Peak production occurs late in the year. You will then find "“ Vendée - Atlantique ”" oysters on numerous market stalls or restaurant menus throughout France.
On your way to the Pointe, you will see the small 'cabanes' or huts and the oyster-beds where these prize oysters are carefully nurtured.
letting it acquire its unique flavour ; at each stage in the process,
our oyster farmers combine their traditional know-how with the
sea's vast but fragile wealth to come up with the most exquisite dish on earth !
Let's take a look at how man becomes a partner in the sea's patient
and painstaking breeding work :
Collecting the microscopic larva, nurturing it to the desired weight,
And now is the time for the tasting !