Dairy farms: Allein, Bionaz, Étroubles, Gignod, Ollomont, Oyace, Saint-Oyen, Saint-Rhémy-En-Bosses, Valpelline

The family run farm was founded in 1972 to produce typical dairy products of the Aosta Valley.
Over time there have been changes with regards to the agricultural machinery, nevertheless the production of the various cheeses, the most known being the Fontina, has remained as it once was.
This unique feature ensures the authenticity of the farm product.

Products
Fontina cheese, toma cheese, reblec, ricotta, mozzarella cheese, yoghurt, tomino cheese, brossa and butter.
The shop is open every day from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Visit
The farm can be visited all year round upon reservation to be made by telephone at least one day in advance.
The visit includes a tour of the stable, the dairy and the aging cellar.
Cost of the visit per person: € 5.00, € 10.00 with tasting.
Number of visitors per visit: min 6
Languages spoken: Italian and French

How to get there
From the trunk road 27 of Great St. Bernard, take the regional road towards Valpelline; the farm is on the right hand side, at a lower level than the road.

The visitors centre is a museum dedicated to Fontina, illustrating its history and production and the particular aspects of this unique DOP cheese.

The centre has two floors and an exhibition area divided into three sections:“History”, “The Environment”, “Processing” and a small space dedicated to Val d’Aosta crafts.

The video room seats 50 and you can see an exhaustive film, available in Italian, French, English and German, showing giving details of all the phases of production of Fontina.
The visit to the museum and the centre includes the spectacular Fontina seasoning rooms dug out of the rock, one of which was dug out of the ancient copper mine and where the Fontina DOP remains for 80 days and takes its sweet and inimitable taste.

The centre also has a multimedia station and a shop.

How to get there:
- from the Milan / Turin-Aosta motorway, follow the directions for Gran San Bernardo. At the exit of the tunnel continue towards Bionaz.
- from Aosta follow the signs for the Gran San Bernardo. Once in Variney continue towards Bionaz
subsequently, past the center of Valpelline, follow the signs indicating the Visitor Center on the road to Ollomont.