Algund, near MeranShop Monday to Friday 7:30 to 12:30 and 15:30 to 18:30, Saturday 7:30 to 12:30 (as printed on its shop page)CooperativeBy appointment
Cooperative founded in 1899 near Meran, taking milk from 52 mountain farms. It makes cow's and goat's milk cheeses including the PAT Algunder Bauernkäse and Ziegenkäse, and sells them in its own shop. Its guided tasting "Mein Käse" lets visitors make a cheese; the page gives no dates or price, so telephone to arrange it.
Cheeses: Algunder Bauernkäse, Algunder Ziegenkäse, Aschbacher Magerkäse
Visiting: dairy shop with its own cheeses, from the PAT farmhouse and goat cheeses to organic Camembert and Gran Capra, a hard goat cheese that can be grated, "Mein Käse" guided tasting for up to 16 visitors, who make their own cheese and take it home; no dates or price published, telephone ahead
BozenShop Monday to Friday 7:00 to 19:00, Saturday 7:30 to 12:00 (as printed on its shop page)CooperativeShop only
Dairy cooperative of about 2,100 mountain farms, founded in 1962, with its works in Bozen and its cheese dairy in Bruneck. The shop at the Bozen works sells the whole range, including the Stilfser PDO.
Cheeses: Stilfser, Pustertaler Schnittkäse, Marienberger, Ortler, Vinschger Schnittkäse, Dolomitenkönig, Alta Badia Hartkäse
Visiting: shop at the Bozen works with the whole range and other South Tyrolean specialities, Mila Bistro at the same address
Vahrn, by BrixenShop Monday to Friday 6:30 to 19:00, Saturday 6:30 to 12:30 (as printed on its shop page)CooperativeWalk in
Cooperative dairy at Vahrn by Brixen, owned by nearly 1,000 member farms and making mozzarella and ricotta. Its Shop & Bar sells over 100 cheeses cut from the loaf, and it offers plant visits.
Cheeses: Mozzarella, Ricotta
Visiting: Brimi Shop & Bar with over 100 cheeses cut from the loaf and fresh mozzarella, plant visit with a tasting in the Shop & Bar; no schedule or booking route published on its page, so telephone ahead
Ahornach, Sand in TaufersMonday to Friday 8:00 to 12:00 and 17:00 to 19:00, Saturday 8:00 to 12:00, Sunday closed (as printed on its contact page; its home page prints shorter hours)FarmWalk in
Family farm dairy at 1,300 m in Ahornach, keeping 10 cows. A producer of Ahrntaler Graukäse (named by Slow Food) and of the cone-shaped Graukäse Ziggolan, with butter and a show dairy.
Cheeses: Graukäse
Visiting: farm shop with Graukäse and butter, open weekday mornings and early evenings, show dairy where visitors can see Graukäse and butter being made, holiday apartment on the farm
Mühlwald, AhrntalFarmBy appointment
Raw-milk cheese workshop on a 15-cow Braunvieh farm at 1,300 m, run by Michael Steiner. The cheeses are hand-brushed, and the Larix is finished with roasted larch needles. Tastings by reservation.
Cheeses: Larix, Carbo, Candidum, Silva
Visiting: cheese tastings by reservation through the form on its website
Mühlwald, AhrntalFarmBy appointment
Farm dairy in Mühlwald named by Slow Food among the producers of Valle Aurina Graukäse; the Ahrntal tourist board lists it as open all year, selling butter, yoghurt and other cheeses besides the Graukäse.
Cheeses: Graukäse
Visiting: farm dairy selling Ahrntaler Graukäse, butter, yoghurt and other cheeses; no opening hours published, so telephone ahead
