Local specialties

You have to leave Contrexéville and go to Darney, 20 km away, to discover the Délisvosges confectionery. This company, 100% Vosges, manufactures the famous pastilles with essential oils, distilled on the spot, in a traditional way. The workshop, where all the tools are authentic, is open to the public from Tuesday to Saturday. The artisans invite you to enter their world, during the casting of candies. So see you at 2:15, 3:30 or 4:00 pm.

If you are rather fond of chocolate, we advise you to go to the workshop in Vittel, where you can discover local manufactures, and other sweets to taste according to the seasons.

It is also at the Château de Saint Baslemont that you find Gaël Mouchet. Beekeeper-harvester, Gaël is happy to show you around his farm, and to let you taste his products. And for the souvenir, let yourself be tempted by one of the many honeys, royal jelly, gingerbread or even hydroalcoholic solution with propolis… What a way to combine the useful with the pleasant !

In the heart of the forest, not far from the Castle of Saint Baslemont, the goat farm of the Granges welcomes you and makes you discover all the farm products. Fresh goat, dry, flavored or fresh tommes, there is something to satisfy all tastes and desires. For the curious, there are also visits of the goat farm, only on reservation, accompanied by a tasting.

Open every day for sale, visits on reservation

In the pretty commune of Bulgnéville, there is a small chalet-sale that invites you to walk through the door. Breathe in and smell all the cheese smells that come out of it; you are in an Ermitage cooperative. Yes, you know, you can even find them in supermarkets! Here, you can find all the good cheeses from the Vosges, and you can even buy some. In the course of a conversation, you will also learn more about this cooperative with more than 90 years of existence.

The cottage is open Monday and Tuesday afternoons from 1 to 6:30 pm, Wednesday to Friday from 9 am to 12 pm and from 1 to 6:30 pm and Saturday morning from 9 am to 11:30 am.

Want to know all the secrets of Vosges beer? Then go to the Vosges brewery ecomuseum, in Ville sur Illon. Witness of the industrial architecture of the Vosges, the eco-museum and its brewers will take you to discover the techniques of manufacturing the hop drink in the first half of the 19th century. The Mill, the boilers, the fermentation, the coffee 1900, punctuate your journey. Without forgetting the brewing demonstrations, the various temporary exhibitions, the tasting corner and the store.

Spirulina, this micro-algae with multiple virtues, is no longer presented. Rich in proteins, iron, vitamin A, its blue-green color fascinates. In powder, in capsules, to be crunched, it can be found in different forms. In Rancourt, at Spirul’in Vosges, you can find it in flakes. A 100% local production, which respects the environment in which it grows. Cultivated in greenhouses, protected from pollution, then drained, pressed, and dried at low temperature, 100% Vosges spirulina retains all its nutritional qualities.

In Hennezel, there are fifty shades of red that welcome you to the Ferme de Briseverre. In season, you are free to pick the red fruits that are within your reach. At all times, let yourself be seduced by the jams, coulis, juices or syrups of the Ferme de Briseverre. If you don’t have a green thumb, the farm also sells its berries wholesale… And retail. What to enjoy local products, juicy and sweet, without ruining yourself.