Farm and creamery of an ESAT run by the ARI association at Revest-du-Bion, turning more than 60,000 litres of goat milk a year into cheese, Banon AOP included. Shop open daily.
Cheeses: Banon
Website: ari.asso.fr/etablissements/esat--entreprise-adaptee/esat-de-la-haute-lebre-04
Banon's creamy paste under a cream-yellow rind is tangy, with a woody leaf note. A Cassis blanc raised in steel, with citrus, almond and high acidity, cuts the richness. INAO suggests a white from the cheese's own hills.
A Palette blanc, mostly Clairette raised a year on its lees in old foudres, is full-bodied and waxy with fennel and salted-nut notes, enough weight for Banon's woody, creamy paste without sharp acidity.
Banon is creamy and unctuous under its chestnut leaves, with more weight than a fresh goat's cheese. A Côtes de Provence rosé partly fermented in old oak gains body and texture, and its high acidity keeps the tangy paste lively.
Address: Domaine de la Haute Lèbre, route de Banon, 04150 Revest-du-Bion, Provence
Family goat farm at Rognes, 20 km from Aix, farming since 1990 with Alpine goats. Its shop sells cheese, yoghurt, soap and its own wine, February to November.
Cheeses: farmhouse goat cheeses, Le Brégaï (faisselle with garlic, chives and olive oil)
Visiting: farm shop, farm discovery visit for groups, goat-themed collection in the shop, wine and cheese pairing workshop with a sommelier and the goat farmer on Saturday 17 October 2026, 15:00 to 18:00
Goat farm of Rove and Provençale goats in the Regagnas massif, making goat cheeses (bouchons) and brousse. Marked trails among the animals; shop open March to October.
Cheeses: goat cheeses (bouchons), Brousses
Visiting: farm shop beside the milking room, self-guided visit on marked trails among goats, donkeys, horses and poultry (phone reservation required), guided visit on reservation, Wed, Sat, Sun, public holidays and school holidays, picnic area, Saturday morning market at Trets, March to October
Goat farm on avenue Émile Bodin in Cassis, run by Fannélie, selling fresh and aged cheeses direct. An evening herd visit with tasting and a morning milking workshop with breakfast are booked through the tourist office.
Cheeses: fresh goat cheeses, aged goat cheeses
Visiting: farm shop, guided farm visit with tasting, milking workshop with farm breakfast, Wednesday market at Cassis
Aurélie Bagnis keeps about sixty Saanen and Alpine goats and makes raw-milk lactic cheeses at several stages of ripening, plus faisselles and brousses. Shop Fri and Sat mornings; milking visits from 18:00 except Mondays.
Cheeses: lactic goat cheeses, tomes and tomettes, faisselles and brousses
Visiting: farm shop, evening milking visit from 18:00, not Mondays, Monday producers' market at Saint-Martin-de-Crau
Family goat farm at Mas Laferrière, in business since 1981, with white goats in the meadows. Makes besaces, flavoured tommettes and goat cheeses with olive oil or berries; visits with or without appointment.
Cheeses: flavoured goat tommettes, goat cheeses with olive oil and berries
Visiting: farm shop, visit of the production site, with or without appointment
Sébastien and Elodie Grand milk about 40 Alpine, Provençale and Rove goats grazing the foot of the Garlaban and make raw-milk cheese on the farm at Roquevaire. Sold at the farm, free entry.
Cheeses: raw goat milk cheeses
Visiting: farm sales, free entry, sales at markets
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