Regional cheese and cream stores Vendée

In the store or at the market, the bubbly Marion will give you the best advice to create an excellent cheese platter and treat you to a festive meal, an aperitif or daily meals. Among her favorites: sheep's milk tomatoes, soft cheeses with Brie de Meaux PDO or a Camembert de Normandie PDO, the Roi des Cimes for hard cheeses or the Régalis César blue cheese. In winter, she gives us her recipe for the Opera fondue. Choice, quality cheeses and a smile: the best cheese dairy in La Roche!

The temple of cheese! Sandrine offers farmhouse cheeses made from raw or pasteurized milk from all over France and abroad. A hundred varieties depending on the season. Present on the markets of Les Sables-d'Olonne (Arago, La Chaume), Luçon, La Mothe-Achard, Talmont-Saint-Hilaire. Next to the stall, take-away food, with specialties: salads, tartiflettes, gratins, quiches, changing every day and homemade desserts: rice or egg pudding, chocolate mousse, tiramisu, coconut flan, crumble. Also a space with some wines and new: a delicatessen!

Located at the exit of Aizenay on the road leading to St-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, this family and artisanal cheese factory, created more than a quarter of a century ago by Mr Zerathe, produces different varieties of fresh and matured goat cheeses: the "bûchette" (5 varieties: natural, ashed, with herbs of Provence, with pepper or without salt), the "crottin" (natural or ashed), the "chabichou" (also called "palet" according to the region). Good products. On sale directly on the spot, but also on the stalls of the shops of Vendean cheese makers, producer's shops,...

The Bergerie du Brandais specializes in the production of organic sheep milk. Ravon and his wife raise 350 Lacaune ewes of the Averyonnaise breed. These ewes graze between 9 and 11 months. They also have a herd of 25 cows. Created in 2019, their farm is specialized in cheese processing, of which you will find the following products for sale at the farm: ewe's milk cheese, meat sales (lamb, veal). On Wednesdays you can watch the milking of the ewes (from Easter to mid-August).

Biocoop Maraichine is an organic food store. It offers a wide range of organic products, including solid cosmetics, skincare products, bulk produce, seasonal fruit and vegetables, cheese by the slice from local producers, local wines and a selection of organic wines, as well as local Maraîchine meat. Customers can make their purchases in-store or pick them up on site.