Hello, it's Quentin. Maybe you saw me in the other videos.
So we're just in front of Les Halles of Cholet where we have a stand (store).
Every morning with the truck, we deliver, we stock the stand
with bread, with pastries, with viennoiseries, and chocolate every day.
Here we have a "pain ordinaire," it's one of our flagship products along with the baguette.
And next to it is an organic baguette with entirely organic flour.
And is a bit trendy at the moment...
Normally, I start at 3 in the morning.
Yeah, it's a bit early but we get used to it quickly.
And for the production of the bread, it depends on what day of the week it is
but the weekend, Saturdays for example,
we can do not far from 1000 pieces of bread, all kinds included.
Hello, my name is Sandra. I'm 48 years old with 3 children.
I'm a 3rd generation dairywoman and cheesemonger.
It's a family business that was founded by my grandparents in 1969.
My grandmother is still alive and is 95 years old.
and my parents took over in 2004 and I took it over with my husband on July 1, 2010.
It's a profession we do with a lot of passion
I was pretty much born into it and have always lived in the cheese world.
Our way of working is to work a lot directly with the producers
which allows us to have direct contact with the cheese makers and choose many kinds of cheese
There are 3 different types of milk to make cheese
We're going to start with goat milk
so goat cheese has different shapes and colors
the black ash color comes from wood ashes
This one here is aged on a sweet chestnut tree leaf. That gives it a different flavor.
Then there's cheese made from cows' milk
We have a multitude of different textures.
And then cheese from sheeps' milk.
Today, sales are diversifying and we need to have new products.
So here's the Eiffel Tower, a goat cheese made in the town of Parthenay in Deux Sevres
that's that birthplace of the making of goat cheese
Here's a little colorful Tomme to add some color to your life
made with raw milk, flavored with lavender and thyme.
The color is from spirulina that is an algae that is completely natural
And a little nod to you, the Bellavitano Espresso which is a cheese that comes from the USA, Wisconsin
It a cow milk cheese that is aged with coffee grounds.
Hello, I'm Jean-Louis Belin.
I'm a wine merchant in Cholet in the Maine-et-Loire.
We're in the Loire Valley which is a wine-producing region.
And so as wine merchant, I sell wine and spirits as well.
My profession is to select wines from all over France
I like my region so that's why a large selection of my wines are from the Loire ValIey.
I picked 2 wines for you. First, I'll tell you about Anjou-Villages-Brissac
from Jean-Yves LeBreton of Domaine des Rochelles.
And here, to be precise, it's their "grand cuvée" called the Croix de Mission.
It's a wine variety that's emblematic of the region
with a uniqueness because our region is characterized by cabernet franc production
and this wine is characterized by its grape variety cousin cabernet sauvignon, well known in the United States.
and here it's a cabernet sauvignon dominated wine
produced on schist soil and slate, which is a signature of the region's soil
and so I have a very nice 2017 vintage that's starting to have character
it's an appropriate bottle for Sunday meals, a serious wine
It's also what I like about this region, it's the diversity
and here we have a style apart from the rest.
Next, I also selected a nice Muscadet for you.
Because here in Cholet, we are equidistant between Angers -- with the Croix de Mission wine style
and Nantes where you'll find Muscadet.
And this wine is from a young wine producer, and this young generation works the vines
properly in an organic manner. This is a very small producer, with a horse head logo
which is also because this wine maker uses horses to work the vines
and that's why we get an interesting style, a very elegant, pure wine
It has a freshness. This is a wine from Julien Braud
I selected for you, a small production, called "Les Vignes du Bourg" grown on a plot of land just next to the village.
That land is on the pretty village of Monnières on a hillside, hence the usefulness of working with a horse
A peculiarity is that we have 2 points of sale
One is in the town center and here we are in Les Halles of Cholet
And here in Les Halles, the people do their shopping. They buy their fruits and vegetables
fish, meat, etc. And they find themselves here, at the last stop on their list.
For example, earlier I had a client who came to see me who said she is going to make a specific recipe
and wanted to know what wine I would advise to go with it because in France
we consume wine at the table and around a dish.
So we like pairing the wine with the meals
And the advantage for the client is that we found the best matched wine to pair with the recipe.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
