Gourmet products local specialties and wines Mauritius

In its magic cauldrons, Valérie concocts best jams of the island, using local citrus exclusively, sometimes married to other fruit from the garden, including mango pineapple, starfruits it...

Made from pure sugarcane juice, Labourdonnais rums are first pressed using a manufacturing process that combines traditional methods with more modern techniques to produce a quality finished product. 4 ranges have been developed: Classique (white and amber rums); Prestige (old rums); Liqueur (qualitative, based on fresh fruit from the estate); Artisanal (rhums arrangés). To take home, Raph: old rum in a ceramic bottle bearing the effigy of the Dodo!

Chamarel rums are among the finest in Mauritius. Their history is linked to that of the Couacaud family, who, in 2008, built a distillery to produce cane juice rum (agricultural type), whose production is controlled from A to Z: from cultivation to the final bottle. Part of the brut rum is aged in French Limousin oak barrels to produce Rhum Ambré (18 months), VSOP (4 years), XO (6 years), vieux rhum (10 years) and a few vintages carefully selected by the cellar master.

The marlin wants you, you're here! This co-operative, open to the general public, is also the one where the entire island's conservators come. For sale: Marlin, chopped, frozen, canned… at very competitive prices. Also proposed: lobster, crabs, squid, ourites, various fish…

At the northern entrance of the city, on the main road, it is the most frequented supermarket in the corner with a small shopping gallery outside with a pharmacy and a decking shop, among others.

It was THE mini-market in the area. After construction and expansion, it is THE local supermarket, modern and well stocked. Parking.

Topped by strange concrete cylinders, the characteristic but not very graceful building is a landmark in the heart of the city. As with all the island's markets, the atmosphere inside is well worth a visit, not least for the varieties of fruit, flowers and vegetables beautifully displayed, the scents of spices and local produce, the faces, colors and scenes of life. A few sandwich and dholl-puri vendors have stalls in the immediate vicinity... Take a snack break.

Covered, it stands just in front of the bus station and the bay of Mahébourg, in a hall open to the outside and exhaling exotic scents. Even if the place is not huge, it is a change of scenery pleasure to shop there and stroll along its well-ordered fruit and vegetable stalls. You can buy fish, various spices, handicrafts, clothes and other objects of everyday life... Nearby, the stalls of the many street vendors and street vendors - fresh coconuts, freshly squeezed juice... - are lined up.

Several stores share the market, including Loyeung (on the left side of the road leading to Pointe d'Esny) and London Way (on Rue la Chaux, on the right side perpendicular to the seaside road leading to Blue Bay). The latest, much larger than the others, is Bo'Valon Mall, a full-fledged shopping center built around a 4,000^m2 super King Savers, with a shopping mall, a food court, several restaurants and all the usual facilities - large parking lot, ATM. Open 7 days a week from 9:30 am to 8 pm, until 2 pm on Sunday.

In the quiet district of Fond la Digue, it is a green café with a terrace and a small room decorated with a few tables and a sofa corner. In the kitchen, the German-Rodrigian Carine realizes her dreams of pastry-making by revisiting recipes of European pies and cakes with local products. Yummy! At the bar, Laurent concocts non-alcoholic cocktails, smoothies, milkshakes, etc. and serves a good real coffee, iced or not. At noon, when you come back from a walk, you can choose from a small menu of homemade snacks and dishes of the day. Nice and family atmosphere.

On the edge of the coastal road but separated from it by a large parking lot, it is a medium-sized supermarket, well-stocked and very airy. In the adjoining shopping mall, there is a bakery, a pharmacy and above all the largest surf, kite and stand-up paddle store on the island, Tou Korek, on two floors. There is also a small food court and a trendy resto-bar designed by former snowboarding champion Rok Flander - Enso Restaurant & Bar Lounge.

Directed since the beginning by Marie-Claude Donzé, this small company manages about fifty beehives which produce a high quality honey, regularly awarded. This honey is sold directly on site (store)and at the airport, in some supermarkets and stores in Port Mathurin. The honey house also offers several by-products: honey sweets or melts, throat spray or balm made from propolis, soap, body or hair cream made from beeswax and coconut oil, etc.

Created 85 years ago, this well-known company in Mauritius was one of the very first to manufacture and market wine on the island - local production based on fruit maceration. Today, in addition to selling its own spirits (wines and spirits) and in order to offer consumers a wider choice, Oxenham is also a wine merchant under the brand name Le Connoisseur. The Grand Baie boutique sells wines from all over the world as well as champagne, whisky, liqueurs, fruit juices, chocolates and coffee. At the same time, Oxenham produces rum made from molasses, which is offered for sale under the brand name Bougainville and is divided into four Pure Single Rums - Gold, VSOP, VS and XO - and three flavoured rums - Citronella, Vanilla and Vieux Domaine (spicy rum). Aged in sherry, cognac and bourbon oak barrels, then in muscat barrels to develop exotic flavours, these rums are beginning to be sold for export, particularly in French cocktail bars. Just recently, the company also made the beer bet by launching The Thirsty Fox, a range of four artisanal beers: a Lager and three Ales - a blonde, an amber and a white one

Produced in the island's most visited rum factory - a harmonious building nestled in nature, with a gourmet restaurant - Chamarel's agricultural rums are made from high-quality cane juice, whose production is controlled from A to Z: from cultivation to final bottling. The use of cutting-edge technologies results in a beautifully crafted product, designed with the utmost respect for the environment and winner of numerous international awards. Several ranges are on offer such as white rums, rums raised in wood, arranged rums (with vanilla, spices, coffee...), liqueurs based on rums and, since 2012, the first Vieux Vieux Rhums, extremely promising and that connoisseurs are keen on, especially since the design of the bottles is very elegant. Chamarel rums are on sale everywhere in Mauritius but only at La Rhumerie for the exceptional vintages published in limited numbers such as the Single Barrel 2008, a 10-year-old rum in its bottle similar to a precious bottle. They are also marketed for export, particularly in France where they can be found in most wine shops.

Made from pure cane juice, Labourdonnais rums are made at the first pressing, using a manufacturing process that combines traditional methods with more modern techniques to guarantee a high quality finished product. Two ranges are developed and distributed in most supermarkets on the island and in wine shops: the Classicrange, which includes Labourdonnais Original white, Premium white Classic Gold, Spiced Gold and Aged rums; andthe Fusion range of arranged rums, which offers a variety of 9 different flavours: citrus fruits, vanilla, spices, calamondin, orange, coffee range, ginger, coffee vanilla and citronella. All the products used for slow maceration (3 months) come directly from the orchards of Labourdonnais - the most important fruit production in the country. It is this fusion, between superior quality rum and fresh local fruit, that gives these reference arranged rums their delicious complexity - https://domainedelabourdonnais.com.

As in most markets of this type, prices are not fixed and are discussed directly with the fisherman, taking into account a number of criteria: whether or not the catch of the day is abundant, the season, the species offered for sale, the weight etc. Schedules vary, so it's best to find out the day before to avoid finding yourself in front of an empty stand - usually in the late morning or afternoon. In any case, the sale is the main attraction and, whether you buy or not, gives you the opportunity to discover the species of fish cooked in Mauritius.

Pioneer of distillation in Mauritius and the largest producer on the island, Grays is at the origin of New Grove rum. The latter is the result of a rich heritage that dates back to the time of Mahé de La Bourdonnais and the construction of the first sugar mill on the island in 1739, to which the first distillery was attached in 1742 on the Villebague estate. The plantation belongs to Grays, which produces a 100% natural rum, honored in 2021 by the highest award, that of the best rum in the world for the fifty year old Emotion-Single Estate .

La Corbeille is a quality grocery store where, in addition to imported products, Vergers de Labourdonnais products are marketed: locally grown fruit and vegetables and typically Mauritian products sold throughout the island (hotels, supermarkets) and even internationally. These include the Domaine's famous fruit jellies and jams, marmalades and jellies, made from fresh exotic fruits such as mangoes, guavas and papayas. Also juices, ice creams and sorbets, and the full range of rums from Distillerie de Labourdonnais.

Rhumerie de Saint Aubin, located on the Route Royale in Rivière des Anguilles, Mauritius, is a must for all lovers of rhum agricole. With over 200 years of history, this distillery is a true pioneer in the production of rum from cane juice. Visitors can discover the various stages in the rum-making process, from harvesting the sugar cane to tasting the finished product. The rum distillery also offers guided tours to learn more about the history and techniques of rum production.