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ALL THE GOURMET SPECIALTIES OF THE LOIRE VALLEY, from volcanoes to salt marshes
Since 1989, Jean-Yves AURADON has striven to promote the culinary specialties and the great diversity of wines from the Loire Valley.
But it is Eric BONNAMY who took over the shop in 2019 and who will welcome you throughout the year to make you taste the flavors of the Loire and who will advise you on the wines.
To promote the know-how of craftsmen and producers, to develop the sensoriality around their products, to cultivate an art of living while sharing encounters and simple pleasure.
Discovery, culture and gourmet pleasures are the cornerstones of LOIRE GOURMANDE, aimed at locals and day-trippers alike.
If Loire Gourmande has set up shop at 17 rue Château Gaillard, it is no coincidence because this place, well known to the people of Turquant, is at the initiative of the renewal of the village in terms of its development of arts and crafts.
Indeed, Mrs. Josée Thiriau, Mosaïste worked there with great passion. During your visit, you’ll discover his works of art, which lend a very special cachet to the whole place.
Loire Gourmande has been awarded the State Label for Vineyards & Discoveries
Received at the beginning of 2026, this “Vignobles & Découvertes” label is an official recognition awarded by Atout France, the National Agency for Tourism Development.
Created in 2009, it promotes wine destinations that offer a quality tourist offer, highlighting the richness and diversity of the vineyards, as well as related activities such as tasting, gastronomy and cultural discovery. Once labelled, you benefit from institutional recognition that reinforces your credibility and attractiveness to wine lovers and travellers.
TURQUANT, a charismatic town in the heart of the Loire-Anjou-Touraine Regional Natural Park.
Embark on a sensory, cultural and gourmet journey up Europe’s last wild river. (15 minutes). You can explore the Loire, its banks and terroirs…
Just like the FRAM… the last flat-bottomed steamer to leave Nantes in September 1918, loaded with sugar and cocoa beans bound for the Poulain chocolate factory in Blois.
Loire Gourmande, located on the hillside road between the Métiers d’Arts boutique and the Pommes Tapées site, welcomes you throughout the day and part of the year with its LIGERAMA (gourmet troglo tour), boutique and wine cellar, and three small tasting areas overlooking the Loire Valley and troglos. Curnonsky , Charles Monselet, François Rabelais and many other Epicureans of all times have praised it so highly; this simple and gourmet wealth of cuisine and products from the gardens of France. A veritable mosaic of our Loire terroirs, making up the Loire culinary heritage. Visitors, itinerants, food lovers, come and enjoy and share all these delights in Turquant, a charming village. The Ligérama, the Fram and its captain have some surprises in store for you, so why not discover the gourmet riches of the Loire, from salt marshes to volcanoes.
