Pages tagged Normandy
Varieties
Utah Beach
The oyster of the D-Day shore at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, by the Baie des Veys. Of the Manche's three crus it is the soft, crunchy one, sold as a spéciale.
Varieties
Isigny
A Normandy oyster grown on tables in a sheltered estuary fed by four marshland rivers, prized for fleshiness and sold as the 'spéciale d'Isigny'.
Culture
What Oyster Labels Guarantee
A Marennes-Oléron oyster can be grown anywhere on the French coast. What PDO, PGI and Label Rouge actually promise, read from the official specifications.