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
Website: aziendagricolapetet.com
Qualigeo suggests Franciacorta DOP with Silter, which is mostly sweet and crumbly, peppery when long aged, with dried fruit on the nose. A Franciacorta Brut brings high acidity and fine bubbles that lift the hard, crumbly paste.
Long-aged Silter is hard and crumbly, mostly sweet and faintly peppery, with dried fruit, forage and chestnut flour on the nose. A full-bodied Franciacorta Riserva, long on its lees, has the depth for those notes, and its acidity cuts the dense paste.
Address: Via Mazzini 21, 25040 Esine BS, Franciacorta
Mountain farm at Prestine, Bienno, in Val Camonica, north of Lake Iseo, with Brown Alpine cows and Adamello blonde goats. It makes Silter DOP and the Slow Food fatulì.
Cheeses: Silter, Fatulì della Val Saviore
Visiting: farm shop at Prestello, guided visits by reservation only, market stall at Bienno on Fridays
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
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
Explore the Ferghettina winery with a guided visit. Choose between a classic or reserve tasting, each paired with local specialties.
Discover an authentic experience in Franciacorta with a visit to the winery, wine tasting and local food tasting, guided directly by a family of producers.
Discover Franciacorta on a tour of vineyards and a historic cellar, and taste three excellent Mirabella wines accompanied by artisanal products.
