Mila Bergmilch Südtirol
Dairy cooperative of about 2,100 mountain farms, founded in 1962, with its works in Bozen and its cheese dairy in Bruneck. The shop at the Bozen works sells the whole range, including the Stilfser PDO.
About Vinschger Schnittkäse
Vinschger is the cut cheese of the Vinschgau, the upper Adige valley in western South Tyrol, and is on Italy's list of traditional agri-food products as Schnittkäse Vinschger. Mila describes a firm, straw yellow rind around a deep yellow paste with an occasional pea-sized round hole. The nutrition table gives 30 g fat and 23 g protein per 100 g, and Mila says the finish is strong and the complex flavours linger on the palate.
Made in: Vinschgau (Val Venosta), South Tyrol
On the plate
Mila describes an intense, complex flavour with light fruit and notes of grass and hay, in a supple melting paste with a long, strong finish.
Wine and cheese
What to pour with Vinschger Schnittkäse
Alto Adige Riesling Alto Adige
Our pickVinschger has an intense, complex flavour and a long, strong finish (Mila). A dry Alto Adige Riesling with a mineral edge and high acidity cuts through the melting paste and resets the palate.
Alto Adige Sauvignon raised on the lees in wood Alto Adige
Our pickVinschger is intense and complex, with light fruit, grass and hay and a long, strong finish. A Sauvignon raised on its lees, partly or wholly in wood, has the breadth to meet it, and its high acidity cuts the melting paste.
The grapes behind these winesSauvignon BlancRiesling
From the source
Where to buy and taste it
Degust
Affineur's shop founded in 1994 by Hansi Baumgartner, a trained cook, which selects cheeses from small dairies and finishes them, ripening them in a former military bunker. The counter in Vahrn offers tastings of 12 cheeses (EUR 24) or 15 (EUR 30), with drinks charged extra.
Pur Südtirol Genussmarkt Meran
Pur Südtirol's first market, in the Meran Kurhaus since 2010. A cheese sommelier, a wine academy graduate and a meat sommelier advise; the speck ripening cellar is downstairs, and there is a wine bar and a sunny terrace on one of Meran's shopping streets.
Mila Shop Bruneck
Mila's shop in Bruneck, where its cheese dairy is, with the whole range and other South Tyrolean specialities. The Senni Bar at the same address opens at 6:00 on weekdays and from 7:00 to 13:00 on Sunday, when the shop lists no hours.
Sennerei Drei Zinnen shop, Innichen
Branch of the Sennerei Drei Zinnen at Burgweg 1, a few steps from Innichen's pedestrian zone and station. It is closed on Sunday and on Thursday afternoon, and can be reached on +39 0474 913317.
Cheese experiences nearby
Käsefestival Sand in Taufers
Cheese market and festival in the Ahrntal's main village, with producers from South Tyrol and beyond, a cooking arena and tastings run with Slow Food. ONAF calls it biennial. The 16th edition was held 13 to 15 March 2026.
Schaukäserei Drei Zinnen, Toblach
Museum, production area and ripening cellar behind glass. Self-guided in opening hours, with cheese being made Tuesday to Friday until about 13:00; public guided tours are paused until Tuesday 29 December 2026, groups of 15 or more on request.
Ahrntaler GrauKäseTage
Two weeks of Graukäse: an opening festival with market and tastings, 12 participating businesses, producer visits and a closing five-course dinner by registration. The 9th edition was held in September 2026.
Cheese tasting at Eggemoa
Tasting of the Eggemoa raw-milk cheeses, starting with the mild Candidum and moving to the larch-needle and alpine-herb cheeses, rind included, with advice on which drink fits. Reserve through the form on its website; no dates or price are published.
"Mein Käse" cheese-making tasting, Algund
A guided tasting at the Algund dairy where up to 16 visitors make their own cheese under staff guidance and take it home, and taste the dairy's cheeses. The page gives no dates, price or booking link and names no season, so telephone +39 0473 448710 to arrange it.
Milchmeile Sexten
Family theme trail on a forest path beside a stream, with stations on how milk becomes cheese and on local specialities. It ends at the Käserei Sexten at 1,310 m, where the dairy sells its cheese. The tourist board gives no season.
Vinschger Schnittkäse: questions
What does it taste of?
Mila describes slightly fruity aromas with notes of grass and hay, and a long, strong finish.
Does it have many holes?
Only an occasional pea-sized round hole, per Mila.
Is it a protected cheese?
It is on the Italian register of traditional agri-food products (PAT) as Schnittkäse Vinschger; there is no EU designation.
Same cheeseboard
More cheeses from Alto Adige
Plan the trip
Visit Vinschger Schnittkäse country
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Sources: protection register, www.mila.it, it.wikipedia.org. The drawing is made from the cheese's recorded shape, rind and paste, not a photograph.