OceroVisits by reservation only, booked on +34 620 63 33 58; office Monday to Saturday 9:00 to 20:00DairyBy appointment
Cheese workshop in Ocero, a village at almost 900 m, that ages its cheeses, among them a blue, in a disused iron mine. Visits are by reservation only, and it cannot take orders from new customers.
Cheeses: Tozudo (blue cheese with black garlic), Queso Negro de Vaca, goat cheese with Conference pear, goat cheese with Alicante nougat
Visiting: guided walk to the old iron mine where the cheeses mature, by reservation, cheese and wine tastings in the workshop, by reservation, minimum 4 people, reservation only, not a bar or walk-in shop
AmbasmestasDairyBy appointment
Goat-cheese dairy on the old N-VI at Ambasmestas, on the Camino de Santiago, listed by Castilla y León tourism as a visitable cheese factory. Makes fresh, mould-ripened and flavoured goat cheeses.
Cheeses: fresh goat cheese, goat cheese ripened with white mould, creamy Bierzo goat cheese, goat cheese with ash, goat cheese with herbs and spices
Visiting: listed by the Castilla y León tourism portal among its visitable cheese dairies, visits arranged by phone or email
MatachanaDairyShop only
Small family dairy in the village of Matachana that turned the family house into a workshop and shop in 2019. Makes five cheeses from cow, sheep and goat milk, including a blue, and sells in Bembibre and Ponferrada.
Cheeses: blue cheese, chestnut cheese, cow, sheep and goat cheeses
Visiting: shop at the workshop in Matachana, the owner says visitors like to come and see the cheese being made
