Cooperative formed in 1969 from the small dairies of the Val But. The Sutrio shop sells its cheeses and beech-smoked ricotta; the visit goes through the workshop and ageing rooms and ends in a tasting.
Cheeses: Smoked ricotta (scuete fumade), Formadi frant, Formaggio Val Dolce, Formaggio Alto But Vecchio, Caciotta, Stracchino
Website: caseificioaltobut.it
The honey and dried-apricot sweetness of a sweet Verduzzo Friulano, the grape of Ramandolo, softens the smoke and salt of a fresh scuete fumade, while its acidity keeps the pairing from cloying.
Formadi frant is soft and savoury, with a piquancy that varies from one cheese to the next. A skin-fermented Ribolla's tannic grip and acidity stand up to that piquancy without being flattened.
Scuete fumade is a compact white whey cheese with a smoke note from juniper or beech. A dry Friulian Sauvignon with elderflower and high acidity lifts the mild paste, and its aromatic edge stands up to the smoke.
Address: Viale Artigianato 1, 33020 Sutrio (UD), Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Cooperative founded in 1924 with 20 active member farms, turning about 120 quintals of milk a day into Latteria, Matajur, Saporito delle Valli, Il Cividale and Montasio DOP, sold in its own shops.
Cheeses: Montasio, Latteria, Matajur, Saporito delle Valli, Il Cividale
Visiting: six shops in Udine province, two of them in Cividale (Via Europa and Viale Libertà), staff advice on pairing the cheeses in the shops
Dairy founded at Enemonzo in 1903 for farms of the Tagliamento, Degano and Val Pesarina valleys. It makes Latteria Enemonzo, Montasio DOP labelled Prodotto della Montagna and the Cuor di Carnia caciotta; shops at Enemonzo and Ovaro open daily.
Cheeses: Montasio, Latteria, Cuor di Carnia
Visiting: shop at the dairy, open daily, second shop at Ovaro (Localita Chialina, Via Carnia Libera 86)
Turnaria dairy of 1908 working about 20 quintals of raw milk a day, around 30 wheels, from nearby farms. Its Latteria has been a Slow Food presidium since 2013. The shop opens daily except Sunday.
Cheeses: Latteria, Formaggio salato, Caciotta, Stracchino, Ricotta
Visiting: shop at the dairy, open every day except Sunday, 10:30 to 13:00
Cooperative founded in 1889 as a turnaria dairy, using only its members' milk for about 30 products, among them Montasio, Latteria, mozzarella and smoked ricotta. It sells through its own shops across Friuli.
Cheeses: Montasio, Latteria, Smoked ricotta (scuete fumade)
Visiting: shop at the dairy in Coderno, its own shops across Friuli, including Udine, Codroipo and San Daniele del Friuli
Village cooperative with 15 member farms and about 50 quintals of milk a day, worked raw in copper vats into young Mortean latteria, stracchino and mozzarella. Guided visits run during its Festa della Ricotta Friulana.
Cheeses: Latteria, Stracchino, Mozzarella
Visiting: sales point at the dairy (hours not published), guided visits and tastings during the Festa della Ricotta Friulana
Dairy and agriturismo at 1,519 m on the Montasio plateau, run by the Friuli-Venezia Giulia breeders' association. Open only in the summer grazing season, indicatively June to September; closed in autumn and winter.
Cheeses: Montasio, Formaggio di malga
Visiting: dairy shop selling cheese, ricotta, yogurt and butter, agriturismo meals in the grazing season, overnight stays in the malga's rooms, watching milking and meeting the cheesemaker in the grazing season
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