Farms, dairies, cooperatives and affineurs in Vinho Verde that you can visit or buy from.
A guide to cheese farms in Vinho Verde.
Goat dairy in Prado, near Melgaço, where the first cheese was made in March 2015. Fresh, cured and Alvarinho-and-paprika cheeses, with a factory shop. Phone ahead for hours and visits.
Cheeses: fresh goat cheese, cured goat cheese, long-aged semi-hard goat cheese, goat cheese with Alvarinho wine and paprika, goat camembert with Alvarinho
Visiting: factory shop where visitors can see the goats, guided visit of the goat pen with cheese tasting
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No. Its DOP area is in the Beiras, in the districts of Viseu, Coimbra, Guarda and Castelo Branco. In the Minho it is a shop cheese: O Minho (2023) says it is the cheese Queijaria Central in Braga is known for.
The specification gives 8 to 20 cm across, 4 to 6 cm high and 0.4 to 1.7 kg for the standard cheese.
Portugal Journeys calls it one of the best cheese pairings at the Portuguese table with Vinho Verde: the wine's acidity cuts the cheese's fat and mild tang.
The specification sets a minimum cure of 30 days for the standard cheese and 120 days for the Velho.
The specification gives a normal size of about 250 g, 6 to 11 cm across and 3 to 5 cm high, and a small size of about 100 g, 5 to 7 cm across and 2 to 4 cm high.
In the municipalities of Palmela, Sesimbra and Setúbal, according to the DGADR register. It is not a Minho cheese.
The DGADR summary says 20 days at 10 to 12 degrees C in the drying house; the specification sets a minimum cure of 16 days.
Portugal Journeys says it is similar in style to Serra da Estrela, slightly sharper, and works the same way with Vinho Verde's acidity.