Regional cheese and cream stores Côte d'Azur

Édith and Pascal chose this small corner of France to get back to nature and learned the hard work of caring for a goat herd. A few horses, ponies and donkeys complete a herd that will delight children who love guided walks. You can choose a family walk followed by a picnic that will end with a tasting of fresh cheeses with multiple flavors. The discovery day, fun and educational, allows you to participate in the farm's activities. Various cheeses and other dairy products for sale at the farm

After a career in prestigious restaurants, Julien Ragusa, a former chef, set up his own cheese maturing business. His cheese factory and his hard work were quickly recognized by the French Culinary Academy. His singular cheese trays and boxes seduce by their originality and their playfulness, and allow you to discover, among a selection of 200 cheeses mostly made from raw milk and produced in the purest tradition, the truffled knickerbocker, homemade, or the Clacbitou, a goat cheese with a slight taste of hazelnut.

Saveur Caprine is a farm of discovery and a dairy goat farm conducted in organic farming. Possibility to discover the breeding and the farmyard, but also to stock up on goat cheese and olive paste, the two specialties of the house. Snacks, snacks and tastings are available upon reservation. Its project is to educate the public on the life of the animal and vegetable farm, through fun visits. An educational farm has also been opened in Castillon by the association.

Here you will find a wide variety of local cheeses or other regions of France. The cheese maker also offers accompaniment to French and Italian delicacies. Provençal products such as honey, tapenade, candied fruit, Vence nougat or olive oil also appear in this boutique which highlights quality products from local manufacture. You can even enjoy on-site sandwich or plate on request.

Between Châteaudouble and Figanières, Catherine Fleury has been a cheese-maker since 1983 and breeds dairy cows, goats and ewes. In her store, all the cheeses she sells - around thirty different types - are produced on site, exclusively from raw milk. Dairy products in all shapes and sizes, from tomme to crottin, soft cheeses and bûchettes, as well as brousse du Var and faisselles. You can watch cows, sheep and goats being milked from 5.30pm.

This small family goat farm is lost in the middle of nature. On the spot, visit the goat farm and the cheese factory, before buying your farm goat cheese, fresh, creamy, dry, ladled (tome, plain creamy, savory or pepper, garlic-basil), more or less strong in taste according to the time of maturing. Also a beekeeper, you will be able to buy chestnut honey, lavender honey, or any other flower honey: a delight, directly produced at the farm. To be found on the markets of Saint-Maximin on Wednesday morning.

Instead of Belloire, close to Saint-Etienne-de-Tinée, discover this Bergerie and his cheese cheese of Gold at the competition of the Alpes-Maritimes 2014 and 2015 for the tomme of sheep, medallist of Gold in the competition of the Alpes-Maritimes 2015 for ewe's yogurt and silver medalist of Silver in the Alpes-Maritimes contest 2015 for the fresh cheese of sheep. In direct sale to the farm or market of the village, find yaourts, fresh cheeses and tommes milk of sheep who make the success of this authentic address.

In their charming boutique on the village square, Marie-Alix and Pierre offer cheese lovers a range of fresh, melting, creamy and firm cheeses. Their rigorous selection includes mature, farmhouse and raw-milk cheeses, as well as wines, preserves and olive oils, to create gourmet platters adapted to each season (raclette, fondue, Christmas platter). Between French classics and seasonal creations, the choice is difficult, but the expert advice on tasting is invaluable.

In the center of Saint-Maximin, on the main street leading to the basilica, this pocket cheese shop is there to satisfy your cheese cravings... Cheeses from the 4 corners of France, carefully selected, but also Italian and international cheeses. The advice is invaluable when it comes to composing your tray. By the way, the platters can also be ordered and composed on demand for special occasions. A gourmet address where you will also find some creamery products.

Le Coin du Fromager is, as its name suggests, a cheese shop, but it's also a delicatessen and a wine cellar where you can discover and enjoy local products. Here, you can compose your own platter or select yoghurt, butter and crème fraîche from a wide range of delicately matured products. An unmissable stop where the relaxed, family atmosphere adds to the quality of the already affable and timeless place. Orders can be placed in the Monaco and Menton stores.

For several centuries, farmers have developed a pastoral activity essentially oriented towards cheese production. All stages of production are carried out in the mountain cheese dairies. In the Dorgane district, several farms are located, notably that of Annie and Gérard Sic who raise goats and dairy sheep. The road stops at 600 m from the farm. Finish on foot! On the spot you can buy all the products of the farm: tommes and cheeses, eggs, vegetables, fruits and jams.

A favorite of Michelin-starred restaurants for over 30 years, this establishment is neither lacking in style nor taste. It offers a wide selection of high-quality goat's, cow's and ewe's milk cheeses. And the gourmet delights don't stop there, as the delicatessen offers a range of delicacies to accompany your cheese finds: charcuterie, salts, foie gras, caviar - everything you need to rediscover the terroir and indulge (or indulge) yourself. Special mention for the warm, smiling welcome. Another boutique is located in the Libération district, at 1 rue Raiberti in Nice.

This must-see place offers a selection of local products and quality cured meats, made in the pure Piedmontese tradition: raw milk cheese, rigatello, reblochon, whole milk yogurt or fresh cheese. La Vacherie prepares your raclette platter and even lends you the machine! The most curious can visit the production workshop and discover the milking of the cows and the feeding of the calves. In summer, you can also find the heifers and calves of the breeder in Mollières, in the Mercantour park.

Known for their quality, Florence and Philippe Bertin's cheeses can be found on the best tables in the region. They raise cows and goats on the hills of Taradeau and make their excellent cheeses, whose reputation is well established. Fresh, creamy, in brick, crottin, ashy, fragrant, their goat camembert is a must, as is their tasty tomme aged six months in the cellar. To be discovered in their 17th century Provencal farmhouse, nestled on the heights of the village or on the markets of Draguignan and Lorgues.

At Fromagerie de la Chèvre Blanche, Jean Cassar and his wife Marie, who have been in business since 1989, have been joined by their son Mathieu. They are goat and pig farmers. Here you'll find the products they make from goat's milk (faisselle, fresh or mature cheeses, logs, tommes, brousse, etc.), as well as yoghurts, cured meats and meat parcels. Products are available from March to November. The rest of the time, the goats are in gestation.

The location already - Place des Joyeuses Vacances - smells like a gourmet escape... And no need to wait for summer! Installed since the end of 2018, Sandra Bianchi welcomes you all year round with dynamism and enthusiasm in her tempting little cheese shop. A former notary's clerk who has been converted, she makes it a point of honour to offer here what is not made elsewhere: mission accomplished! Tomme with wild flowers, with summer truffles, Rovethym from Haute-Provence, churned butter, artisanal yoghurts: the discoveries follow one another and are not the same.

The master cheese Jean-Paul Grosso and his team welcome you in this cheese and gastronomy cheese factory, where you will find a thousand choices to spoil you: blue from Bavaria, Basques or Servas, Calvi, flora di montagna, different kinds of roquefort, sheep and goat, Beaufort mountain, Etivaz, Emmental Switzerland or Haute-Savoie, Doux Doux, between two or salers, Most… For your receptions, a whole range of trays with a given theme… But also of personalised aperitif plates composed of cold meats and cheeses (from 2 people). A treat!