New products, new formats, new packaging, and an improved website – Gourmet Sauvage has a new look!
These delicious wild products are inspired by Native American traditions and are always of very high quality.
And it’s all still under the direction of the man with the green thumb, Gerald Le Gal.
The production of gourmet oils is a time-honoured tradition in France. Originally, each village had a mill which roasted and extracted the oil from nuts gathered by local farmers. These delicious oils were used in hearty rustic fare and were also found in Paris' finest restaurants.
La Tourangelle is one of just a handful of these remaining mills that keep this tradition alive. Through a partnership with one of the oldest and most respected French artisan oil mills (Huilerie Croix Verte in Saumur, France) and California Oils Corporation, La Tourangelle has succeeded in recreating the spirit of a traditional French oil mill in Woodland, California.
Hand-crafting a wide range of delicious artisan oils in California and France, La Tourangelle distributes an exclusive line of premium quality oils in many countries around the world.
Lesley Stowe is a Parisian-trained chef who began her own catering company more than 20 years ago in Vancouver.The store’s success, combined with Lesley’s ability to predict and capitalize on food trends, resulted in the creation of raincoast crisps - a revolutionary snack food beyond compare.
Lesley Stowe Fine Foods produces one-of-a-kind artisan crisps that are all natural and made with care using the finest quality ingredients.
Ari’s comments: All Lesley Stowe's crackers are a combo of sensory experiences. First, the appearance: a complex and very attractive mosaic of colours that reflect the content of nuts and dried fruits. Second, the "crunchy" sound at the first bite reflects the freshness of the product. Then, an exquisite blend of flavours and aromas to complete the whole experience.
Nielsen-Massey Vanillas, a family-owned and managed business, has been producing premium pure vanilla products since 1907. Its facilities are located in Waukegan, Illinois and Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Nielsen-Massey is ISO certified and is audited annually by the American Institute of Baking, from whom it has received Superior ratings every year since 1990. All their products are kosher certified, gluten-free certified, and organic certified (since 1998).
Nielsen-Massey uses an exclusive cold extraction process to slowly and gently draw the delicate and distinctive flavour from the vanilla beans.
Established in the heart of Provence since 1930, the Plantin firm provides top quality truffles and wild mushrooms to discerning customers all over the world.
Plantin produces a remarkable selection of fresh and preserved truffles, dried morels, chanterelles and porcini, as well as a wide range of oils and vinegars flavoured with black truffles, white truffles or porcini.
Ari’s comments: Plantin is renowned for its top-quality products, now available to OGourmet at very competitive prices in a large assortment of truffle products.
For truffle lovers in Canada and the U.S. and enthusiastic cooks keen to discover truffles, OGourmet canned truffle products are just the thing.
Caramoomel Products was established in 1990 by Antonia and Alex Dudka. Since then, daughters Catalina and Anne have jumped on board to make up the rest of the team.
Their family heritage and love of natural foods have been the inspiration behind their mouth-watering artisan spreads and sauces. Most of the fruits and vegetables used to make Caramoomel spreads are grown on their own farm in Kelowna, British Colombia.
Caramoomel is certified as a Women Business Enterprise (WBE). Antonia and Catalina Dudka, shareholders of the company, were selected as honourees by the Global EXEC Women magazine for the 2009 Canadian International Women of Influence Award.
The Gölles family has been cultivating orchards in the sunny hill country around Austria’s Riegersburg Castle for four generations. Since the early 1980s, they have specialized in manufacturing fine vinegars and premium spirits by hand.
This quest for prime fruit for the distillery and vinegar production is at the heart of the commitment at Gölles to cultivating old fruit varieties that are now exceedingly rare.
Fruit-based vinegars are not to be confused with fruit-flavoured vinegars. The latter rarely have the fine taste and aroma of the former. Fruit vinegars cost more than flavoured vinegars, but if you’re looking for extraordinary tastes and aromas, try a fruit vinegar from Gölles.
Founded in 1978 by an agribusiness professional, Agricola Valle Grande produces exceptional olive oils that are internationally renowned.
Selected in 2006 and 2007 as the world best producer of organic olive oil by the prestigious L'Extravergine Italian guide on extra virgin oil.
Bodegas José Páez Lobato is a Spanish family enterprise that has a cellar containing more than 4,000 American oak barrels (500 litres each) and all the requisite equipment for maintaining their vineyard and processing their wines, sherries and vinegars.
The distinctive qualities of Jerez vinegars are a result of intensive care and slow maturation in American oak barrels: amber colour, delicate and fine aroma, and excellent taste. Not surprising their Jerez vinegars are exceptional.
Salinera Española S.A. has been operating the saline fields since 1878. Fleur de sel from Ibiza island is one of the purest of all table salts.
For over 2.700 years, premium sea salt has been harvested in the saline fields on this Mediterranean island.
The “Queen of Salts” is hand-harvested in the nature reserve of the “Parc natural de ses Salines d’Eivissa”. Unique in taste and texture, it is a rare and precious delicacy.
The fragile “Fleur de Sel” crystals only form in conditions of abundant bright sunshine, low humidity and gentle winds.
