Toques et Clochers is an annual two-day charitable gastronomy festival in Aude, France dedicated to the celebration of Chardonnay production in the Limoux wine appellation, sponsored by the Sieur d'Arques wine cooperative.
[1] The festival has taken place each year since 1991 during the weekend of Palm Sunday in the area of Limoux and Saint-Hilaire.
On the first day of the festival, the host village holds a celebration for the public, including wine-tasting, art exhibitions and music.
[2] On the second day, the Sieur d'Arques cooperative hosts an auction of local wines and a gala dinner.
[3] The event's name refers to the tall hats worn by chefs (toques) and bell towers or steeples (clochers), since the money raised from the auctions is given to churches to restore their belltowers.