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Monsieur Jacques

  Monsieur Jacques is a cave, and a shop entirely dedicated to wine in the old quarter in Lille.  More importantly for me, it sells Domaines Ott one of my favourite rosé wines. Not only does this wine come in a beautiful bottle, it’s the…

Meert

It’s the oldest, prettiest and probably the best-marketed shops in the whole of France. A double fronted shop full of cakes and pastries on one side and nougat and chocolate on the other. Everything screams, “eat me” through the glass and it’s no wonder that…