Oysters and Picpoul-de-Pinet begin their tasting tour in the region's market halls via Sète

From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., customers followed one another almost continuously to enjoy oysters and Picpoul-de-pinet. Midi Libre – Kelman Marti

From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., customers followed one another almost continuously to enjoy oysters and Picpoul-de-pinet. Midi Libre – Kelman Marti

De 11 h à 13 h, les clients se sont succédés presque sans discontinuité pour apprécier huîtres et Picpoul-de-pinet. Midi Libre – Kelman Marti

This Saturday, May 4, a tasting of Picpoul-de-Pinet and oysters from the Bassin de Thau took place on the square in front of the market halls of Sète.

In front of the market halls, the crowd was, this Saturday, abnormally crowded on the square in front of the covered market. The reason ? L’AOP Picpoul-de-pinet and Mediterranean oysters launched their tour of the region's markets to promote their partnership and chose Sète to start, before going to Nîmes, Millau , Montpellier, Toulouse and Narbonne. At two euros for wine and oysters, the tasting was a popular success.

"Introduce a combination of products"

For Céleste Renault, head of the AOP Picpoul-de-pinet union, "this type of event makes it possible to connect producers (Jean-Luc Atienza, president of the Pomérols cellar, Claude Jourdan of the Félines Jourdan estate, Alicia Roques of Coquillages d’Oc and Vanessa Regnier of La Marseillaise, this Saturday) and connoisseurs, but also to introduce this combination of products".

"The two go pretty well together. It’s great, says Carole, a tourist from Lyon.