Wine regions
There are five distinct wine-making areas: Vins du Haut-Poitou (just north of Poitiers) The Haut-Poitou winemaking area was granted its own AOC label for the...
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Food & Drink
Pineau des Charentes – aperitif
Pineau is often overshadowed by its ‘big brother’ in the region, cognac but those who have tried this distinctive and delicious aperitif will...
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Goats’ cheese of the French Atlantic coast
It is said that when, in the eighth century AD, the Moors left the area after being beaten in battle, they left their...
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Poitou-Charentes Oysters
The plump Marennes-Oléron oyster (huître) is considered among the best in the world. Grown in the protected salt flats along the Atlantic coast,...
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