Village show dairy in Turtmann where visitors watch raclette being made from an upstairs showroom; about 320 tonnes of Raclette du Valais AOP a year. The shop Chees und meh sits on the main road.
Cheeses: Raclette du Valais
Website: augstbordkaeserei.ch
Swiss Wine Valais ranks Fendant first with Gamay for raclette: one taster wants a dry, tight white that refreshes the palate, and ambassador Eddy Baillifard stays on Fendant or Gamay for a young village raclette of 3 to 5 months.
Swiss Wine Valais ranks Gamay beside Fendant for raclette; one taster picks a tannic red to wash the melted fat off the palate, and Eddy Baillifard keeps Gamay for young village wheels of 3 to 5 months.
Raclette ambassador Eddy Baillifard, quoted by Swiss Wine Valais, pairs Heida with a stronger, more floral alpage raclette: the stale rye bread notes and sustained acidity suit it. He keeps Fendant or Gamay for young village raclette.
Address: Käsereistrasse 2, 3946 Turtmann, Valais
Village dairy in Hérémence where cheesemaker Manu, there for over 30 years, shows how raclette is made and gives a tasting. Free, via the tourist office; the listed sessions ended on 19 June 2026.
Cheeses: Raclette cheese
Visiting: behind-the-scenes visit on request, Monday to Saturday mornings, tasting, cheese sales
Alpage above Saint-Martin, source of the first alpage Raclette du Valais AOP to score a perfect 20/20 (2017), with tomme and sérac. Summer buvette, closed for the winter since 6 September 2026.
Cheeses: Raclette du Valais, Tomme du Valais, Sérac
Visiting: alpine buvette with terrace, sale of raclette, tomme, sérac, ham and bacon
Alpage above Les Marécottes where the Gabioud family has made cheese for over 100 years: raclette, tomme, sérac and butter, tasted on a terrace among cows and yaks. Summer only, closed for the winter.
Cheeses: Raclette du Valais, Tomme du Valais, Sérac
Visiting: terrace tasting of alpage products, sale of cheese and butter
Alpage of two centuries' history on the Mont Chemin above Bagnes, with over 80 Hérens cows milked for raw-milk cheese. Summer buvette, closed for the season; cheese can be ordered by phone.
Cheeses: Raclette du Valais
Visiting: alpine buvette, cheese sales by phone with the alpage keepers
Chalet at Champoussin with a wood-fire cheese dairy, a farm museum and a shop selling cow and goat cheese. The goats have come down and return in spring 2027. Open daily until 25 October 2026.
Cheeses: Raclette du Valais, Goat cheese
Visiting: artisan cheese dairy over a wood fire, cheese shop (cow and goat), aperitif and tasting, light meals, farm museum, goat milking and cheese making in summer
Alpage at 2,071 m in the Swiss Val Ferret, a stop on the Tour du Mont Blanc, introducing visitors to raclette, tomme and butter making, with mountain meals. Summer only, closed for the season.
Cheeses: Raclette du Valais, Tomme du Valais
Visiting: introduction to raclette, tomme and butter making, mountain meals such as cheese on toast, sale of products, overnight on straw
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