Château de Latour
Bernard THOMAS
1 Rue du 24 Août
B-6761 Latour-Virton
Belgium
Tel : +32 63 57 83 52
Fax : +32 63 60 82 19
info@chateaudelatour.be
The Castle of Latour invited the old variety apple-trees owners
to taste the exceptional juice of their apples.
Gold, tasty and 100% natural, this apple juice made of old
varieties from the apples orchards of Latour (Virton) and his
neighborhood is a real treasure.
Entitled « Vergers de Latour »
Bernard Thomas was so sad to see that all those local old
varieties of apples were decomposing under the trees: belle-
rouge, blanche, transparente, rambour, boskoop, belle-fleur,
grisette, reinette and other local varieties. He met the owners
of old orchards in Latour, Gomery, Ethe and Ruette who
allowed him to pick their fruit. Since then, he has produced
his natural local apple juice which is squeezed and bottled at a
French cooperative, in Meuse. "We produce between 1 000
and 8 000 liters per year. We could produce 20 000 liters, but
we don't, because we wish to keep an artisanal production."
Bernard Thomas serves his 100% natural apple juice for
breakfast in his hotel-restaurant. You can also buy it in the
local supermarkets.
Every year, Bernard Thomas invites the orchards owners
for a good mal and for tasting the juice of the year.