Regional cheese and cream stores Pays De La Loire

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!

This cheese, present every Friday and Sunday at the Jacobins market, offers a choice of affordable cheeses, and a beautiful selection of cheese from the North region, higher in range, such as maroilles ou or boulettes. Benefit from the loyalty card. Benefits? At the end of the year, a good bottle for purchases made for months. We had to think about it.

Le Curé nantais is a real institution in the region. In the shop, a selection of about sixty cheeses from all over France, as well as Bordier butters, regional products and a very nice cellar (about 600 wines, 150 whiskies, 50 rums). Other creations include the Petit Fumé and the Curé nantais samosa, available in 3 recipes. The Cheese Factory also opens its doors to visit the production workshop: you will discover the transformation of the milk and a museum retracing 100 years of cheese history, with a tasting session to finish.

Located in the industrial area of La Seiglerie, towards Challans, the Beillevaire cheese dairy now enjoys a fine reputation for the quality and variety of its products. Guided tours are organized to discover the techniques of making cheese and fresh products. These begin with the screening of a presentation video, continue in a panoramic space open to the manufacturing workshops and end as usual with a tasting of the homemade products with a glass of wine. Also available, the gourmet visit which ends, in the middle of the Machecoul marsh, with an all-cheese meal followed by a homemade dessert. The Beillevaire cheese dairy has a network of sales outlets as far away as the Paris region, where it is even possible to have a tray of cheeses delivered by courier in less than 3 hours! Among the cheeses to discover, mainly cheeses of farm tradition, AOC and raw milk: Barbeillon, Beaufort d'Alpage, Pont d'Yeu, Livarot... Milk desserts and cheese preparations (fondues, raclette) are also available.

In the heart of the Brière Regional Park and the Guérande peninsula, since 2006, this GAEC has been transforming the milk from its cows into farm products. The farm includes 175 hectares of forage land mainly used to feed the 100 cows of the Prim'holstein, Normande or Simmental breeds, the 90 heifers and the meat workshop made up of 60 cows and heifers of the Charolais or Limousin breeds. A farm chicken farm completes the production. You will find milk, butter, white cheese, yoghurt and cheese pudding.

Created by Esther and Benjamin, La Laiterie Nantaise opened its doors on the Ile de Nantes in 2021. Delicious and varied products made with milk from an organic farm in Loire-Atlantique (a farm in Bouvron!): fromage frais, yoghurts, mozzarella and burrata, ricotta... in short, enough to delight a large number of gourmets! Cheeses and yoghurts are made on site in a totally artisanal way, with organic, local, quality cow's milk bearing the "Lait de foin" label. Dairy products from Nantes that are well worth discovering!

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!

The Rublé Farm is first of all a family story, that of Régis and Colette Boileau, joined by their son Benjamin in 2006 on the exploitation became organic. And it's also the story of passionate farmers who have been able to adapt and change their activity over time. Their dairy farm gradually diversified, with the creation of a cheese factory in 2008, followed by the creation of a vegetable activity the following year. In 2010, Martin (Benjamin's brother) joined the team to focus on beef production. At the Rublé Farm Store, there are naturally products developed on site: cheese and dairy products, vegetables, meat (beef, veal and pork), and there are also other products, of course: bread, pizza pasta, goat cheeses, drinks, fruit, groceries, hygiene and maintenance products.

The Fromagerie du Haut Anjou in Bierné is a must for cheese lovers. This cheese dairy offers a range of typical cheeses, made from the region's organic raw milk. Particularly popular are the pâtes pressées cuites, which are long-ripening, long-keeping cheeses. The owners of the cheese dairy are proud to preserve the environment, using methods that respect the flora and favoring local products. Orders can also be placed and collected from the boutique at the same times. For cheese lovers, a visit to the Fromagerie du Haut Anjou is an experience not to be missed.

Mathieu, creamer-cheesemaker, and Nicolas, farmer-cheesemaker at the Bois Joubert farm in the Marais de Brière, opened their store in April 2022 in the Copernic district. In the window of Racines, passers-by can contemplate the range of cheeses maturing in their cellar: Basque ewe's milk tommes, abondance fermier, gouda mayennais, Ronde des Marais, Sort-Palud... Cheese nuggets made from organic raw milk of local breeds, delivered directly from the farms. You can also find Gwell, a Breton dairy speciality, as well as Corsican bruccio, in season. Mathieu and Nicolas pass on their passion and their wise advice for the choice of wines and ciders. There are also some great finds in the grocery store.

Dreaming of a creamery in the heart of Vertou? They've done it! Since January 2021, your wish has been granted by Frédéric. This former sales manager found that there was a shortage of cheese shops in his home town, so he gave up his job to set up his own cheese shop. A team joined him in this adventure. And it's with passion and enthusiasm that the two of them welcome you to this pretty place with its whitewashed beams and exposed brickwork enhanced by a touch of celadon. Let us advise you on a range of classic and lesser-known cheeses, such as Comté 18/23 months, Blue Shropshire, farmhouse Mothais and a delicious homemade creamy Burgundy made with Brillat-Savarin and truffles. Those with a sweet tooth will be delighted by Bordier yoghurts or the famous rice pudding from Éclats de riz. Of course, a selection of wines, beers, arranged rums, ciders and fruit juices is available to accompany your choice of cheeses. But also organic farm eggs, sausages and delicatessen products. A great initiative that promotes local products!

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If Nantes is famous for its Curé nantais, Couëron is especially famous for its tome! The famous "La Tome de Couëron" cheese was created in 1994 by Jean-Paul Rivière. At the end of this year, Delphine and Alexis have taken over his legacy. In their workshop in Couëron, they make and mature for a month this artisan cheese made from raw cow's milk, salted with Guérande salt. Every morning, the milk comes from a local farm for an authentic product. They offer cheese lovers a choice of a dozen flavors, including plain tome, muscadet, bruschetta, wild garlic, pepper, beer, cumin... There's something for everyone! You'll find Tome de Couëron on sale directly from the workshop, as well as in the cheese sections of stores around Nantes.

Originally from Pornic, the Dagnat cheese dairy has been in business for over 20 years, including 2 years at the Talensac market. The company is also present in La Baule, Pornic and Noirmoutier. Célia, in charge of the sales outlet, and Édouard, the manager, are both cheese ripeners. And they know how to work with cheese. You'll find a fine selection of French cheeses, with all the AOPs and a regional range including Curé nantais and Vendéens. The star homemade speciality? L'Herbillette, a goat's cheese matured in the cheese dairy, washed in Muscadet and lined with herbs. Don't miss the wide range of goat's cheeses and butters. For the holidays, don't hesitate to order your own platter. Dagnat, a leading name in the art of cheese-making!

Here you find a range of goat cheeses in direct sale: fresh, semi-dry, dry, refined, flavoured, butternut, aromatic herbs, nuts, dried apricots, cashew nuts, salt and pepper… There is a lot for everyone. The Grignon transform the milk of their 40 goats and also offer fresh eggs, strawberries, salads, seasonal vegetables… You will not travel for nothing!

Lisa and Frédéric welcome us to their creamery, cheese factory and cellar in Saint-Herblain. Asil, or Lisa in reverse, is the home of their products of character. They have at heart to propose artisanal and local products and work with about ten producers of the department. At Asil, you can find a range of a hundred cheeses, most of them farmhouse or raw milk. To accompany these dishes, ask their advice or let yourself be tempted by the beers of the Nautile or Philmore breweries, the CoqLicorne spirits, the liqueurs produced in Valette or the rums of Fontanel. Don't hesitate to come and see them and become a consum'actor!

It is in the middle of the market, near an outside door, that you will find the superb stand of the well-known cheese dairy Pascal Beillevaire. The customers are numerous to admire and to taste the best of the local and national cheese production thanks to a rigorous and constant quality of its good products. This cheese producer and creamer since 34 years in Machecoul, rather top-of-the-range, manufactures butters, creams, white cheeses, yoghurts, milky desserts (chocolate mousse, rice pudding, the famous cremet nantais, the big Swiss...) and gingerbread which made its reputation. Ludovic Condroyer is the manager of the Talensac shop. He and his team treat no less than 100,000 customers per year. Very demanding on the quality of their products, they regularly visit producers from other regions. Here, artisanal farmhouse cheeses take pride of place, as well as local producers: raw milk cheeses, Machecoulais, Pont d'Yeu, Grands Causses, Livarot and many other appellations for all tastes and budgets. You will even find ghee (clarified butter) for cooking, and Roellinger spices that will enhance a plain yoghurt. Every week specialities are prepared on the spot: truffade, aligot, tartiflette of all kinds... croziflette, chevriflette, chtififlette... what a treat!

The name is clear: this is Fromages à Gogo! Cheese aficionados will find in this place a small paradise, in the heart of the Chantenay district. As happiness never comes alone, the store also offers delicatessen, wine and spreads. Enough to prepare good meals! The young cheesemaker Gautier opened the doors of his shop at the end of 2021 and offers a nice selection of farmhouse and artisanal cheeses, difficult to choose... If needed, you can let yourself be helped and tempted by the practical and tasty tasting trays or aperitifs. A beautiful cheese shop that brings a little more flavor to the neighborhood, what a cheese!

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,...

In this district, which is undergoing a major transformation from La Prairie au Duc on the Ile de Nantes, the inhabitants are delighted to be able to count on Laiterie Gilbert since November 2019 to stock up on cheese, cold meats, delicatessen and cream products. It is headed by Geoffroy Denaud, a Parisian who left finance to move to Nantes: a new city, a new life, a new store. This cheese enthusiast spent his holidays with farmers in the mountain pastures. It was the values of the company created in 1948 that made him decide to open this franchise: respect for the environment with local products, no preservatives, colourings or added flavours, a fair approach with producers, special attention to transport and packaging to limit the carbon footprint. Here you can discover a wide variety of cheeses such as tomme aux fleurs, beaufort, kaltbach, saint-marcellin and gorgonzola fondant with a spoon, but also goat's milk cheese from the farm of La Tremblaye, coulommiers from the Dongé cheese dairy, Revard soft cheese with truffles or even mont-d'or... As a fan of raclette, you will be glazed with a dozen flavours: smoked, peppery, mustard, blue, bear's garlic, walnut, morbier, truffle, mushroom, goat, Espelette sheep. Compose your raclette platter by mixing cheese and charcuterie. You can also buy potatoes and get a raclette machine. Geoffroy thought of everything, even bottles of wine to accompany your tasting! And many partnerships for your greatest pleasure with the Boutique des Éleveurs, Cavavin, Barapom or Éclats de riz?

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).