Gourmet products local specialties and wines Alpes du sud

We make good food when we are driven by passion. This is the case of Bruno, an excellent craftsman of taste passionate about the region, and his wife Hélène. In their gourmet store in the main street of Embrun, these two enthusiasts offer us the best regional products: delicious tourtons from Champsaur, jams from Briançon, a fine selection of local wines or delicatessen, olive oils, cold cuts, but also cheeses from here and elsewhere. If you don't want to cook, Bruno (caterer) can do it for you.

The olive oil produced here is a little jewel. From the 6 ha of organically grown olive trees, Guillaume produces: an explosive Haute-Provence PDO, 2 mono-varietal oils based on bouteillan and aglandau, and 2 lemon or bergamot flavoured oils. The olives are harvested by hand to ensure optimum ripeness and quickly pressed to retain maximum flavour. And in an eco-friendly spirit, Guillaume uses the remaining olive paste to spread on his land as fertilizer, and the stone waste to fuel the stove.

Nicolas Padiou, master pastry chef and master chocolatier, invites you to discover his savoir-faire through his creations: le Péruvien (chocolate shortbread, creamy chocolate and Peruvian chocolate mousse), Feuilletine (crunchy almond hazelnut praline). More than twenty varieties of chocolate made entirely on site can be discovered in this fabulous boutique, open all year round. From the dedicated website, you can make your own basket. The house also makes delicious artisanal ice creams and savoury specialities.

Founded in 1949, the Ubaye Valley Dairy Cooperative was created to promote traditional mountain cheese-making know-how. Currently the cooperative has 2 sites with a point of sale to individuals: the headquarters in Barcelonnette where dry cheeses are made, and La Bréole for fresh cheeses and yoghurts. Today, it groups together 11 mountain dairy farms for a collection of around 2 million litres of milk per year.

The cooperative was founded in 1988 by milk producers from the Queyras region, and today there are around ten of them. Mountain specialities and mixed-milk cow-goat cheeses are the hallmarks of this dairy, where you can pick up organic raclette, Tomme des Chalets, and their famous blue cheeses: organic Saint-Véran, Queyrassin made from whole goat's milk, Bleu du Haut Guil made from whole cow's milk, and Bleu du Queyras made from raw cow's milk, which won a silver medal at the Concours Agricole.

The Cave Petra Viridis des vignerons de Pierrevert is a wine cooperative that brings together more than 80 producers. Its objectives are to pool the means of production in order to be stronger on the marketing markets and to go towards an improvement of the quality of the vintages. You will find in its shop many vintages of the 3 colours presented in bottles as well as in wine fountains from 3 to 10 liters, but also sparkling wines as well as its delicious fruity rosé... and even a grape seed oil and grape juices!

Don't go to the High Alps without tasting the famous tourton, regional pride and met  ! Sweet or savoury, they are all as good as others, to the goat, to spinach, to meat, prunes or apples… This store offers you a wide variety of tourtons, made in an artisanal way. Fruit and vegetable purée are also cooked on site, ensuring the freshness of all products. A good address to purchase one of the most appreciated local products.

Mario, the new manager, is not stingy with his advice and recipes. He knows the products of his delicatessen like the back of his hand. It must be said that they are rigorously selected by him. A nice place for farm goat and ewe cheeses. The banon is honored and you will find a delicious selection of very local products. While browsing through his small store, you will discover wines and spirits, jams, pastries and artisanal chestnut cream, bread and artisanal charcuterie.

Isabelle's oils are just like her: full of vigour and very fruity! It must be said that she pampers her 4,000 olive trees of the Aglandau and Bouteillan varieties: reasoned treatments and olive picking with a feeler. Since 2006, she has her own mill in order to fully control her production of unfiltered PDO Haute-Provence, which gives it an incomparable texture. Her olive oil has already won a gold medal at the Concours National des Huiles de France in Nyons. Call early in the morning at the mill to be sure of its presence!

A nice little grocery store in the heart of the village offering all the best products of the region. Recently taken over, it has been redesigned and the farm products are well highlighted. Vegetables from local producers, cheeses, honeys, cookies, artisanal beers and olive oil. Everything you find here is of high quality, ideal to fill your basket before leaving the region or simply for your lunches on the go while walking in the gorges. The manager herself produces products that she sells here.

Since 1958, this cheese factory has been making and selling the famous Banon, a PDO cheese, as well as a wide range of fresh and mature goat's cheeses. The milk is collected, the cheeses are made and matured by the masters of the place, in order to preserve the authenticity, the subtlety and the flavour of yesteryear. It is this know-how that you will come here, in the middle of nowhere on the road to Apt, to share and why not learn how to fold the famous Banon cheese in its chestnut leaf case. On the spot a film will explain you the manufacture of cheeses.

Thierry Yernaux is a goat breeder and cheese producer with raw milk of stamped chèvre AOC, but also tommes and even svon to goat milk. You can find the operation on the old RN 100 between Mane and St Michel the Observatory at the level of Château de Sauvan, at 1,5 km of track.

Graziella welcomes us to discover Olivier Beltramini's creations, such as the chocolate cake made with homemade spread and coconut. It must be said that for 30 years this tea room, pastry shop, ice-cream parlour, chocolate maker has no longer had its regulars. Who hasn't tasted its Sisteronese brioche, chocolates, pure butter pastries, panettone and home-made ice creams? All homemade with rigorously selected products. Don't leave without a jam like the one with lemon-fennel or pumpkin spices. What a pleasure!

Situated at an altitude of 450 m, the Salvator estate is made up of 40 hectares of multi-centenary olive trees. This terroir gives Sophie and Frédéric Pinatel's olives a unique character. Four oils are extracted: cuvée Mistral AOP Haute-Provence, cuvée Durance AOP Haute-Provence (aglandau), cuvée Paradis AOC Provence (bouteillan) and cuvée Ventaïre AOC Provence (fruité noir in organic conversion). These cuvées regularly win awards (even standing ovations) at all the major agricultural competitions. A fine achievement.

For 3 generations, the Laiterie du Col Bayard has been offering the very best our mountains have to offer, with an incredible choice of over 120 artisanal cheeses, 40 of which are produced in-house. We start with home-made cheeses, made from cow's, goat's, ewe's or mixed milk. For a real taste of the region's finest products, gourmets can head to the restaurant for its famous cheese cart or delicious tourtons du Champsaur. One of the region's most gourmet stops.

Nathalie Michel and Fabrice Menc welcome you to their new boutique Cueilleur de Douceurs, located in their artisan workshop in Mane. You'll discover their range of organic syrups, born of their passion for plants and authentic flavors. Since 2006, their original syrups, based on local or more exotic berries, fruits, flowers and plants, have been handcrafted from carefully selected raw materials. They have banned all chemical additives and preservatives. A marvellous gustatory and human discovery awaits you in this charming boutique.

Quality and craftsmanship are not empty words. The butcher's shop Colette et Manuel has set an example of excellence for more than 20 years thanks to the former president of the butchers of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. It intends to perpetuate this philosophy under the aegis of Marie and Jean, its new owners. Almost all the products are home-made. A delicatessen corner with a nice selection of wines. Plans for the future: home delivery of meat with traceability...

This delicatessen, created in 2017, is a member of the group of producers of the plateau of Valensole, a guarantee of excellence. It is the quintessence of Provence that awaits you in the friendly Maison de Marius, revamped with taste and passion. You will find a large choice of local and traditional food products. The House produces its own organic essential oil of lavender, immortelle and thyme, its olive oil and its lavender honey. Tea room in winter and gourmet plates at lunchtime in season. A beautiful and charming place where the beautiful rubs shoulders with the very good.