Cheese Farm Experience

The drive out of Rome is just under 2 hours and takes guests, guided by a cheese expert, deep in the heart of the Roman countryside. The farm is nestled on a hill surrounded by lush countryside and pastures. The owner’s family tends to 1,500 sheep, a small herd of goats, plus cows, pigs, chickens, rabbits and bees. The farm is certified organic and under the raw milk regimen, so strictly pesticide-, antibiotic- and artificial feed-free. The 200-hectare farm produces cheese, milk, cured pork meats, honey, seasonal fruit and vegetables, cereals (farro), jams.

Upon arrival cheese lovers are welcomed to the property seeing healthy and clean livestock grazing freely in the pasture lands. Guests are introduced to the charming owners who introduce the family history and the traditional farming methods still used.

After a visit to the property’s teaching farm, guests are equipped with sterile lab coats, slippers and hair nets and welcomed to the creamery for the rare opportunity of seeing a live cheese making demonstration from freshly extracted milk to the finished product, culminating in a delicious just-made cheese tasting.

The tour of the farm stables, pastures and cheese-making facility ends seated at the family’s agriturismo restaurant, where the cheesemaker’s mother cooks and serves a buffet-style lunch with wine.