Goat dairy five minutes from the Palais Idéal du Facteur Cheval, growing 95% of its goats' feed on the farm. The range runs from faisselle to an ash pyramid; visits are guided, with a free tasting.
Cheeses: Picodon, fresh faisselle, mi-sec cheese, ash-covered pyramid, bûche
Website: gaec-baratons.fr
A fresh, supple Picodon is goaty with hazelnut and mushroom notes. Dry, full-bodied Saint-Péray Marsanne has the weight to sit next to that tang without drowning it. The accords-mets-vins.fr guide lists Saint-Péray among its whites for Picodon.
The accords-mets-vins.fr guide names Crozes-Hermitage blanc among its whites for Picodon, Marsanne and Roussanne wines it says bring floral and fruity notes. Their round, dry body meets the cheese's goaty tang and its mushroom and hazelnut notes.
The accords-mets-vins.fr guide keeps Provence rosé for young Picodon and picks Tavel, which it calls fuller and more structured, for an aged one. An aged Picodon is drier and firmer, and a dry rosé with Tavel's weight and fresh acidity has the grip to match it.
Address: 200 chemin des Baratons, 26330 Châteauneuf-de-Galaure, Rhone Valley
Organic goat farm above Bézaudun-sur-Bîne under Mont Couspeau, making Picodon, faisselle and tommes. Goat-house visits or milking by appointment; the farm's Facebook page was posting in September 2026.
Cheeses: Picodon, Faisselle, Tommes
Visiting: farm visit by appointment, goat house tour, take part in milking, on-site sales of organic Picodon
Goat farm of about 100 animals at the foot of the Saoû forest, selling faisselle and Picodon at the farm and at the Thursday market in Bourdeaux. Guided visits are on reservation.
Cheeses: Picodon, fresh faisselle
Visiting: guided farm and dairy visit on reservation, farm shop, Thursday market at Bourdeaux
Goat farm opened in 2011 at the entrance to Saoû, organic since 2013, making Picodon and goat meat, with Syrah vines since 2019. Early-morning farm sales; relais paysan for one to eight people.
Cheeses: Picodon
Visiting: farm shop, watch the morning milking, farm stay for one to eight people, Saturday morning market at Saoû
Organic goat cheese farm since 1976; a new goat house and dairy were built in 2008. About 160 goats are fed from 60 hectares of cereals and fodder. Morning sales at the farm, Monday to Saturday.
Cheeses: Picodon
Visiting: farm shop, market stalls at Saint-Donat, Hauterives and Bourg-de-Péage
Dairy making raw-milk goat cheeses from partner breeders' milk since 1963, now in its third generation. Range: Tomme Capra, Réveil de l'Empereur, Saint-Bardoux and Picodon, with group tastings.
Cheeses: Picodon, goat tommes, fresh faisselle
Visiting: direct sales on site, group tastings by appointment all year (groups of up to 40, per the dairy's own site)
Farm run from father to son since 1954, with 60 goats, 70 cattle and apricot orchards. Its main product is goat tomme, with goat charcuterie and apricot nectar; farm-inn meals on reservation.
Cheeses: goat tommes
Visiting: farm shop, educational farm visit by reservation, September to June, farm inn meals by reservation, market stalls at Saint-Donat, Bourg-de-Péage and Pont-de-l'Isère
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