Think of South West France for food and drink and what do you conjure up? Our South West France area manager Gill Woolsgrove gives her thoughts on this...Well, living here for 15 years taught me the delights of regional food that is available here. As the area is largely agricultural with restaurants and cafes used by many locals then the produce is locally grown and plentiful. Duck is the mainstay of this region served either as breast with a rich sauce or confit. Other delights are sanglier (wild boar), geese, game, Landes chickens, foie gras, lamb roasts and casseroles.
There is also a wide range of fish, cured hams and sausages as well as a wide variety of cheeses such as Cantal, soft goat cheeses (cabécous) as well as a wide choice of all the famous French varieties. Followed of course by good fruit tarts made with the famous Agen prunes and local fruit such as plum and apple.
Nothing would be complete however in this wonderful region where I live is the abundance of local wines. From Buzet (my favourite) to Bordeaux, Cahors Duras, Bergerac and Madrian these are the most popular wines. Visit the local vineyards for wine tasting before you buy a case or even cheaper a cubi container which holds 5 litres. Not forgetting the Armagnac brandies produced between Auch & Condom wines which are made in small quantities and the Armagnac brandies are produced in the area between Auch and Condom.
If this has whetted your appetite and tingled your taste buds then why not think about your South West France villa holiday now. We still have availability and special offers on some of beautiful properties here in the region where I live.
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