Gastronomy & Wine – perfectly coupled with your French Villa Holiday!!

I have just come back from a week in UK whereby I had to have my obligatory fish and chips, curry and take away Chinese. I really enjoy these foods when I visit “the old country” and often visit the country pubs which I really miss. However, after a week I am hankering to be home and to return to my French food diet which is regional food and wine!!

If there is something clear in the world, it is the gastronomy language is defiantly French!! Its kitchen is the national pride of the French people and the fame of the French is good eating and drinking. As you read on think about your french family villa rental for your 2010 holiday.

From the Northwest coast as well as Mediterranean, there is quality fish, as well as seafood in the form of oysters, mussels and clams, especially in the zone of Aquitaine and the Charente.

In the area that I live duck, goose, and foie gras are elements of the kitchen of the region of Dordogne and Midi-Pyrénées. Mainly accompanied by plums, raisins or truffles.

While in the Languedoc the typical Mediterranean kitchen is based on olives, garlic, fish soups mussels, fresh fish and salads.

Not forgetting the wonderful cheeses where there are more than 400 varieties. The most famous are Brie, Roquefort, Camembert and those of goat. My favourite are the ripe, runny Camembert’s and St. Felician and the stronger the better! I like my cheese to take the roof of my mouth off and leave the milder cheeses to the less adventurous.

What about the wine you say!! The glasses are always full in France, in spite of the recognized spiritual drinks like Armagnac, cointreau, the cider or the calvados, the king is the wine!! The French are authentic lovers of good wines and its country is seeded from corner to corner of vineyards. The great producing regions are Bordeaux and Champagne, although good wines can be found in the valley of the Loire and of the Rhone.

If this has wetted your appetite and tingled your taste buds then why not think about your South West France holiday now by booking one of our family villas or rural French farmhouse today. We still have good availabilities in the summer months – but hurry this area is popular!

If you would to talk to one of our experienced staff about your luxury villa in France contact our office on 01442 870055 or visit our website www.qualityvillas.com

If you would like a copy of our new 2010 brochure call our office on the number above or order a copy via our website www.qualityvillas.com

Gill Woolsgrove
Regional Manager
France & Morocco