Gourmet products local specialties and wines Poitou

For nearly sixty years, the orange and black window of the Trianon pastry shop has been attracting gourmets from the Couronneries district and aficionados of the Sunday market for its delicious pastries and beautiful pastries. In the window, chocolates, beggars, macaroons compete with the cakes. A must try? The Concerto, a marvel of chocolate mousses on a crispy bed. It's hard to resist when faced with so many delicacies. For birthdays, try a number cake! And in season, ice creams and home-made sorbets make their appearance. An address not to be missed in the district which perpetuates its know-how with brio.

This 85-hectare farm is run by Emmanuelle and her cousin Arnaud, who raise 160 dairy goats. These affectionate, curious and fragile animals live at the goat farm all year round, in a bright, airy and spacious space. You can watch them being milked every evening at 5.30pm. Fed exclusively with forage grown on the farm (hay, alfalfa, clover), the goats give good milk that makes good cheeses, sold at all stages of ripening: fresh cheeses with faisselle, logs, chabichous, crottins, tomme, goat-box.

At Vanessa Brard-Guignard, eating well is sacred! In her beautiful grocery store, you'll find everything you need to cook like a great chef. And rest assured, Vanessa has the recipe to select gourmet and refined products. With a healthy dose of good humor and not a little expertise, she'll help you discover her library of spices, salts, peppers, spreads, wines, syrups, teas... You can grab salads and sandwiches to take away, or enjoy in her souplex thanks to her catering offer. In a word: "from shelf to plate"!

In this bakery, the word "artisanal" takes on its full meaning. In front of you, the sourdough breads are baked in the wood-fired oven and the smell that emanates from them will make your mouth water. Traditional, like Elina, Polka, but also special with kamut, small spelt..., the breads are shaped with flours from organic farming and have an exquisite taste. Gourmets will be interested in the pastries and in January, don't miss the house specialty: the praline brioche. The plus: a pizza maker offers delicious pizzas to take away cooked on a wood fire. A local shop with quality products. You can also find it at Place Charles de Gaulle in Poitiers.

The old-fashioned way! It is with her truck that Melanie goes from market to market and from house to house delivering her good raw and organic cow milk! The fifty cows are fed in the family farm with the fodder from the farm. In our containers or in the farm's returnable bottles or buckets, we recover the milk from the day's milking, to be drunk raw or incorporated into our culinary preparations. We rediscover its taste, we rediscover its flavours.

It is around the love of cooking, gastronomy and also the aesthetics surrounding the art of the table, which met Isabelle and Mathieu. Fresh and seasonal products, classic classics and original creations, HMC Caterer offers a collection of delicacies, dishes, desserts and buffets. For professionals and individuals, whether for an intimate event or a public event, chefs will adjust their cuisine according to your desires and needs.

The Chartier sisters were already making them in 1872, and today the Bertrand brothers (^5th generation) perpetuate the Montmorillon macaroon, keeping their recipe a secret. With its delicious almond flavor, it delights every palate and is available in a wide range of flavors, depending on the season. There are also thistles, bonne mémé tartelettes, broyé du Poitou and macaroné, as well as 50 types of chocolate. Mmmmh! The house is one of France's finest chocolatiers! This beautiful boutique also sells tea and ground coffee.

Come and take a tour of the tasty, playful world of La Maison des fromages de chèvre. On the program: an interactive exhibition devoted to the history and production of goat cheese in Poitou, France's ^leading region in this field. A gourmet moment to be extended by a workshop to refine your cheese knowledge, taste and try your hand at making them. Inside, the store sells cheeses from the Sèvres et Belle cooperative, cosmetics and other local products.

At the oil mill, we've been grinding since 1850! Thanks to ancestral craftsmanship, the oil flows like gold. The large stone millstone grinds walnuts (from local producers), hazelnuts, almonds, pistachios, peanuts, rapeseed and organic sesame. Hydraulic presses dating from 1920 produce a precious nectar which is left to settle for 15 days to 1 month before bottling. Production takes place all year round. Come and discover the oil production process. The workshop also produces fruit and vegetable vinegars, mustard and sells local products.

The place is very popular! Passionate about oenology, Bruno Berruet is above all an epicurean. When he created Pictavino, he wanted to create a friendly establishment, a landmark for gourmets, lovers of good wines and friends. And he succeeded! Both cellar and restaurant, Picatavino offers tasting on the spot and to take away. 500 references of wines are present, half of them in organic or sustainable culture, wines of friends, greedy wines to please oneself and to drink in good company. Many beers share the shelves.

The former Coulon dairy is home to the famous Tête de mule, a delicious craft beer that has won multiple awards in various competitions and trade shows. The beautifully-labeled mule comes in a variety of humorous forms. There are those who can slap a face, and those who are strong-headed. These beers have character! Blonde, white, brown, since 2023 amber, IPA, triple, porter, pale ale, to each his own. Direct sales and tours of the brewery. In summer, stroll through the dairy's gourmet markets, which provide a musical and gourmet atmosphere!

The place to be for cheese lovers. Sylvie, her team and 150 goats welcome you to the farm. Feel free to visit the goat farm (prefer milking time - 5pm-5.30pm) and fill your baskets with delicious goat cheeses. You'll find the great classics, as well as originals such as hazelnut-flavored fromage fleuri, marbré and bleu de chèvre, and creamy specialties like flam'bics. From the store, you can observe the cheese dairy. Here, we love to pass on our knowledge and delight you. Camping-carists, the farm opens its doors to you.

Open field, in season and extremely fresh! At the Jardin des Saveurs, you will find fruits and vegetables galore. Picking is self-service from mid-May to the end of October. At home, there is sometimes not enough space to grow vegetables, and even though we often try to harvest what we sow, we have to face the facts: being a market gardener is a job. With a basket, you can make your choice, everything is sold by weight. Every day, Patrick and Dominique Pierre put on their website the production ready to pick.

Anne and Laurent created Domaine de la Roussille 30 years ago. Here, we love grapes in all their forms: table grapes, fruit juices (grape-apricot, grape-cherry...), wine confits and, of course, Loire Valley wines, more than 10 different ones, including 3 traditional methods. A winegrower from father to son, Laurent is now supported by his 3 sons in working this 40-hectare vineyard cultivated using sustainable agriculture methods. Jovial, Laurent will welcome you for a tasting. Close to Futuroscope, the Domaine offers 5 pitches for camper vans.

Their grandfather planted the ^1st seed in the 1950s. Today, Vincent and Simon Baille-Barrelle cultivate 10 ha of fruit trees. In Les Roches-Prémarie, the two brothers continue to develop the Chezeau family orchards, one of which is certified eco-responsible and the other organic. On site, you can pick your own strawberries, beans, apples... In Poitiers, in their store, they sell their apple varieties, as well as other seasonal fruits, vegetables and a wide choice of regional products. Quality, traceability and authenticity!

Originally from Mauritius, Stephen Begue decided to set up his company Mauri Saveur in Poitiers, offering black vanilla (otherwise known as bourbon vanilla) in all its forms to flavor desserts, drinks and savory dishes. Stephen has chosen to work with a handful of Madagascan producers, who are paid their fair share, and to offer premium-quality vanilla processed in Mauritius. Mauri Saveur's catalog includes fresh beans to be consumed within 4 months, vanilla powder from dried and ground beans, vanilla caviar and vanilla sugar. All Mauri Saveur products are available in a gift box on sale on the website.

THE artisanal tourteau-cheese factory, the guarantor of centuries-old traditions and tricks of the trade. So it's here, almost in the middle of nowhere, that you'll have to learn all about this sweet UFO made with goat's milk and a soot-black grilled crust. Virtually 100% of the ingredients are local (except for the sugar), hand-brewed and baked at 285°. A household name, the house remains the darling of the major catering establishments; it was even invited to the Elysée Palace by the presidential pastry chef! Brioches and pure butter crushed prunes are also available.

Blandine and Laurent Cathala know how to pamper the gourmets in all of us. In their workshop-boutique, our senses are on the alert. In the windows, treasures to savor. Colorful macaroons in original flavors (lavender-honey or angelica), tempting pastries with chocolate, fruit... and why not both? Here, gourmandise is made up of small and large pleasures that change with the seasons. Nothing is off-limits, not even ice creams, chocolate bars and bonbons with grand cru, infused ganaches and pralines.

The four associates, Daniel, Antony, Tony and Freddy, not happy to offer a rare gastronomy in the Bois Pouvreau restaurant in Ménigoute, continue to enjoy their à la carte catering service. For weddings, communion, baptism, a solution will be found depending on the geographical location of the meal, the number of guests and the desired budget. The world of professional events does not frighten them either, the watchword here is flexibility. But they also have another vocabulary: that of the delight of tastes, of conviviality, of knowledge. The aesthetic of the dressage of plates is to fall; but how do they make such works of art in such a timed time? The mystery will remain intact, after all it is part of the magic. The catalogue is full of refined ideas, adaptable to all the scholarships. Our men like to quote Curnonsky: " Perfection in the kitchen is when things have the taste of what they are. '»»»»