Farms, dairies, cooperatives and affineurs in Languedoc that you can visit or buy from.
A guide to cheese farms in Languedoc.
Goat farm near the Faugères vineyards making raw-milk AOP Pélardon, ash-coated cheeses and tommes. Farm shop open daily 16:30 to 18:30 in season, with a farm visit and milking to watch.
Cheeses: Pélardon
Visiting: farm shop, farm visit of the milking parlour, bucks and kids (60 minutes in French or English, per the tourist board), milking to watch, group visits by appointment
Roquefort house in Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, Aveyron, beyond the Languedoc vineyards. Its 12,000 m2 of old caves are open daily; cheeses are in them only from January to June.
Cheeses: Roquefort
Visiting: guided tour of the working caves (two people minimum), tasting of four Roquefort AOP cheeses, shop open daily from 10:00, online cheese shop, online ticketing
Roquefort house trading since 1906 in Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, Aveyron, beyond the Languedoc vineyards. Guided visit with a film, the historic caves and a tasting, booked by telephone.
Cheeses: Roquefort
Visiting: guided cave visit with film and tasting, shop
Roquefort house founded in 1869, in Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, Aveyron, beyond the Languedoc vineyards. Free caves, no booking, about an hour and a tasting; the shop is in the village.
Cheeses: Roquefort
Visiting: free cave visit without booking, tasting included, village shop, group visits by reservation
Combes family Roquefort house (since 1923) in Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, Aveyron, beyond the Languedoc vineyards. Weekday workshop visits and a guided tour on Tuesdays and Thursdays on reservation.
Cheeses: Roquefort
Visiting: free weekday visit of the conditioning workshop, guided tour on reservation, Tuesday and Thursday 10:30, shop
Carles family Roquefort house (since 1927) in Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, Aveyron, beyond the Languedoc vineyards. A weekday shop above the ageing caves, where cheeses rest on oak shelves.
Cheeses: Roquefort
Visiting: shop with direct sales, above the ageing caves
In a typically Mediterranean landscape, discover two of the region’s greatest treasures on this unforgettable half-day experience combining fine wines, fresh oysters, ...
Discover the wines of Languedoc with a tasting and a fun wine quiz 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
During this tour you will visit two wine estate châteaux and taste their excellent range of wines.
The specification gives 60 to 70 mm across, 22 to 27 mm high and at least 60 g, measured 11 days after renneting, according to French Wikipedia.
At least 11 days at 8 to 16 °C with 85 to 95 percent humidity. Longer ripening gives a drier, more peppery cheese.
The pairing guide accords-mets-vins.fr suggests light, low-tannin reds such as a young Saint-Chinian or a lightly extracted Faugères, and crisp whites such as Picpoul de Pinet, and warns that a very powerful or oaky red can crush its subtlety.
A cylinder 19 to 20 cm across, weighing 2.7 kg on average, according to French Wikipedia.
Only in the natural caves of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon in Aveyron, on the Combalou, for at least 14 days, according to French Wikipedia.
A pairing guide lists sweet reds from Languedoc-Roussillon such as Rivesaltes, Banyuls and Maury, plus Maury blanc, Sauternes and Gewurztraminer, according to accords-mets-vins.fr.
A flat cylinder 19 to 21 cm across and 8 to 12 cm high, weighing 2.2 to 3.3 kg, according to the INAO specification; the consortium gives the same weight.
It is made from cow's milk, where Roquefort uses sheep's milk, though both are ripened in cool natural caves with rock-fissure ventilation.