Gourmet products local specialties and wines Côte d'Azur

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.

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.

Want to taste seafood? Go to Les Pêcheries! For four generations, the Lorenzis have had their feet in the water! In addition to the variety and freshness of the products on offer, we appreciate the respect for traditional and responsible fishing techniques. A company that combines know-how, ethics, exceptional products, authenticity and friendliness, and that brings together a crew of more than 20 sailors, of all origins and talents, but who all have one thing in common: a passion for seafood.

Don't miss the traditional cooking classes at Atelier Cuisine Niçoise. The concept is a hit with locals and visitors alike. The aim is to reproduce typical Nice dishes, with recipes offered in a room equipped with 12 workstations. Gourmets can attend courses, conferences and presentations of artisanal products to discover the secrets of making Nissard sweets, to enjoy on the spot or to take away.

This cooperative cellar, created in 1924, is firmly rooted in the Taradeau terroir. All the wines, made from a dozen grape varieties, are classified as AOP and fully express the richness and typicality of the terroirs. Each year, their wines win a number of medals in the major wine competitions, in all three colors. The cellar also offers a delicatessen with products from local producers. Second point of sale in Cogolin.

This company, founded in 1982, has excelled for four decades in the production of exceptional terrines and spreads. Pâtés, truffled terrines, anchovy paste, mackerel rillettes, tapenades and sauces, you can get all these good things in the beautiful store open to the public right next to the production workshop. The products are elegantly packaged and convenient for transport and storage. In the store, regional products are sold under the brand name: cookies, syrups and jams in particular.

In this 10-hectare AOP Côtes de Provence vineyard, Serge and Sébastien Ramella strive to cultivate the authentic, in the purest respect of the organic charter. Their wines, in the three colours, can be tasted in their shop located in the village centre. The Ramella family is also a family of beekeepers for 3 generations, which proposes to you to discover its honeys of rosemary, acacia, heather, chestnut tree, thyme, lavender, arbutus and savory. Éouve is the Provençal name given to the ancestral holm oak. An exceptional terroir.

Nadine and Daniel Castellan, the 5th generation, run this 28-hectare vineyard, classified as A.O.P. Côtes de Provence, which lies at the foot of the Maures mountains, with a southern exposure. The main grape varieties grown are Grenache, Syrah, Cabernet, Carignan, Cinsault, Mourvèdre, Tibouren, Ugni Blanc and Rolle. The estate offers 2 white wines, 3 rosé wines, one of which is a grey rosé, 2 red wines, including the Alexandre Castellan wine, aged in oak barrels and 2 traditional methods, white and rosé

A family honey house established here in 1972 by Eliane and Jean-Louis Paxé, and managed today by Olivier, the son and his wife Virginie. Passionate beekeepers, they share with their visitors their love of bees, hives, and their delicious profession. Ask for information if you wish to visit their farm; in the meantime, their shop sells honey, fresh pollen and royal jelly, pastries and sweets, candles, soaps, honey vinegar and lots of ideas for 100% local gifts. A beautiful gourmet address!

This cooperative cellar, formerly Les Celliers de Ramatuelle, entirely renovated in 2016, brings together the establishment of Fréjus, which became Ramatuelle D'vins, and that of Ramatuelle, with 120 cooperative members and 265 hectares of vines spread over the communes of La Croix-Valmer, Gassin, Ramatuelle and Saint-Tropez, including 235 in AOP Côtes de Provence and 30 in Vin de Pays du Var. Eight cuvées in the 3 colours are at your disposal: Soyeux, R, Domaine de Jeanne, Domaine du Colombier, Végan, La crique, Ramaterra and Paillas.

Together with his wife Christel, Olivier Etchart, master pastry chef, took over from his parents who settled in the village in 1973. He makes pastries between tradition and originality, and his specialities are the baba au rhum (sold in jars of 14 to 15 pieces), coup de soleil®, the lemon pie, the herb pie and the pavé de Grimaud®. To enjoy these sweet treats, while savouring tea - to choose from a superb collection -, the couple puts at your disposal their terrace and their winter lounge.

Taste, flavours, choice: everything is sweetness in this delicious shop with a trendy and refined decoration. Macaroons, ice creams, sorbets, chocolates and pastries that can be enjoyed without hunger, with a delicate and subtle balance, are arranged like precious jewels all signed by the chef Patrick Mesiano. A very high level for the amateurs of the genre who, like many faithful, will quickly make it their gourmet HQ. Possibility to order your own desserts and/or cakes for your events (wedding, baptism, birthday...).

Located on the port of Carqueiranne, this is perhaps the best ice cream parlour within a 20-kilometre radius! Top-of-the-range ice cream, with no fewer than thirty flavors on offer. The snack offer is also up to scratch, with quality products, some of them locavore. Hot dogs, paninis, salads, wraps and more. everything is made on site by Gregory and Margaux's teams. And don't miss their delicious waffles, crepes and homemade smoothies. We're still salivating... And there's always a pleasant welcome, even at the height of the season!

This family vineyard, since 1898, opens onto a majestic avenue of three-hundred-year-old plane trees. You will find typical Provencal grape varieties such as cinsault, rolle or ugni blanc, but also grenache and syrah. On the 20 hectares of classified Côtes de Provence vines, two vintages are produced, in all three colours, the traditional cuvée and the cuvée du Prieuré. The estate is organically cultivated and is located in the Gulf of Saint-Tropez. It benefits from a temperate climate and a terroir that is particularly well suited to the Provencal vineyards.

In the heart of Sillans, we like this small and surprising address. Grocery store and microbrewery, you can find local products (organic vegetables in particular) and of course the beer produced on the spot. In high season, the place also serves food with a very greedy bistro type of restoration. The beers produced here are home-made and have names evocative of the region (we love the "Bresque parfaite"). Blonde, amber, brown and even white depending on the season, you can find Gaudinette's beers on the markets in summer.

The little biscuitier here is Romain! A former head pastry chef at Le Petit Nice (with 3 stars to his name), he chose the pretty Rue des Arts to set up shop in 2017 and treat locals and tourists alike to his homemade tuiles, ice creams, diamonds, chocolates and other marshmallows. Everything is made in the traditional way, and the ingredients are chosen with the greatest care. You can sample them as you stroll the streets of Toulon, order a boxed set as a gift, or indulge in a few savoury aperitif cookies, crackers or breadsticks.

A reference in the Principality for more than fifty years, Costa's bakeries include a whole team of pastry chefs, cooks, salesmen and maitre d''s who work for the greatest pleasure of your palate and your wallet. What counts here is to enjoy a good meal at a low price! A unique know-how and a pleasant welcome, which can be found in each of the eight boutiques in Monaco. In addition to providing service in the tea room, they offer tempting suggestions for dishes of the day and an appetizing menu.

The Saint-Marc cellar offers 230 references of wines and spirits, more than 100 domains! From Provence of course but also wines from other regions, some organically grown, natural wines, Italian wines and spirits referenced with care and passion. The cellar is well cared for, with a pleasant tasting area. This is the full-size wine list of the adjoining eponymous restaurant, where the chef Alexandre Dimitch, a lover of nature and good products, offers you local cuisine, homemade dishes revisited with inventiveness.

Bormes lives all year round to the rhythm of its markets. A must if you are staying in Bormes or its surroundings with colourful, picturesque and fragrant markets awaiting you.On Wednesday mornings, it is the big weekly marketplace Saint-François, in the old village. From May to September, on Saturday mornings, there is a Provençal market at La Favière, in the market car park.In July and August, there are night markets on Monday evenings at La Favière, on Tuesday evenings at Place Saint-François (craft market), and on Friday evenings on the port.

This chocolate maker, already installed in Roquebrune-sur-Argens, also has an establishment in the center of Saint-Raphaël. He makes and sells many confectionery products, starting with nougats and delicious chocolates, including the local specialty, the Rocher de Roquebrune, a nougat surrounded by chocolate lightly scented with orange. The chocolate factory also offers a chocolate bar, with chocolate recipes to be drunk hot or cold throughout the year.

This is an exceptional ice cream parlour that prepares its delicacies in front of you with fresh products, without artificial ingredients and with products selected in Turin and in the Piedmont region. The welcome is warm and with a singing accent, in the Italian way. Give in to the temptation of these tasty ice creams with multiple flavors that you can taste in cups, cones, gelato cookies or affogato cups. Hot drinks, cakes and pastries are also available, as well as take-away of your ice cream dessert in a box.

The estate of one of the oldest families in Ramatuell, Benet-Gartich, which has been perpetuating family know-how for five generations since 1907, extends over 30 hectares, 27 of which are classified as AOC vines cultivated using sustainable agriculture. The main grape varieties present are Grenache, Cinsault, Mourvèdre, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Rolle, Semillon and Viognier (for the PGI wines). Three cuvées are available, Prestige, 2S and the exceptional cuvée 1907, and can be enjoyed at the winebar in the middle of the estate's vineyards.

Gaëlle and Lionel Lartigalot run this artisan roastery with the conviviality and know-how of people who are passionate about what they do. In this fragrant boutique, you'll find some fifteen different coffees from Brazil, Kenya, Colombia... roasted on site. They also offer an incredible choice of nearly fifty types of tea to take away or enjoy on site in their tea room.

This 12-hectare vineyard, acquired in 1977 by Régine Sumeire, is an unspoiled spot on the Saint Tropez peninsula. Certified organic since 2005 and biodynamic since 2020, it owes its reputation to Régine Sumeire's famous rosé, which has given a boost to Provence rosés since 1985. Her cuvée Pétale de rose, with its pale pink color, has given ideas to many other winemakers. Régine Sumeire also owns another estate of nearly 90 hectares in the Var, Château la Tour de l'Evêque, located in Pierrefeu-du-Var.

The fire had destroyed everything in August 2021, but the production of micro sprouts has resumed and is operational. You will be able to use again the powerful tastes and the subtle flavours of the micro sprouts, extremely nutritive and very digestible, rich in vitamins, minerals, trace elements. So many sprouts that will enhance and accompany your salads, raw vegetables, grilled meats, fish, cheese ... Available at Jardin de la Piboule in Cogolin, at Botanic in Sainte-Maxime, at Bio and Co in La Valette du Var.

Successful bet for this concept launched in February 2022, an achievement as beautiful as practical. The major players in the local restaurant industry have come together for our enjoyment, but above all for all tastes. Boulevards of flavors with a full range of restaurants: a Thai, an Italian, sushi, a Mexican, a Hawaiian are jostling around a superb central bar. For your shopping, everything is there, from the delicatessen to the wine cellar (with a very specific selection) without forgetting the bakery. To be discovered without delay.

Founded in 1912, this is one of the largest cooperative wineries in the Var in terms of production: its 130 winegrowers, almost all located in Pourrières, produce an average of 50,000 hectoliters of wine per year (HVE label). Côtes de Provence, Côtes de Provence Sainte-Victoire and IGP Var are available in three colors; the Terres d'Histoires and 1912 vintages in particular, are regularly awarded prizes. Adjacent to the cellar, the store offers a wide range of bottles and bulk wines, as well as a tempting range of delicatessen products promoting the Var region.

Since 2015, La Maison Duplanteur has taken pride of place in Grasse's historic center, quickly becoming an iconic chocolate shop. Its boutique is brimming with irresistible delights, offering a wide range of prestigious bars and boxes, perfect for gift-giving or pampering yourself. These delights are also available on their online boutique. Nothing beats a visit to the factory to find out more about the chocolate-making process, from roasting to tasting! So don't miss the chance to indulge in some delicious chocolate.

If Menton rhymes with lemons, lemons rhyme with delicious liqueurs, aperitifs, olive oils and other artisanal products to be discovered in this pretty shop, a delicatessen, which has taken up residence in a former convent in the pedestrian zone of the old town. Beautifully decorated and adorned with a fresco on the ceiling, the establishment works with a dozen local producers and offers delicious homemade limoncellos and many other products made in an artisanal way to come and discover, taste and why not pack your bags.

Vanessa Zanini Vatinet's grocery store is a gold mine for gourmets and lovers of artisanal delicacies! From traditional tapenades, sardines in oil and anchovies to a wide range of jams, honeys, nougats, syrups, biscuits? You'll also find a wide range of French olive oils, which has made the reputation of the company over the last fifteen years, as well as a pretty range of cosmetics made with olive oil from Maussane les Alpilles.

This is the not-to-be-missed event for lovers of old books, comics, magazines and all kinds of books. Located on the large sunny square of the Palais de Justice, this market gathers about twenty booksellers and secondhand booksellers who offer at low prices old, rare or out of print books but also more contemporary works so that everyone can find his happiness. On the stands, you will also find postcards, prints, engravings and old posters. Come and find a nugget or stroll around and soak up its soft artistic atmosphere.

How, you might ask, yet another market on the Saleya course? Well yes, after the famous day markets, here comes the night market, instead of the other two! Organized only during the mild summer evenings, this craft market is the ideal place to admire the jewellery, pottery and paintings made with passion by craftsmen from Nice. Before a romantic meal or in the middle of two drinks with friends, there is always a good reason to stroll around this beautiful market, simply because the nocturnal atmosphere of the Saleya course has absolutely nothing to do with what you can know about the place during the day... We say no more and let you discover it!

In their charming boutique on the village square, Marie-Alix and Pierre offer cheese lovers a range of fresh, melting, creamy and firm cheeses. Their rigorous selection includes mature, farmhouse and raw-milk cheeses, as well as wines, preserves and olive oils, to create gourmet platters adapted to each season (raclette, fondue, Christmas platter). Between French classics and seasonal creations, the choice is difficult, but the expert advice on tasting is invaluable.

To come to Dominette is to discover the heliciculture, the snail breeding. Developed by Christine Wattelier, a former optician who has been reconverted, the farm has nearly 120,000 snails (Gros Gris and Petits Gris) that are processed on site in a laboratory that complies with CE standards. Plain, with parsley butter, in suçarelle (Provencal sauce), in jars... There are many recipes for those who love snails, of course! Educational visits, sometimes at night, are offered by appointment and during the summer. Do not hesitate to ask for information.

For 80 years, this bakery has been a benchmark in pastry and chocolate-making. At the helm: Stéphane Saluzzo, a passionate master craftsman. He sublimates exceptional chocolates, from Tanariva grand cru pure Madagascar milk to Bahibe, a grand cru from the Dominican Republic. From shareable pastries to gourmet viennoiseries, every Épi d'Or creation celebrates excellence. A must for lovers of sweets and refined flavours, where every delight is an invitation to savour the pleasures of tradition and craftsmanship.

Short circuits, hello! Hélène and André Sabatier, organic wine and olive oil producers since 2000, created this beautiful Maison de Pays association to honor the producers and the know-how of the surrounding villages. Today, it is their son Arnaud who has taken over the reins of the domain, and the passion remains. In addition to the wines in the three colors, the Maison de Pays offers local crafts and organic products.

In the heart of the Var and the AOC Côtes-de-Provence area, the Dracénie is an exceptional land for vineyards. It offers a diversity of terroirs which contribute to the richness of the wines produced there. The Comité Interprofessionnel et Syndicat des Côtes-de-Provence (Interprofessional Committee and Union of Côtes-de-Provence) has its headquarters in Arcs-sur-Argens. Labelled Vignobles et découvertes in 2017, the Dracénie is banking on wine tourism. Discover a multitude of estates that live up to the region's reputation.

"Lorgues Terre de Vins" is the association of 12 prestigious estates that practice with excellence the high viticulture of Provence. They have joined forces to make this village, a veritable little "Beaune of Provence", an essential destination for wine tourism in the heart of the Dracénie region. It is a jewel for wine lovers because, if rosé is an obvious choice here, in Lorgues the reds and whites are just as exceptional. Having found a terroir to suit them, they are already making a fine reputation for themselves. Tastings and cellar visits.

The river Issole runs through this single vineyard, which covers 140 hectares, including 56 hectares of vines. A cellar dating back to 1896 is completed by a new winery which was built in 2012. The typical Côtes-de-Provence grape varieties: Cinsault, Grenache, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Ugni Blanc and Rolle produce high quality AOP Côtes-de-Provence and IGP Vin de Pays des Maures wines, which can be tasted in the sales cellar, which is housed in a medieval building, as well as in two old 19th century ceramic vats.

The cellar of Flassans, associated with the cellars of Cabasse and Besse, brings a human and technical dimension which makes it one of the most important structures of the Var. The 1,200 ha vineyard is spread over 9 communes, half of which are classified as AOP Côtes-de-Provence. Some 140 winegrowers bring more than 6,000 tons of grapes per year to the cellar, which is equipped with state-of-the-art technology. The Flassans wine counter offers a wide range of bottles and BIBs.