Picodon ageing workshop in Planzolles with the Terra Cabra museum route above its ageing rooms. It ages fresh tommes collected from 21 producers (Picodon syndicate), largely into Picodon AOP.
Cheeses: Picodon
Website: terracabra.com
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: Quartier de l'Église, 07230 Planzolles, Rhone Valley
Goat farm in Montmiral with 160 dairy goats, 80% fed from the farm, making raw-milk goat cheeses, goat charcuterie and Grenoble walnuts. Visits are arranged by phone.
Cheeses: raw-milk goat cheeses
Visiting: farm shop (Friday and Saturday), educational visits arranged by phone
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
Visiting: farm shop, guided farm visit with free tasting (guided visits are compulsory), group tastings, market stalls at Hauterives, Saint-Donat and La Motte-de-Galaure
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
Private wine tour of the Rhône Valley, a day out in France tasting great wines in a unique atmosphere.
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Explore the beautiful city of Avignon. See the Papal Palace, enjoy some lunch, visit Chateau Sainte-Roseline, and taste the wine of the Provence.
