The Liqueurs of Brive-la-Gaillarde: The Secret Drinks Capital of the Corrèze
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This episode explores the liqueurs of Brive-la-Gaillarde, highlighting the history and tradition of Maison Denoix and its renowned walnut liqueur.
The Liqueurs of Brive-la-Gaillarde: The Secret Drinks Capital of the Corrèze | Food Tour de France Brive-la-Gaillarde — the largest city in the Corrèze, sitting at the point where the Massif Central meets the Dordogne Valley — has been making artisan liqueurs since 1839 and is one of the most underrated drinks destinations in France. Today's Food Tour de France episode starts in Malemort, right next to Brive, and tells the full story of a city that turned its extraordinary geographical position — close to the Cognac and Armagnac country, surrounded by walnut orchards, rich in aromatic plants from the edge of the Massif Central — into a liqueur-making tradition that has been running for nearly two centuries. At the heart of that tradition is the Maison Denoix — founded in 1839, now in its fifth generation, designated a Living Heritage Company by the French state — and its most celebrated creation, the Suprême Denoix walnut liqueur, made from green walnuts harvested around the city every mid-July and still produced from the same ancestral recipe in the same building in the centre of Brive. The episode tells the full story of the Maison Denoix — from its foundation by Pierre Lacoste…
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