Cave des Birvideaux

With the Birvideaux lighthouse as its guiding star, Groix native Mathieu Farjot set sail for the most beautiful of islets, where his partner Maïna Samsun was waiting for him, ready to make it rain natural wine together. Windows with red frames, shelves full of good things, a high table crafted from solid wood that’s perfect for toasting around… Once you step through the door of this wine shop, get ready for low-intervention wines that hail from Alsace all the way down to Corsica, which can be taken to go or popped open then and there (for a €10 corkage fee in addition to the bottle price): À Bout De Souffle, a cabernet franc by Cyril and Fabien Boisard (€4 a glass), Giac Potes, a gamay-mondeuse blend from the Domaine Giachino in Savoie (€17.70), White Light, an Auvergne-made chardonnay-muscat blend from Marie and Vincent Tricot (€21.50), a savennières from the Domaine aux Moines (€45), Barthélémy 2019, a Bordeaux blend from the Château Le Puy (€122), etc. Also up for grabs are grissini from Auguri Alimentari and the must-try taramasalata made by Les Fumaisons de Groix! // Angela Dolu

THE BULLET-PROOF BOTTLE: La Vie On Y Est, a viognier-clairette blend from the Drôme Provençale, made by the Domaine Gramenon (€25).