The harvest area

• Pyrenees-Atlantiques • Hautes-Pyrenees • Island Reunion

• Montagne Noire • Auvergne

Pyrenees-Atlantiques

The department of Pyrenees-Atlantiques is part of the Aquitaine region. It borders the departments of Landes, Gers and Hautes-Pyrenees, and Spain (Huesca province, Foral Community of Navarre, Gipuzkoa). It is bordered to the west by the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Biscay.The Pyrenees crosses the department from east to west of the Col d'Aubisque to the ocean.

Hautes Pyrénées

The department of Hautes-Pyrenees is in the Midi-Pyrenees region. It borders the departments of Pyrenees-Atlantiques, Gers, Haute-Garonne, and the province of Huesca (Spain). Three distinct natural regions comprise the High Pyrenean landscape:the mountains and valleys, hills and plains. The mountain, is to say the Pyrenees, covering to the south half of the territory of the county. It forms a natural barrier between France and Spain, allowing only one access road to Aragon by the tunnel-Aragnouet Bielsa. 35 peaks above 3 000 m and peak Vignemale at 3 298 m, is the culmination.

Island Reunion

The Reunion is an island of volcanic formation of the Indian Ocean in the Mascarene archipelago. It lies about 700 km east of Madagascar and 200 km southwest of Mauritius.
Nicknamed 'the intense island', Reunion offers natural landscapes with impressive reliefs and cultural diversity, its major tourist attractions.

Montagne Noire

The "Montagne Noire" has two faces: the steep northern slope is covered with dark forests of oaks, pines and spruces. The south side called Cabardès has nudity in Mediterranean areas with chestnut trees and scrubland.Yet that flow in deep gorges, the river water in the region. Its highest point is Black Mountain Pic de Nore, 1 210 meters. The Montagne Noire is included in the Regional Natural Park of Haut-Languedoc.

The density of the forest of the mountain is at the origin of its name. It contains about 55% hardwood and many softwood. Despite the proximity of the vineyards of the Aude and Herault, some winemakers in the region have not found an heir to keep the vineyards.But the visitor can admire the colors of a bush which revolve around the vines left to the whims of nature.

Auvergne

Like a fortress of great spaces and extinct volcanoes of Auvergne is north of the Massif Central, dotted with springs, lakes and pastures where rustic cows graze. Formed by four departments, Allier, Cantal, Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dome region of the heart of France appears as a vast reservoir of nature.