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FRONTIGNAN MUSCATEL WINE
Muscatel wines are a part of the Natural Sweet Wines' family. Discover this wine of the sun created on Frontignan's burnt lands, a unique know-how, which origin goes back to ages. The Antiquity period gave us its most beautiful legend. Hercule, could not, as it is said, resist to the pleasure of this generous wine. One day, finding his muscatel wine flask empty, he twisted it to get the ultimate drop. One says that, since then, the bottle kept this twined shape which plays with light reflections on this great wine.
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BOUZIGUES'S OYSTERS
Bouzigues, cradle of the shellfish farming, small and typically Mediterranean fishermen village, invites you to discover conchylicole farms, working places of the " sea farmers ". You can visit the oyster beds which made famous the name of the village, and be tempted by a tasting.
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WINES OF LANGUEDOC
Languedoc's vineyard is one of the most former and of the largest of the world. It lies from the right bank of the Rhone up to the foothills of the Pyrenees, on a plain, at the sea level, or in piedmont in the scrubland or on hillsides. Produced by fascinated wine growers, Languedoc Roussillon wines decline in a very rich palette.
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OLIVES AND THE OIL Of OLIVE
The olive tree is the symbolic tree of the Mediterranean Sea. Rustic tree par excellence, it is indifferent to the nature of the soil, but doesn't like humidity and coldness. It is essentially cultivated in Mediterranean climate countries caracterized by sweet winters and warm and dry summers. Languedoc produces several varieties of olives, the most important of which are: Picholine (native of the Gard department but also cultivated in the Aude department), the Lucque (only cultivated in the West of Languedoc - Roussillon). Olive is the basic element for Mediterranean cooking. The olive oil's good taste and benefactions for health are widely recognized.
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CHEESES
Pelardon - which zone of production goes from the Cevennes to the Black Mountain and from the Hautes Corbières to the Herault and Gard scrublands - Perail, or Crotin de Chèvre and the Tomme cheese of Lozère or the Tomme cheese of Pyrenees, Languedoc - Roussillon is rich in savours.
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SNAILS
discover the snail's amazing wolrd... The helicicole domain of the Gardiole awaits for you for a guided tour through the domain where breeding is made outdoors. At the end of the visit you will sample snails Catalane sauce, or Snails in flesh or in shell. Do not hesitate to enjoy their speciality: Gardiole sauce snails.
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THE PRODUCTS OF THE COTE VERMEILLE
Collioure it is the country of the anchovy. The anchoïeurs of the small Catalan port will deliver their anchovies' secrets of preparation. You can sample them in salt, in oil or fresh. Nearby Collioure, you will find Banyuls. At the same time sailors and wine growers, people of Banyuls always lived a passionate relation with their exceptional environment. Banyuls' wine - wine of the sea, the mountain, the sun and the wind - is especially appreciated for the aperitif. Banyuls offers a gastronomic quality stopping place.
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