Farms, dairies, cooperatives and affineurs in Brda that you can visit or buy from.
A guide to cheese farms in Brda.
Dairy in Kobarid, in the upper Soča valley, making Tolminc and whey cheese, with a shop, a café and a cheese museum. It lies north of Brda, a day trip up the valley.
Cheeses: Tolminc, Albuminska skuta, Sir Planika, Gregorčičev sir, Eko sir
Visiting: Market Kobarid shop with the full Planika range, local suppliers' sheep's cheese and a milk dispenser, cheese museum with a guided tour (see experiences), Od Planike do frike guided cooking session (see experiences)
Family dairy farm in Zatolmin, above Tolmin, that turns its own cows' milk into raw-milk cheese, whey cheese and yoghurt. It sells at the farm and through a 24-hour vending machine in Tolmin.
Cheeses: Sir Kramar (raw cow's milk, wheels of 3 to 4.5 kg), Staran Sir Kramar (aged at least 6 months), Kram'č (semi-hard, soft paste, about 0.8 kg), Albuminska skuta
Visiting: visit the farm to choose cheese, whey cheese, yoghurt and whey (no hours listed, phone first), 24-hour milk and dairy vending machine in Tolmin (Pod klancem 3, near the Medicus Partner shop)
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It can be either. The EU specification allows raw or thermised cow's milk (57 to 68 °C) and requires the label to say which was used. Planika, the Kobarid dairy, says its Tolminc is made from thermised milk.
The specification gives a round wheel 23 to 27 cm across and 8 to 9 cm high, weighing 3.5 to 5 kg.
Planika lists the Kmetijska zadruga Tolmin shops, including the one in Nova Gorica, the town beside Brda, among the places that sell its products. For the full range, the dairy's own market and its cheese museum are in Kobarid, a day trip north up the Soča valley.
A whey cheese. Planika makes it from the primary whey left from cheesemaking, where the albumin and globulin proteins are drawn out and set; the dairy calls it a traditional Posočje product known for centuries.
The Kmetijska zadruga Tolmin shop in Nova Gorica says its deli stocks Planika's albumin skuta. Kramar's farm also lists that Nova Gorica cooperative shop among its sales points.