Cave de la
Loterie

At the Cave de la Loterie (a cider works in Clécy in the Suisse-Normande), Regis Aubry grows and processes organic apples and pears. He is always happy to receive visitors for tastings, tours and direct sales at the property.

Situ­ated on the slopes in Clécy, in the Suisse Nor­mande area, the Cave de la Loter­ie was foun­ded by Regis Aubry in 1999. It grows and pro­cesses around 30 tra­di­tion­al and local vari­et­ies of apples and pears. He took over 8 hec­tares of low stem orch­ards, planted 4 hec­tares of high stem apple trees and cre­ated his first pro­cessing facil­ity. This marked the start of his direct sales.

From the outset, part of the pro­duc­tion was trans­formed into cider and apple juice. Soon, the range was expan­ded to include Pom­meau, Perry and, of course, Calvados. All the orch­ards have been man­aged organ­ic­ally since 2009: “that was the start of the con­ver­sion”. 3 years later, in Octo­ber 2012, all the Cave de la Loterie’s fruit obtained organ­ic status. This import­ant step was also the start a period of regen­er­a­tion in the orch­ards, with new plant­ings every year, includ­ing the plant­ing of a young, 4‑hectare pear orch­ard. Today, the farm boasts 23 hec­tares of organ­ic orch­ards and all the fruit is pro­cessed in the new cider house buildings.

Vis­it­ors can taste the fruit of this labour and find other local pro­duce in the Cave de la Loterie’s shop.

The cider works is open to vis­it­ors all year round (by appoint­ment). During their tour, vis­it­ors will learn all about the fruit’s jour­ney from the orch­ard to the Calvados cellar.