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AUVERGNE

Located in the heart of France, Auvergne is made of high pastures as vast as those of Mongolia, heavenly valleys, incredible landscapes, its volcanoes, not forgetting, of course, nice cheese platters: PDO Salers, PDO Saint-Nectaire, PDO Cantal, PDO Bleu d’Auvergne and PDO Fourme d’Ambert. From 800 m of altitude, the mountains of Auvergne are covered with narcissus, crocus, cloves…

Nearly half of the French flora! This is how good milk is made… Auvergne is popular and is one of the green destinations for those who are looking for charm and authenticity.

ALSACE

Alsace is a generous and green nature. It is lakes, rivers, forests, hills and waterfalls. This diversity which will allow you to admire unique landscapes and to discover in one of the 21 natural reserves of Alsace and its 2 Regional Natural Parks.

Thanks to its ideal climate and favorable geography, Alsace offers a generous and luxuriant environment conducive to the famous Alsatian cheese, the PDO Munster.

CAUSSES

The Causses and the Cévennes, a diversity of grandiose landscapes which is the result of a long work between man and nature. A natural and wild environment made of reliefs, rocks, water and vegetation, which since 2011 are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as cultural, living and evolving landscapes of Mediterranean agro-pastoralism.

PDO Roquefort is the king of cheeses made from raw sheep’s milk and matured in the region’s natural caves.

FRANCHE-COMTÉ

What do PGI Gruyère, PDO Comté, PDO Emmental and Morbier have in common? All without exception come from the Franche-Comté region. The Eden in shades of blue, green and white.

Blue, with 5500 km of rivers, more than 1000 ponds, 80 lakes, waterfalls, torrents, streams and springs, the variations are multiple. And green, thanks to the forests that cover 44% of the territory but also to the countryside that makes all the charm of this region where one can also taste exceptional PDO Comtes.

ILE-DE-FRANCE

From Ile de France to Meaux, there is a whole history. Above all, there is a cheese of character, well known to connoisseurs: PDO Brie de Meaux. The town has an exceptional natural setting and does everything possible to protect and enhance its environment.

Meaux also enjoys a relatively rich local culture and heritage, which has enabled it to obtain the label “city of art and history”. Among the most famous places are the Saint-Etienne cathedral, the Bossuet garden, the bishop’s palace and the American monument. In addition to its famous mustard, one comes there especially to taste its cheese: Brie.

PYRÉNÉES

Welcome to the land of 2500 lakes. From the beach to the summits, the Pyrenees is an island between sea and ocean, which presents a variety of landscapes, an exceptional fauna and flora.

Between sky and earth, this 430 kilometers long massif forms an imposing barrier between France and Spain. It is here, between peaks and valleys, that ewes ruminate in order to provide the milk that will be used to make the emblematic cheese of this region, PDO Ossau-Iraty.

This rich territory also offers us a complete range of flavors including PGI Tommes, Tomme de brebis, mixed Tommes (mixing cow and ewe milk for example), and even Tommes 3 milks (cow, ewe and goat).

SAVOIE

A preserved land, Savoie has all the assets to satisfy mountain and nature enthusiasts. Superb landscapes, snow-capped mountains and mountain pastures where cows graze, the quality of the grass allows the Tarine and Abondance, the two local breeds of cow, to produce excellent quality cheesemilk.

Here, the star cheese is the PDO Beaufort, also called the Prince of Gruyères.

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