Cheese towns, markets and caves
48 places where cheese is made, aged, traded and eaten, with a trail idea for each.
Europe
Dairy region, France, 2 cheesesFranche-ComtéDairy region, Portugal, 1 cheeseAlto AlentejoDairy region, Austria, 1 cheeseBregenz ForestDairy region, France, 1 cheeseCentre-Val de LoireDairy region, France, 1 cheeseChézery-ForensDairy region, Romania, 1 cheeseCluj CountyDairy region, France, 1 cheeseCôte-d'OrDairy region, Switzerland, 1 cheeseFranches-MontagnesDairy region, Spain, 1 cheeseGoierriDairy region, Austria, 1 cheeseGroßwalsertalDairy region, Austria, 1 cheeseKleinwalsertalDairy region, France, 1 cheeseLajouxDairy region, Austria, 1 cheeseLeiblachtalDairy region, France, 1 cheeseLes MoussièresDairy region, Slovakia, 1 cheeseLiptovA Slovak valley between the Tatras that gave its name to Liptauer spread, home of bryndza and the salaš sheep farms.Dairy region, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1 cheeseMariastern AbbeyDairy region, Norway, 1 cheeseNordmøreDairy region, Norway, 1 cheeseNybergsundDairy region, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseOgcastleDairy region, Italy, 1 cheesePasturo nella ValsassinaDairy region, United Kingdom, 1 cheesePonsanoothDairy region, France, 1 cheesePort-du-Salut AbbeyDairy region, Italy, 1 cheesePugliaDairy region, Spain, 1 cheeseTerra CháDairy region, France, 1 cheeseVillard-Saint-SauveurDairy region, Netherlands, 1 cheeseWesterkwartierDairy region, Serbia, 1 cheeseZasavica Nature ReserveDairy region, GermanyAllgäuBavaria's green dairy country at the foot of the Alps, with mountain cheese, Emmentaler, Weisslacker and autumn cattle drives.Dairy region, ItalyBattipaglia and the Sele plainBuffalo country south of Salerno, where mozzarella di bufala is made every morning and eaten the same day.Dairy region, CyprusCyprusThe island of halloumi, the folded, mint-flecked cheese that squeaks and grills without melting.Dairy region, United KingdomGoosnargh and the FyldeFarmland north of Preston where farmhouse Lancashire cheese is made by mixing curds from different days.Dairy region, FrancePoligny and the Comté countryThe Jura town that calls itself the capital of Comté, centre of a land of village fruitières and Montbéliarde cows.Dairy region, PortugalSão Jorge, AzoresA long, narrow Azorean island of cliffs and fajãs whose cow's milk cheese is aged for months into a sharp, spicy wheel.Dairy region, FinlandSouth OstrobothniaFinnish farmland of open plains and barns, a home of leipäjuusto, the baked squeaky cheese eaten with cloudberry jam.Dairy region, SwitzerlandThe EmmentalThe rolling green valley of Bern canton that gave the world Emmentaler, the big wheel with cherry-sized holes.Dairy region, United KingdomVale of Belvoir
North America
Dairy region, United StatesCabot, VermontA hill town in Vermont whose farmers' co-operative creamery, founded in 1919, made the town a byword for cheddar.Dairy region, United StatesSonoma and MarinCoastal dairy country north of San Francisco, with Jack cheese in Sonoma and soft and blue cheeses in West Marin.Dairy region, CanadaVictoriaville and the Bois-FrancsDairy country in central Quebec where fresh, squeaky cheese curds are sold daily and poutine is said to have been born.
Oceania
Dairy region, Australia, 1 cheeseAllansfordDairy region, AustraliaBruny IslandA Tasmanian island of farms and coves where a farmhouse dairy makes raw-milk and washed-rind cheese.Dairy region, AustraliaKing IslandA windswept island in Bass Strait whose salt-laden pastures feed a dairy known across Australia for brie, camembert and blue.