Gourmet cuisine...

Breakfast: Start each day with an assortment of fresh breads, croissants and sweet rolls purchased from the local boulangerie. Coffee, tea, fruit juice, hot chocolate, local butter and home made jam, yoghurt and cereals are always offered.

Lunch: Served buffet style and are accompanied by selected local red, white and rosé wines. A typical menu might include a homemade soup, a mixed green salad with walnuts and Roquefort, quiche… Charcuterie (cold meats) are also included and could consist of smoked ham, sliced duck, or pâté and of course, a selection of cheeses.

Dinner: The open kitchen allows you to watch your chef work, to share recipes, or if you wish, to participate!

SAMPLE MENU

Bouchée à la Reine
(Puff Pastry Filled with Shrimps, Scallops, Mushrooms and Bechamel Sauce)
Served on a Bed of Green Vegetables

Daube a la Façon Méridionale
(Beef Charollais prepared in red wine and spices of the region)
Served with Fresh Pasta

Champagne Sorbet

Fromage Blanc à la Crème
(Soft White Cheese Served with Heavy Cream)

Poire Belle Hélène
(Pears poached in syrup with Vanilla Ice-Cream and Topped With Home-Made Chocolate Sauce)

Café, Thé, Tisane et Petits Chocolats
Coffee, Tea, Herbal Tea and French Chocolates

WINES….L’Esperances goal is to give you a real taste of France, serving wines from many different regions. It will be a real pleasure to share their knowledge with you. They will teach you about the wine growing areas, winemaking, and how to read a French wine label.
Throughout your trip they will introduce you to their carefully selected local wines and premier cru wines. (If you don’t know what that is, don’t worry – they’ll teach you!)

Red Wines : Côte de Beaune: Chassagne Montrachet, Pommard, Santenay, Volnay, Les Maranges
Côte de Nuits : Nuits-Saint Georges
Côte Chalonnais: Mercurey, Rully, Givry rouge 1e cru
Mâconnais : Mâcon Rouge
Beaujolais : Moulin-à-Vent, Beaujolais Villages
Côtes du Rhône : Rasteau, Crozes Hermitage, Chateauneuf du Pape, Vacqueyras, Lirac
Costières de Nimes: Abbatiale de Saint-Gilles, La Boissière, Le Vieux Mazet
Pays du Gard : Mourgues du Gres
Languedoc : Faugères

White Wines : Sancerre, Chablis, Côte de Beaune: Chassagne-Montrachet, Meursault 1e cru, Saint-Aubin
Côte Chalonnais: Givry Blanc 1e cru, Rully, Bourgogne Aligoté
Mâconnais : Pouilly-Fuissé, Chardonnay, Mâcon Villages
Côtes du Rhone : Lirac, Vacqueyras, Crozes Hermitage
Costières de Nîmes: Abbatiale de Saint Gilles, Clairette de Bellegarde
Pays du Gard : Mourgues du Grés
Languedoc : Muscat sec de Frontignan, Domaine de Maguelone, Saint Upéry

Rosé Wines : Tavel, Bourgogne Rosé, Listel gris

...AND CHEESES...
Blue cheeses : Fourme St Aubert, Bleu d’Auvergne, St. Agur, Roquefort, Bleu Villages
Goat Cheeses : Crottin de Chavignol, Pélardon de Cévennes, Picodon de l’Ardèche, Petit Billy, Rocamadour, Chabichou
Cow cheeses : Petit Pont L’Eveque, Munster, Saint Marcellin, Livarot, Comté, Epoisses, Chaource, Amour de Nuits, Camembert, Colombière, Brie de Meaux
Ewe (sheep) cheeses : Tomme d’Arles, Cabécou, Banon de Provence