Small farm in the Pfälzerwald at Hofstätten that keeps herd-book goats of endangered breeds and makes a brine-ripened soft cheese and a semi-hard cheese, both with herbs, sold at the farm and at markets.
Cheeses: Goat soft cheese ripened in brine, Goat semi-hard cheese
Website: haeuselhof.de
German Wikipedia says cider is the usual drink with Handkäse, but in some areas, the Palatinate among them, a dry white wine is drunk with it too. The wines listed are dry whites of medium body with high or medium acidity.
Quark with chives and cream, eaten in the Pfalz with jacket potatoes, is fresh and creamy. A dry Riesling of medium body and high acidity cleans the palate between bites and leaves the chives in front.
German Wikipedia describes the marinade mit Musik as onions, vinegar and oil. A dry Riesling of medium body and high acidity cuts the oil and meets the vinegar's bite.
Address: Am Häusel 1, 76848 Wilgartswiesen (Ortsteil Hofstätten), Pfalz
Organic farm in Hauenstein where calves and lambs stay with their mothers; its dairy makes camembert, soft, blue and fresh cheeses from cow and sheep milk, sold in the Saturday shop and a cheese hut.
Cheeses: Camembert, Weichkäse, Blauschimmel, Frischkäse
Visiting: Hofladen on Saturdays 09:30 to 14:00, Käsehäuschen cheese hut open seven days a week
Organic dairy farm of about 30 cows on an 18th-century monastery estate in Enkenbach-Alsenborn, near Kaiserslautern, making cheese in its own small dairy. Sold at the Friday farm sale and two weekly markets.
Cheeses: Camembert, Grillkäse, Frischkäse, Hartkäse
Visiting: Hofverkauf Fridays 16:00 to 19:00, also stocking more than 100 other cheeses, bigger farm sale with regional stalls and a farm tour on the first Friday of the month, 16:00 to 19:00, stalls at the Rockenhausen and Kaiserslautern weekly markets
Demeter farm of the Lebenshilfe Bad Dürkheim at Altleiningen with its own dairy; the Hofladen sells fresh cheeses, yoghurt, butter and quark made from its cows' milk.
Cheeses: Frischkäse
Visiting: Hofladen with the farm's own dairy products, open farm: visitors can see the cows, pigs and hens at shop opening times
Cheesemaker Barbara Kuhn turns pasteurised cow's milk from local farms into fresh, aged fresh, soft, semi-hard and grilling cheeses in Edenkoben, sold from her Käsehüttel daily.
Cheeses: Hirtenkäse, Camembert, Schnittkäse, Gereifter Frischkäse, Grillkäse
Visiting: Käsehüttel shop open daily 08:00 to 22:00, cheese-making courses with tasting
Discover the world of organic wine on a guided tour of our family winery. Learn how organic viticulture works and enjoy four organic wines during a leisurely tasting session.
We are happy to share our wine knowledge with you and introduce you to our wines and our philosophy during the wine tasting and a tour of the historic wine cellar!
Spätburgunder or Gewurztraminer doesn't roll easily off the tongue, but both these German wines do flow very well down your throat. Join Grape Escapes Germany to disco...
