Founded in Clermont-Ferrand in 1845, Distillerie Génestine became one of France’s most renowned liqueur brands. It was revived in 2021.
In 2017, Fabien Kacmarek set up Hydromel Appis Terrae, a meadery based in a village in Cantal that has an alchemical history of its own.
Auvergne-based spirits distillery Distillerie Cérès is gradually changing Auvergne’s drinking landscape. Founder Brice Noïnski tells us how.
British chef Sam Wydymus is the managing director of Terroir 63, a restaurant in the Auvergne-based village of Olliergues.
Made from the root of the gentian plant (Gentiana lutea) — a tall herb that grows in the Auvergne highlands — gentian has been an integral part of Auvergnat drinking culture for over a century.
Auvergne’s millennia-old lakes are natural vaults, full of — to paraphrase Shakespeare — ooze and sumless treasure. Many secrets lie hidden beneath their waves. In
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