Chestnuts
As with all quality regional products, the flavour of the product is strongly attached to its locality. The chestnut has the flavour of its terroir.
Read moreAs with all quality regional products, the flavour of the product is strongly attached to its locality. The chestnut has the flavour of its terroir.
Read moreThe Alpes de Haute Provence have always been the cradle of French almonds and particularly the Valensole plateau in the south of the department between Haute Provence and Verdon.
Read moreOver the years, other plants have been cultivated besides lavender and are a patchwork of colour in the Haute-Provence landscape: clary sage, mint, tarragon, hyssop, thyme, etc.
Read moreGood environment for honey : with all the advantages of the Alpes de Haute Provence generous sun, a multitude of flowers filled with a scented nectar, the hills and plateaus of the department are a special natural area for bees and beekeepers.
Read moreFruit-production dates back several centuries in the Alpes du Sud. For the fruit sector, apples and pears produced in the Alpes de Haute Durance area are of a recognized quality which differentiates them from other regions with « Pommes et Poires des Alpes. »
Read moreBanon cheese (AOC). Banon is a goat's cheese from the region of Banon, a discrete medieval village built against the plateau d'Albion between Lure and the Ventoux.
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