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence region. Visitors can admire its Baroque architecture and discover its rich history. It's an interesting place to visit for lovers of religious architecture and history.

On the road leading to Breil-sur-Roya, from Italy. A little grocery store well known to the regulars. It is located at the border, just before arriving in France. There is no border crossing, but you will notice it with the parking lot below the road. Da Marisa is a smart stopover for those who wish to make some very specific purchases during their trip to the Vallée valley. All the French stop to buy alcohol and cigarettes (much cheaper than in France) and some good Italian cheeses or sausages. Credit cards accepted. And Marisa fluently speaks our language… business requires!

Specializing in phytotherapy (essential oils, medicinal plants), the Domaine de la Chapelle Saint-Jérôme naturally thought of including olive oil in its product range. Biodynamically cultivated, the 800 olive trees planted in the mountainous heart of a cirque adjacent to the Mercantour Natural Park produce a Nice PDO oil that is entirely handcrafted and packaged in stoneware bottles to protect the nectar from air and light.

Yaël and Alexandre are at the origin of the project of the Maison Yalex, an address full of flavours which is in bakery and artisan pastry, as well as in the tea and catering version. This time, breads, pastries and pastries have other flavours, such as pizzas, pissaladières, misty quiches and bruschettas. Everything is made on site, 100% house, with regional products and organic meals. You can eat on the small outdoor terrace in summer or inside in the beautifully decorated boutique. Of course you can buy to take. The delicacies of the Maison Yalex can also be enjoyed with tea or coffee, also served on site.

For several centuries, farmers have developed a pastoral activity essentially oriented towards cheese production. All stages of production are carried out in the mountain cheese dairies. In the Dorgane district, several farms are located, notably that of Annie and Gérard Sic who raise goats and dairy sheep. The road stops at 600 m from the farm. Finish on foot! On the spot you can buy all the products of the farm: tommes and cheeses, eggs, vegetables, fruits and jams.

Instead of Belloire, close to Saint-Etienne-de-Tinée, discover this Bergerie and his cheese cheese of Gold at the competition of the Alpes-Maritimes 2014 and 2015 for the tomme of sheep, medallist of Gold in the competition of the Alpes-Maritimes 2015 for ewe's yogurt and silver medalist of Silver in the Alpes-Maritimes contest 2015 for the fresh cheese of sheep. In direct sale to the farm or market of the village, find yaourts, fresh cheeses and tommes milk of sheep who make the success of this authentic address.

Sarah and Nicolas have decided to present their culinary creations in this charming boutique. She works at the Saint Joseph orchard where she grows fruits that she then prepares into jams, syrups and fruit jellies. He created Les Délices du Gélas and makes ice creams and sorbets (to be enjoyed after a hike!), but also nougats, marrons glacés and chocolates. As you can see, this store is full of home-made sweets and other gourmet creations, made by the couple's expert hands in their workshop.

For thirty years, Catherine and Marc have been devoting their working days to their bees and to the production of delicious honeys, which have won awards at the Concours Général du Salon de l'Agriculture de Paris: 43 medals and three prizes for excellence are to their credit! In their point of sale in Sospel, discover their flagship products, such as liquid or creamy honeys (acacia, pine, rosemary, spring flowers, chestnut ...) but also nougat and gingerbread. A nice gift idea to offer or to please yourself. Possibility to order online.

The estate, in the family since 1974, included olive trees that had been abandoned. Through hard work, some two hundred hundred year old trees have been put back into production, and today they give one of the best oils of the region. The plantation has been densified, which brings us today to about 800 trees of the quail variety, cultivated in organic agriculture, on 4 ha of a terraced land, at 600 m of altitude. Let us add to this production some 150 centenary olive trees taken in rent by the operators on the commune of Castillon. Two types of olive oil are produced at the Lucéram mill: the Amandine cru, PDO Nice, with ripe fruitiness and aromas of fresh almonds and hazelnuts, and the Annette cru, also PDO Nice, but with green to ripe fruitiness and aromas of artichoke and lemon zest. The oils are decanted and stored in stainless steel barrels, protected from light, and bottled as they are sold. The estate also produces PDO Nice olive paste, tapenade and olives in natural brine. Since 2004, Fréderic Soffiotti has given a new impulse to the company. He has developed the range of products, created a visual identity, built a jam laboratory, set up a sales store, organized visits and snacks... Nowadays, his oil is sold directly at the estate, but also in delicatessens, in the region and in Paris (Lafayette Gourmet), in a wine shop in Milan, and even in Japan!

Les Gaillardises de l'Ubaye is a delicatessen located on the Place de l'église in Uvernet-Fours BAYASSE. They offer a range of gourmet products based around jam, such as energy bars, syrups and tasting boxes. The jams are made by Béatrice Bellon, Master Jam Maker in Ubaye, and are renowned for their incomparable taste. Among the flavors on offer are Strawberry Coconut Lime Jam and Morello Cherry Elderflower, which won a silver medal in the vegetable jam competition. For lovers of jams and delicacies, this place is a real paradise.