A guide to cheese farms in Franciacorta.

Cheese Farms in Franciacorta

Il Colmetto ★ 4.4

Rodengo Saiano (Franciacorta)Farm shop closed for works. Restaurant Wednesday to Sunday. Brescia covered market: Friday 9:00 to 18:00, Saturday 8:00 to 14:00FarmBy appointment

Goat farm and dairy at Rodengo Saiano with about 150 Saanen goats. The farm shop is closed for works; you can book the farm restaurant or buy the cheeses at Brescia's covered market.

Cheeses: fresh, bloomy-rind and aged goat cheeses

Visiting: farm restaurant (agriturismo), Wednesday to Sunday, booking through the farm's site, goat cheeses sold at the Campagna Amica covered market in Brescia, Friday and Saturday, guided visit to the stable on request, with a member of staff, farm shop closed for works; no tastings in the shop and no guided dairy tours

Via Finilnuovo 9, 25050 Rodengo Saiano BS

Fattoria Cà de Bì ★ 4.2

Ome (Franciacorta)FarmBy appointment

Goat farm in the hills of Ome, started in 2020, with over 30 adult Camosciata delle Alpi goats and its own dairy. Cheesemaker workshops, tastings and visits by arrangement.

Cheeses: fresh, bloomy-rind, aged and blue goat cheeses

Visiting: cheeses sold by reservation or at the farm's events, cheesemaker workshops (Laboratori del Casaro), tastings of the farm's cheeses and local products (Merende in Fattoria), Festa delle Nascite for the new kids, in April, visits by phoning ahead; cheese production pauses from December to February while the goats are dry

Via Barche 3, 25050 Ome BS

Azienda Agricola Petet ★ 4.3

Esine (Valle Camonica)Shop: Tuesday to Friday 8:30 to 12:00 and 16:00 to 18:30, Saturday 8:30 to 12:00 and 16:00 to 18:00, closed Sunday and MondayFarmWalk in

Family dairy farm at Esine in Val Camonica, north of Lake Iseo, making Silter DOP from Brown Alpine cows. Farm shop in Esine and market stalls at Provaglio d'Iseo and Gussago.

Cheeses: Silter

Visiting: farm shop La Bottega del Petet, Via Mazzini 21, guided visits by reservation only, market stalls at Provaglio d'Iseo on Tuesdays and Gussago on Saturdays

Via Mazzini 21, 25040 Esine BS

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Cheese Farms in Franciacorta, FAQ

How long is Silter aged?

At least 100 days, with the wheels turned regularly on wooden boards in controlled-temperature rooms, per Qualigeo.

Which local wine does Qualigeo suggest with it?

Qualigeo says it goes well with local excellences such as Franciacorta DOP or Valcamonica IGP.

Where can it be made?

Only in the municipalities of the Valle Camonica and Sebino Bresciano mountain communities, in Brescia province.

How big is a wheel?

Qualigeo gives 34 to 40 cm across, 8 to 10 cm high and 10 to 16 kg.

Is Bagòss a DOP?

No. Slow Food lists it as a presidium and Italian Wikipedia as a traditional agri-food product (PAT); the Slow Food page describes a cooperative mark pressed on the side of the wheels since 2004.

How heavy is a wheel?

Italian Wikipedia gives about 18 kg, 40 cm across and 12 to 15 cm high.

Where is it made?

Only in the commune of Bagolino, in Brescia province, per Slow Food.

What does fatulì mean?

Slow Food says the dialect word means little piece.

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