Spaccio Caseificio Ponte di Barbarano
Shop next to the cooperative dairy, rebuilt and enlarged in 2018. Besides cheese it sells a wide range of dairy products.
About Morlacco del Grappa
A tender, lean, raw-paste cow's-milk cheese of the Monte Grappa pastures, named, per Italian Wikipedia, for the Morlacchi, an ancient people of the Dinaric Alps. It is not a DOP; Italian Wikipedia lists it as a traditional agri-food product and Slow Food protects the alpine version as a Presidium. On the summer pastures the evening milk is skimmed by creaming and mixed with the whole morning milk, heated to 38 to 42 C and set with calf rennet, and the wheels are salted for 12 days; this malga cheese is made June to September, while dairies on the plain make it from pasteurised milk.
Made in: Monte Grappa massif (provinces of Treviso, Belluno and Vicenza)
On the plate
Tender but not soft, clean when cut, with weeping eyes and a very salty flavour that softens with age, giving way to pasture and hazelnut notes, per Slow Food. Traditionally eaten with polenta, boiled potatoes or bread.
Wine and cheese
What to pour with Morlacco del Grappa
Light dry white wine Veneto
Local traditionSlow Food says to eat Morlacco, a tender and very salty cheese, with light white wines. A light, dry white raised in steel without oak refreshes the palate between salty bites.
The grapes behind these winesTrebbiano ToscanoGarganegaPinot GrigioPinot Bianco
From the source
Where to buy and taste it
Caseificio Gugole shop
Opened in the 1990s so that people of the Val d'Alpone could buy the Gugole products directly. Open Monday to Saturday with a midday break.
Spaccio Pennar, Asiago
Shop at the dairy on Via Pennar. Pennar lists two more, Mörar at Via Ceresara 18 in Asiago and Tresché at Cesuna in Roana, and announces one in Vicenza as opening soon.
La Casara Roncolato, Soave
Second shop of La Casara Roncolato, on Corso Vittorio Emanuele in Soave, closed on Sundays.
Cheese experiences nearby
Festa Storica del Formaggio Monte Veronese, Erbezzo
Cheese festival in the streets of Erbezzo with a competition between Monte Veronese DOP cheeses, a guided tasting, a children's cheese-making workshop and direct sales by producers. The 2026 edition was the 34th.
Moonlight Lessinia, full-moon hikes with a mountain-hut dinner
Guided full-moon hikes in the Lessinia Natural Park followed by a tasting dinner with the Monte Veronese Consortium. In 2025-2026 the dinners were at a traditional malga, with Monte Veronese DOP and VinNatur natural wines, and the hikes were led by AIGAE guides.
Caseificio Aperto, open day at the Barbarano dairy
Open day at the cooperative dairy with guided visits, tastings of its cheeses and local products, and the shop open. It is free, needs no booking, and the dairy reports about 2,000 visitors a year.
Guided visit to the Ponte di Barbarano dairy
A 35 to 40 minute walk through nearly all the dairy rooms to see milk turned into Grana Padano and Asiago Pressato, with a tasting at the end and the shop next door. Booking by phone or email is required.
Guided visit to the Pennar dairy, Asiago
Guided visit of the Caseificio Pennar dairy on weekday afternoons, Monday to Friday 15:00 to 17:00, by reservation through the form on the dairy's visits page or by phone.
Morlacco del Grappa: questions
How long is Morlacco aged?
Slow Food says it goes on sale 15 days after making and can be eaten for up to three months.
What wine does Slow Food suggest?
Light white wines, per the Slow Food Presidium page.
Same cheeseboard
More cheeses from Veneto
Plan the trip
Visit Morlacco del Grappa country
Tastings and tours where it is made, and somewhere to stay.
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Sources: www.fondazioneslowfood.com, it.wikipedia.org. The drawing is made from the cheese's recorded shape, rind and paste, not a photograph.