The Albi family's dairy and farm shop beside their inn in the Lessinia park. A founding member of the Monte Veronese consortium, it also makes an organic line.
Cheeses: Monte Veronese
Website: viaverdelessinia.com/caseificio-e-spaccio
Old d'allevo is the sharpest, most peppery Monte Veronese, a cheese for the end of a meal. Amarone, dry and full-bodied from dried grapes and long ageing, has the weight and alcohol to stand up to it. Serve a small piece.
D'allevo has a harder rind and a savoury, slightly peppery paste. A Ripasso, refermented on the dried-grape pomace left from Amarone, is dry with more body than a young Valpolicella and less weight than Amarone, enough to meet that savoury bite.
Young latte intero Monte Veronese is mild and faintly sweet, with a soft, elastic paste. A young Valpolicella, light in tannin and fresh, cleans the milky fat from the palate without any grip that would flatten such a gentle cheese.
Address: Località Viaverde, 37030 Velo Veronese (VR), Valpolicella
Family dairy at 1,150 m in Erbezzo, three generations of cheesemakers. It makes Monte Veronese and Grana Padano and sells at the dairy and online.
Cheeses: Monte Veronese, Grana Padano
Visiting: cheese, butter and ricotta sold directly at the dairy, online shop with refrigerated delivery
Dairy in Velo Veronese run by the Dalla Valentina family since 1957, with a shop. A Slow Food presidium maker of Monte Veronese di malga; also makes Grana Padano.
Cheeses: Monte Veronese, Monte Veronese di malga, Grana Padano
Visiting: dairy shop with local products, open Tuesday to Sunday, closed Monday
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