Gourmet products local specialties and wines Pays carcassonnais

If you're a gourmet, this is the place for you! This delicatessen is undoubtedly one of the best in town. We come here for the quality of the products selected, whether from the region or elsewhere. Local wines and beers, crémants and blanquettes de Limoux, champagnes and spirits to make your mouth water! On the food side, enjoy Chez Xavier (MOF) cheeses, artisanal charcuterie, exceptional Iberian hams, cakes and other gourmet preserves. Futé: the e-shop for ordering wherever you are.

L'Hôtel du Pont Vieux is not only a charming hotel, ideally located for enjoying the wonders of the medieval city of Carcassonne. It is also committed to promoting good regional products, and has a grocery corner. This is where you'll find Catherine's wonderful jams, under the name "Confitures de la cité". While the packaging is elegant, don't hesitate to remove the lid to taste them: salted butter caramel, apple jelly with spices, kiwi from Cuxac d'Aude... with a steady stream of new flavors.

At Le Trivalou, owner and chef Cyril understands that cassoulet has to be exportable. If you're in Carcassonne or just passing through, we urge you to come and taste it on site, with the medieval city just around the corner. It's made to the highest standards and is entirely homemade, right down to the duck breasts, which Cyril confits on the spot. Please note that everything you eat in this restaurant is homemade. If you prefer to eat your cassoulet at home with friends or family, you can place your order via their website. In addition to cassoulet, Trivalou's foie gras is also available to take away. Delivery should soon be available throughout France, but that's for later...to be continued.

The ancient beverage of coffee has a new home in downtown Carcassonne. Antoine Roméro, master roaster for over 25 years, brings you all his expertise on the subtleties of coffee in his coffee bar in Square Gambetta. 8 coffee grinders and a spectacular percolator await you for a tasting by the book, a gustatory journey guaranteed! In the boutique, you'll find ground and whole-bean coffees, classic percolators and Italian coffee machines, accessories and refills. Discovery workshop by appointment.

Le Verre d'Un awakens your taste buds even before you walk through the front door! Here, you'll discover the typicity of our wines and terroirs, as you browse through 400 references. Wines from the Minervois, Corbières, Clape, Malepère, Cabardès, Limoux, Fitou... Le Verre d'Un is also a restaurant and a wine bar, ideal for after-work drinks and relaxing with friends. The ideal place to find out all about the region's finest wines!

The Nougalet chocolate and confectionery factory welcomes you to its 6,000 m² factory dedicated to gourmet delights. Much more than just a chocolate factory, Nougalet has been renowned for its exceptional expertise for over half a century. Here, raw materials are rigorously selected for our greatest pleasure. Nougalet is also an experience: during your visit, you can admire the precise gestures of the craftsmen at work. New for 2024: the Bar à Chocolat opens its doors to you for a (very) gourmet break!

Gilles and Jacqueline welcome you to their magnificent red store, the aptly named La Ferme, the meeting place of every self-respecting Aude epicurean. Thirty years of passion for cheeses and local produce have made this a Mecca for gourmets. Here you'll find everything to satisfy your taste buds: 7,000 references are sifted, tasted and approved before ending up in your basket. Whether you're looking for a gourmet or rural meal, or a gift involving the culinary arts, La Ferme is the cave with a taste of the terroir.

Founded in 1936 in Limoux, Maison Bor is a renowned nougat maker. The factory has since been taken over and enlarged, and Maison Bor has set up shop on Place Carnot in Carcassonne. Here, at any time of day, you can enjoy one of their wonderful home-made pastries, accompanied by one of the 14 different teas on the menu, or one of the 10 exclusive herbal teas. The fast-food area at lunchtime lets you sample local produce and Aude wines, and you can sit out on the terrace in all seasons, thanks to the soft plaids on their deckchairs...

In the heart of the medieval city and echoing the tea room and ice cream parlour in the lower town, the Cosy du Plo, offers a tea room-ice cream parlour and delicatessen concept that you will find right next to the Jean-Deschamps Theater square. This "gourmet store" features a selection of local producers, beers, wines, olive oils, cassoulets, honeys, liqueurs and sweet treats. For a gourmet break, sit down to taste the delicious specialties of the house such as the waffles in the Liège style that you can decorate with homemade ice creams.

Worthy sons of Bacchus, Arthur Lallemand and Adrien Mingaud from Limoux transport us through their selection of wines into a universe of aromas and passion. The love of the land runs through their veins, and beyond being "wine selectors" they are also blenders and producers. They have opened a tasting, sales and exchange area in the heart of the bastide, highlighting the work of the most promising winegrowers, exalting the richness of the vintages unearthed. Local delicatessen products enrich their offer.

Entering the lair of the Cabanel house is to discover the Carcassonne of the 19th century with, in its courtyard, the superb ironwork marquee designed in 1868 in the Eiffel style. A historical place not to be missed, the place has inherited the secrets of the famous Micheline, a recipe dating back to the 4th century, and of the Or-Kina, a plant-based aperitif. It also produces a pastis 100% Carcassonne and the famous "Crème de Menthe" and "Crème de Citron".

Leclerc Carcassonne is a supermarket located in Carcassonne. It offers a wide range of food and non-food products. Leclerc Carcassonne also has a service station where you can fill up with fuel at competitive prices. The store also offers a PRO fuel card for professionals. In addition to the supermarket, Leclerc Carcassonne also offers various services such as a cultural center, parapharmacy, car rental and travel. Leclerc Carcassonne is committed to sustainable development projects, notably the integration of photovoltaic cells on the roof.

We've been dreaming of a local beer with an Occitan name! Xavier Benoist has made it. A brewery engineer, he produces artisanal beers in Carcassonne, using French wheat, barley and hops. La Ciutat ("the city" in langue d'oc) comes in seven varieties: white, blonde, brown, Pils, amber, Ladies and Éphémère. Three local sodas round out the range, in the tradition of brewer-limonadiers, including the famous Carca-Cola (caffeine-free). Gift or event idea: you can choose your beer and have the label personalized!

The old-established cheese factory Bousquet, in the covered markets of Carcassonne, is also present in the beautiful grocery in "Halles Gourmandes" located in zone industrielle la Bouriette. If you are a lover of cheese cream, you have the right address. The shop offers more than 80 varieties that vary according to the seasons, some AOCs, refined ones, "cows", "sheeps", such as the excellent Broucaou de Ariège which is a subtle blend of goat and sheep and the Aude "goat". For your meals, cheese can be arranged on a slate or in a giant box of Camembert, a pleasant effect is guarranteed! The shop also offers an interesting selection of gourmet produces, spices, duly selected vintages, craft pasta, spices... In addition to all these good things, guests appreciate the good mood of Nicolas and his useful advices. An address that deserves to be a "favourite"!

In the heart of the village, enter this Ali Baba's cave with a thousand Oc treasures taken over by Gérard Mas. At the same time a wine bar, a bistro, a small restaurant and a local grocery store, it is an atypical place, important for the intergenerational link, where you can air your mind and your gullet! Don't hesitate to take a coffee break on the shaded terrace, on the road to the Cathar castles. Small in size but big in its choice of products, the establishment will make you discover the local producers and the soil of Aude through tasty tastings.

Bioplanète's award-winning productions are the pride of this Audoise company founded more than 30 years ago. It is the oldest organic oil mill in Europe, whose products are produced locally and through fair trade. From the fields to the bottling, all the manufacturing stages are elaborated by hand. The range includes more than 78 top-of-the-range oils, always cold-pressed, but also wheat germ, chia, black cumin, flax, hemp or camelina, and innovative products such as organic clarified butter or Ghee.

Gourmet store where you will find 100% handmade delicacies made with love and passion! Artisan quality in limited quantities. The window display really makes you want to window shop with fresh individual pastries, tarts and desserts like the Café Créole (almond cookie, dark chocolate iced coffee cream, light vanilla cocoa cream and banana caramel tips) or the Cocomango (like the café créole but with a mango variation). One dessert per day to discover on their Facebook page...

Catherine's jams have been delighting visitors to the Hôtel du Pont Vieux for some years now, and now that they've opened the grocery store, a whole space is dedicated to gourmet delights! L'Echoppe, located right next to the hotel, not only sells Les Confitures de la Cité®, but also wines, charcuterie, cheeses, preserves and cookies, mainly from the region. As for jams, there's always the staple: salted butter caramel, apple jelly with spices, kiwi from Cuxac d'Aude... and new products regularly!