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Wet your lips in a Calvados glass, a typical Made In Normandy eau-de-vie

A genuine Norman brandy, Calvados is a famous elixir, nowadays from all over the world, where a new generation of...

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Christian Drouin tells you everything about Calvados in his book, Le Livre Des Calvados, and tells you where to enjoy a real Café-Calva in Paris!

Wet your lips in a Calvados glass, a typical Made In Normandy eau-de-vie

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