Family dairy of the Lessinia, making raw-milk Monte Veronese DOP plus fresh, smoked and spiced cheeses, with a shop opened in the 1990s for the people of the Val d'Alpone.
Cheeses: Monte Veronese
Website: caseificiogugole.it
D'Allevo turns slightly piquant with age, per Qualigeo. A Valpolicella Ripasso, refermented on dried Amarone skins, brings medium tannin and a little more weight than Bardolino, enough to meet that savoury edge.
Qualigeo suggests slightly fruity red wines with Monte Veronese. A Bardolino Classico, light in body and low in tannin with fresh acidity, suits the young Latte Intero, whose flavour is delicate, without covering it.
Monte Veronese is a semi-cooked cow's-milk cheese from the Verona mountains, delicate when young and slightly piquant with age. A Soave Superiore, a medium-bodied Garganega-based white with high acidity, has the weight for the paste and cuts its fat.
Address: Via Cotto 44, 37035 San Giovanni Ilarione (VR), Veneto
Family dairy of the Lessini hills, active since 1920, making Monte Veronese DOP, mountain-hut, blue and wine-aged cheeses and cured meats, with shops at Roncà and Soave.
Cheeses: Monte Veronese
Visiting: shop at Roncà, second shop in Soave
Dairy at 1,150 m in Erbezzo making Monte Veronese DOP and Grana Padano DOP, plus the Erbezzina caciotta, butter and ricotta. It sells at the dairy and through an online shop.
Cheeses: Monte Veronese, Grana Padano, Erbezzina caciotta
Visiting: buy cheese, butter and ricotta at the dairy, online shop (shop.caseificiomenegazzi.com)
Agricultural cooperative of about fifty farms, founded 1927, at 1,070 m on the Asiago plateau. It makes Asiago DOP Prodotto della Montagna and Tosela, with shops and guided visits.
Cheeses: Asiago DOP Prodotto della Montagna, Tosela
Visiting: shop (spaccio) at the dairy, guided dairy visit by reservation, Monday to Friday 15:00 to 17:00
Cooperative founded in 1922 by dairy farmers of the Vicenza area, making Grana Padano DOP and Asiago Pressato DOP. It offers free guided visits by booking, a shop and a yearly open day.
Cheeses: Grana Padano, Asiago Pressato
Visiting: free guided visit of the dairy by reservation, Monday to Friday, tasting at the end of the visit, dairy shop (spaccio) at the site, open day on the last Sunday of October
Cooperative based at Bressanvido with seven company shops. It makes Asiago DOP, fresh and aged, and ages Brenta Oro in a former air-raid shelter at Schio castle, open on special days only.
Cheeses: Asiago Pressato, Asiago d'Allevo, Brenta Oro
Visiting: seven company shops in the provinces of Vicenza and Padova, ageing cave for Brenta Oro in a former air-raid shelter at Schio castle, open only on special occasions
Cooperative founded in 1883 in the Marca Trevigiana. It makes Casatella Trevigiana DOP, Asiago DOP (Fresco and Stagionato), Montasio DOP and Grana Padano DOP, and sells through its own shops.
Cheeses: Casatella Trevigiana, Asiago Pressato, Asiago d'Allevo, Montasio, Grana Padano
Visiting: 15 direct-sale shops (botteghe) in the provinces of Treviso, Venezia and Vicenza
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