Fromagerie d’Alpage

Fromagerie d’Alpage is a wonderful 17th-century, stucco and timbered farmhouse. Here you have a chance to see cheese being produced in the traditional way, just has it has been for hundreds of years. In the front part of the house there is a shop where all kinds of local products can be purchased. Just behind is the room where the cheese is produced. The tour starts with a video showing the manufacturing of regional products and continues with watching one of the local, expert cheesemakers stirring the fresh milk in a huge metal caldron over an open fire. Later, the cheeses are pressed into large round wooden boxes. Plan your day so that you can be at the old factory at lunchtime since one cozy room serves as a restaurant, where many cheese dishes are featured. If the day is warm, meals are served outside on the terrace. NOTE: You cannot just arrive and expect to take a tour of the Fromagerie d’Alpage since the number of visitors is strictly limited. Reservations are essential. Tours are given daily from mid-May to mid-October—the first one at 9:30 am. Be sure to call ahead. If there is no answer, it is possible to make a reservation at the Gruyères Tourist Office: (026) 921 85 00 or email: info@moleson.ch.