Pierre et Vacances Holidays
6th September 2008

Food and Wine in the Dordogne

Food and Wine
The Dordogne is renowned for its cuisine, and is also home to the wines of Bergerac, which include the dessert wines of Monbazillac and its neighbour Saussignac. In this section of the site we cover aspects of gastronomic life in the Dordogne, including restaurant reviews, recipes, and some information that may help you understand more about the wines produced in the Bergerac area. So cut yourself a slice of foie gras, pour a glass of Appellation Bergerac Contrôlée and read on...

Market day in the Dordogne

Time for local produce - and chat!

Apple stall
Market day is important in rural Dordogne: an opportunity to buy fresh food, often from local producers, as well as to catch up on gossip in the area...

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Dordogne wines - treasures to discover

A guide to the Bergerac appellations

Belingard vines
Autumn, Château Belingard
You may know that the countryside round Bergerac produces wine, but did you know that there are thirteen appellations contrôlées in the region? Here's a brief guide to them... more...

Dordogne Food & Wine

La Truffe D’Or - Restaurant Review

Truffle RestaurantThere is no main road, little passing traffic, no weekly market, no wayside sign to give you a clue about its existence. If you know about La Truffe D’Or you are a local, living within an eight- or nine-kilometre radius of St Mayme-de-Pereyrol, a tidy village with its salle de fete and church and a few kempt houses, a five-minute drive south westish of the small town of Vergt. more...

Massimo's Sunday Lunch Feasts are worth crossing the Dordogne For!

Pizza ovenHere is our latest menu for a traditional Piemontese (northern Italian) Sunday lunch menu. The menu lists food & wine you will never find locally; you'd have to travel ... more...

Food, Drink and Dining in the Dordogne

cooked gooseMuch has been written about great food and wine in France and specifically from the Dordogne. This region is famous for rich cuisine unique to the area. Think of exotic truffles, smooth foie gras, and aromatic walnut oil and you will think of the Dordogne... more...

Irish Pub Announces New Menu

Fiddler's Rest

Fiddler's Rest Jo & Ronan McIntyre managed to start a business in the Dordogne, refurbish and open their new pub AND get married in one year. The final stage of renovations (the kitchen) is complete, so now they've added a scrummy menu to their list of achievements... more...

Refinement on your Dordogne plate

Hostellerie Les Griffons, Bourdeilles

Hostellerie Les GriffonsA few weeks ago we heard from Marc Videau, who runs Radio Liberté in Ribérac, that the Hostellerie Les Griffons, beside the bridge, had changed hands and that the restaurant was worth a visit. An occasion for celebration arose. I rang and booked... more...

Another local Dordogne restaurant

La Voie Lactée, Lusignac

View of Lusignac
View of Lusignac
There were a couple of days last week when it poured with rain without stopping. We were suffering from cabin fever, and broke out for dinner with friends Susie and Steve at the Voie Lactée in Lusignac... more...

Fish 'n Chips in South-West France!

New chip van to tour markets and pubs in the Dordogne.

Fish 'n Chips If your life in France would be entirely complete, if only there was ale and fish 'n chips, then your prayers have been answered. Starting on 19th April 2007, 'The Dordogne Chippy' will be frying at markets and bars throughout the area... more...

Dordogne restaurant offers bargain lunch!

Auberge de la Double, Echourgnac

Thumbnail Auberge de la DoubleThe village of Echourgnac, on the road from Ribérac to Montpon, is no particular beauty spot, but if you want a bargain lunch during the week, you can't do better than the Auberge de la Double... more...

Ordering in your local Dordogne café

How to get the coffee you want

People in caféThere's your café terrace in the sun, just inviting you to sit down. But how do you order the coffee you want?

Now that every English high street sports a coffee bar or two, we're used to ordering a latte or a "Large Capp". Starbucks hasn't exactly made inroads into rural France. Here's a guide to the local terminology... more...

Le Lavoir, Siorac-de-Ribérac

A great local discovery

Sign for Le Lavoir
Sign for Le Lavoir
Some Dordogne restaurants are so little publicised that it's a miracle anyone finds their way to them. It was by chance that we came across Le Lavoir, one day when we visited the Romanesque church at Siorac-de-Ribérac – a tiny village comprising a dozen or so houses clustered round the church ... more...

Le Commensal, Ribérac

As rich as you want...

Le CommensalThere are times when you just can't face preparing dinner. The other night was one of those times. Removals men had spent most of the day dumping a whole load of furniture, crates and cartons in our rented house, succeeded by Bryan, our friendly computer engineer...
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A la Grappe d'Or, Monbazillac

Traditional food, good value

La Grappe D'OrWe first visited the Grappe d'Or in the summer, when we discovered there was no longer a restaurant in the confines of the Château de Monbazillac. Although it ... more...

Market day in the Dordogne

Time for local produce - and chat!

Apple stallMarket day is important in rural Dordogne: an opportunity to buy fresh food, often from local producers, as well as to catch up on gossip in the area.

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