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Limoux...
To celebrate its 140 years, Maison Guinot has created for your pleasure a unique, innovative, original and never seen before concept for the visit of its wine cellars.
Created for the plaisir and amazement of all generations the visit of our cellars will be fun, educational and spectacular for all your familly.
Let your imagination run wild...
Come and discover the magic and secrets of the “Bubbles” with the oldest wine grower and producer of Blanquettes and Crémants in Limoux since 1875, from father to son for more than 5 generations.
We will adapt our welcome speech to the different public in order to explain the knowledge and the secrets of our wine making.
You will be able to taste our best Blanquettes and Cremants from Limoux... |
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Specialties
Come and discover our 2500 m² wine cellars, our aging galleries and our stiring rooms enanhanced with incredibles sound and light shows.
You will discover during our lively visit (explanations, questions/answers) our traditional cellars as well as our ancestral methods like: ageing of the wine on lees, the turning of more than 30 000 bottles per day by hand, and the traditional disgorging “ à la Volée “. You will be able to taste the oldest sparkling wines in the world like the Blanquettes and
Crémants from Limoux (AOP).
- Guided visit of our 140 years old cellars with eplanations of the production of the Blanquettes and
Crémants of Limoux, the greatest sparkling wines AOP from this region.
- Video projection with CG Images
- Light and Sound Show
- Historical reenactment
- Light effects/show along the visit
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Opening Bulles et Lumières - La Maison Guinot - Limoux;
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Free Taste - all year round:
- Monday to Saturday - From 09:0 to 12:00 and from 14:00 to 18:00
- Sunday - From 14:00 to 18:00
- Duration visits: 1 Hour
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* Parking
* Bar
* Individual guided tours |
* Groups accepted
* Disabled reception
* Pets allowed
* Free Product tasting |
Limoux
Abbaye de Saint Hilaire
Carnaval in Limoux, "Los Fecos"
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History tells us that Blanquette de Limoux, the world's first sparkling wine,
dates as far back as 1531. At the time, the monks of the Benedictine abbey of
Saint-Hilaire, near Limoux, were producing a somewhat unusual white wine in
their cellars. Inside its glass flask, with a cork top - very rare for wines at
this time - it acquired a natural sparkle. This was the forefather of the brut
which is tasted today at the world's most prestigious tables. Since they first
started cultivating vines, the growers of Limoux have aimed at maintaining the
originality of the Blanquette de Limoux growth and developing its quality. The
region's surrounding hills protect it from the extremes of the Mediterranean and
Atlantic climates, with the area enjoying a microclimate particularly suitable
for making quality white wine. The vines classified in the appellation are
always planted at the top of southern-facing slopes, giving the best exposure.
The soil here is shallow and sparse, full of chalk and stone....
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Limoux is best known for its sparkling wine, Blanquette de Limoux. This is reputed to be the oldest sparkling wine in France and dates back to 1531 when Benedictine monks from Saint Hilaire Abbey discovered that the wine they had laid down had fermented and formed bubbles. This was the beginning of Limoux’s bubbly - the Blanquette de Limoux which was the first AOC to be created in the Languedoc area. The process (the locals say) was stolen by Dom Perignon who went on to create ‘champagne‘. however the Limoux sparkling wine is a very high quality champagne substitute and Crémant, which was developed in 1990, has a top class reputation. Now a prestigious event attracting buyers from all over the world, “Toques & Clochers” puts up for auction the most promising barrels of AOC Limoux. A share of the proceeds are then used to finance the renovation of bell towers in surrounding villages. Every year the auction is hosted by one of France’s great chefs popularly referred to as a “Toques”, the traditional white chef’s hat....
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Bulles et Lumières -
Maison Guinot |
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Cellars and Domains |
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Bulles et Lumières -
Maison Guinot
3 Avenue du Chemin de Ronde
BP74
11300 Limoux
Boutique Ampelos Guinot - Dégustation + vente directe
33 Ter Avenue Fabre d'Eglantine
11300 Limoux
Phone
+33 4.68.31.01.33 |
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info@bullesetlumieres.fr
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www.bullesetlumieres.fr |
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Adults: 6.00 €
Child rate: 4.00 €
Duration visits: 1 Hour
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Restaurant "Ici et Là" is the result of a meeting of four
friends from different geographical origin that fell in love with the Limoux
region, with its wineries, its local customs and its delicious cuisine. "For the
taste buds, we united our strengths and talents to enjoy some of our recipes
favorites with the intention to serve you dishes from here and elsewhere.
Subject to availability of the products and the dependence of the seasons, we
strive to make you enjoy fresh local produce, all homemade. For your viewing
pleasure, we have the walls of the restaurant held available for local artists
to exhibit their work. For your listening pleasure, we offer a number of Friday
evening concerts: jazz, blues, bossa nova, French chansons or rock. The
repertoire is varied and musicians are always talented.
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Restaurant familial près de Carcasonne
Restaurant La Carabène, open since 2014, welcomes you in Limoux, near Carcassonne in the Aude, to let you discover its cuisine. The restaurant's name is named after the traditional accessory of the Limoux carnival: the carabene. It is a cane, decorated and wrapped that the carnival carnivalists hold. With over 30 years of experience in the field and true lovers of traditional French cuisine, you will be able to taste our specialties such as Cassoulet or Fricassée. We have two dining rooms that can accommodate groups from 40 to 75 seats to welcome you all year round, for your group meals, birthday meals, baptisms and meetings or lovers meals...
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The restaurant's Odalisque, "la cuisine mise à nu" is right in the heart of Limoux in a warm, rustic and modern environment, where chef Christopher Roussat mixes pleasure of the senses and food throughout the seasons. Chef Roussat Christopher cut his teeth at the Castle of Pomarède (1 Michelin star) and the Moulin de Mougins (2 stars Michelin). He does everything possible to serve gourmet cuisine open to all, both with original and inventive products and fresh seasonal vegetables....
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It is with great pleasure that our brasserie near Carcassonne will let discover the specialties of the region on your plate. Friendliness, good humor and regional cuisine: the recipe of this etablissement is also café and guesthouse in operation for over 100 years..
A café-brasserie near Carcassonne, founded more than 100 years ago, Tivoli has crossed the times with the times. This café-brasserie near Carcassonne was taken completely renovated in 2004 by Jean-Marc Guiraud. Former manager of a bar atmosphere "The Barjo", this passionate rugby player is a heavy hitter now to offers of new services including the side of the theme bar. The Catering, a family story that lasts for 3 generations in Guiraud!
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Restaurant
Tantine & Tonton |
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A native of the region, Stéphane Castaing began at the Hotel School of Carcassonne, before perfecting his training in prestigious institutions around the world. Paris, Méribel, Porto Vecchio, Berlin, Tokyo are only a few steps on his way. In 2007, after 20 years of bourlingage, he decided to return to the fold. With his wife Benedicte, he created his Tantine et Tonton restaurant, which quickly became a must in Limoux and La Haute Vallée de l’Aude. The family quickly grew: first in 2012, with La Tantina in the central square of Limoux, and in 2014 with The Bistro Tantine, Place Carnot in Carcassonne...
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Restaurant Stecy (formerly La Tantina) was born in 2012 from a desire to satisfy customers in search of a cuisine based on fresh products, made by professionals at a "brasserie". The location in the city center, under the arcades of the main square of Limoux, in the foreground to attend city events (night market, shows, dances), and the large sun terrace corresponded exactly to our desire to create a gourmet brasserie, complementary to our Restaurant Tantine et Tonton...
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Located in Limoux, the restaurant Le Flassian offers a wide choice of tapas to enjoy with a good glass of wine or beer.
The manager, Yannick Pintonello, will also make you appreciate his best recipes that you can enjoy in a festive and pleasant atmosphere with an Iberian atmosphere. Le Flassian is a restaurant-bar, which makes you dive into a bodega atmosphere. It is the ideal place to spend good moments of relaxation after a hard day of work, between friends or family. members of his team invites you to enjoy tapas of all kinds that you can accompany with a good glass of wine or beer. Yannick Pintonello will be happy to concoct refined dishes to thrill your taste buds. You will feast with its famous cassoulet, succulent steak and other plates well stocked. The dishes are cooked with fresh local products for even more flavors...
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