Asturias is a region full of mountains and their respective valleys, which made the development of transport routes much slower than in other regions. This fact favored each town conserving different traditions related to their diet. As a result, more than forty varieties of Asturian artisanal cheeses arise, including four Protected Designations of Origin and a Protected Geographical Indication. This wide variety of cheeses makes Asturias one of the most important cheese areas in Europe.
Location Coaña
Address Abredo s/n ,33719 Coaña
Company Quesería Artesanal Abredo
Cheese Maker Alfonso Rodríguez García
Phone Number 985473733 / 689562348
E-mail Address bea@queseriaartesanalabredo.com / alfonsoabredo@hotmail.com
Products
- Semi-cured Abredo Cheese: made with pasteurized cow’s milk.
- Fresh Cheese ‘Requexón Abredo’: made with pasteurized milk, without maturation.
Web Page www.queseriaartesanalabredo.com
Production Range 2000 liters per day
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Location Llanes
Address Frieras 180, 33594 Posada de Llanes
Company Quesería Bedón
Cheese Maker Evaristo Ruenes Celorio
Phone Number 985407199 / 680515050
E-mail Address pedidos@queseriabedon.com
Products
- Bedón Goat Cheese
- Bedón Cow Cheese
- Bedón Cow and Goat Cheese
Web Page www.queseriabedon.com
Production Range Not specified
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Location Llanes
Address Riego, s/n, 33597 Vidiago
Company Quesería Collera
Cheese Maker Manuel Collera Portilla
Contact Person Tomas Rubio Lopez
Phone Number 985411242 / 616332808
E-mail Address info@quesovidiagocollera.com
Products
- Goat’s Collera Cheese
- Sheep’s Collera Cheese
- Vidiago Adobau Cheese
- Vidiago Barra Cheese
- Goat’s Vidiago Cheese
- Sheep’s Vidiago Cheese
- Vidiago Macerau Cheese
Web Page
- https://www.queseriacollera.com/
- https://twitter.com/queseriacollera
- https://www.facebook.com/queseriacollera.vidiago
Production Range 250.000 anually
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Location Cabrales
Address Ctra. General de Arangas AS-345 s/n, 33554, Arenas de Cabrales
Company Quesería Artesanal El Cabriteru
Cheese Maker Juanjo Fernández
Contact Person Juanjo Fernández
Phone Number 98546717 / 605608720 / 600628178
E-mail Address info@queseriaelcabriteru.com
Products Blue Cheese from Picos de Europa:
- Oveja Cheese (sheep’s milk)
- Cabra Cheese (goat’s milk)
- Oveja y Cabra Cheese (sheep’s and goat’s milk)
Web Page www.queseriaelcabriteru.com
Production Range Family cheese factory with a clear artisan profile. The liters of milk that are billed daily vary depending on the time of year and the production is seasonal. It ranges between 300 – 380 liters in winter and spring and 100 – 150 in autumn and summer.
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Location Siero
Address Vega de poja, 19, 33519
Company Quesería el Castañeu de Vega
Cheese Maker María José Gomez Sanchez
Contact Person María José Gomez Sanchez
Phone Number 654486769
E-mail Address queseriadevega@hotmail.com
Products
- Goat’s Cheese
- Goat’s and Cow’s Cheese
Web Page
Production Range 500 liters per day
Additional Info
Location Peñamellera Baja
Address Peñamera, 33579 Buelles, Asturias
Company La Chivita S.C.
Cheese Maker Manuel Gutiérrez Schiano-Lomoriello
Contact Person Manuel Gutiérrez Schiano-Lomoriello
Phone Number 651013304
E-mail Address quesolachivita@gmail.com
Products
- La Chivita Cheese: Made with raw goat’s milk. Rough, slightly damp and moldy gray-brown bark by different native molds such as Penicillium roqueforti and Geotrichum candidum. More than 2 months of maturation. Intense, slightly spicy flavor
- Big Goat’s La Chivita Cheese: Made with raw goat’s milk. Rough, slightly damp and moldy gray-brown bark by different native molds such as Penicillium roqueforti and Geotrichum candidum. More than 2 months of maturation. Intense, slightly spicy flavor
- Mini Pure Goat’s La Chivita Cheese: Made with raw goat’s milk. Brown-bluish bark, slightly moldy with Penicilium roqueforti. White cut and semi-soft texture uniform. More than 2 months of maturation. Lactic aromas with clear touches of goats, mild flavor and a slightly acid aftertaste.
Web Page https://www.facebook.com/quesolachivita
Production Range 50 liters per day from own goat cattle
Additional Info The story of La Chivita begins in 1982 when Jesus, an industrial technical engineer and Josefina, a social worker, one day decided to look for a weekend farmhouse to relieve the stress of the city.
During the tireless search for paradises, they come to a deep reflection. They evaluate pros and cons, until they decide to enjoy the beauty and tranquility of the countryside in a small Asturian town called Buelles. Giving a radical turn to their lives and considering new alternatives.
At the beginning they start with 50 kids brought from Granada of the Murciano-Grenadian breed and begin to shape a handmade product. Being pioneers in the elaboration of goat cheese with raw milk in Asturias, and the breeding of goats in all the north of Spain. It was an important moment in their lives that they will always remember with special affection, although sometimes it will be difficult for them to overcome difficulties. Then the recognition would come to a job well done.
Jesus was always a committed person, which led him in 1988 to be the first president of the Association of Cheesemakers of Asturias.
Location Cudillero
Address Beiciella S/N, San Martin de Luiña, 33155 Cudillero, Asturias
Company Quesería La Fontona
Cheese Maker José Manuel Álvarez Valle y José Álvarez
Contact Person Marta Álvarez
Phone Number 985596039
E-mail Address queserialafontona@gmail.com
Products
- Queso de barra especial para sandwich , pizzas y cachopos
- Queso ahumado
- Queso semicurado
- Requexón
- Requexón desnatado
Web Page https://www.facebook.com/Queser%C3%ADa-La-Fontona-137390186288105/
Production Range Not specified
Additional Info History of the cheese factory told by Marta Álvarez, currently responsible for the cheese factory, along with her brother José:
«La Fontona is a family business founded by my grandfather José in 1948. Then my parents (José Manuel and María Elvira) took over the business once my grandfather dies. My brother José and I always knew that we wanted to continue with the business; and for this reason, we study business at the University of Oviedo.Today, we are still in the dairy parents and children.We are dedicated to making products exclusively from cow’s milk without our own livestock.We acquire milk from Asturian cooperatives.We offer top quality products made with care and reminiscent of the flavors of times gone by. «
Location Villaviciosa
Address Maoxu 7, 33313 Grases – Villaviciosa, Asturias
Company S.A.T. Los Caserinos
Cheese Maker Alberto Amandi Medio
Contact Person Alberto Amandi Medio
Phone Number 984 104 964 / 659 144 426
E-mail Address familia@loscaserinos.com
Products
- Semi-cured Cow’s Cheese
- Goat’s Cheese
- Goat’s and Cow’s Cheese
- Smoked Cow’s Cheese
- Cider Cow’s Cheese
- Cow’s Blue Cheese
- Cider Blue Cheese
Web Page
Production Range 1.000 liters per day
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Location Llanes
Address Puertas de Vidiago s/n, 33597 Llanes
Company Quesería Los Cuetos
Cheese Maker Hortensia Balmori Peral and Manuel Gutiérrez Dosal
Phone Number 985411463 / 651108716
E-mail Address tensybalmori@gmail.com
Products
- Los Cuetos Goat Cheese
- Los Cuetos Sheep Cheese
- Los Cuetos Goat, Sheep and Cow Cheese
- Los Cuetos Vidiago Cheese (cow’s milk)
Web Page www.queserialoscuetos.com
Production Range 50.000 liters per year
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Location Peñamellera Baja
Address La Plaza 20, 33570, Panes
Company Quesos Monje S.L.
Cheese Maker Juan José Monje Jardón
Contact Person Juan José Monje Jardón
Phone Number 985414038
E-mail Address quesosmonje@hotmail.es
Products
- Monje Picón Cheese (raw cow’s milk)
- Monje Nata Cheese (pasteurized cow’s milk)
- Peñamellera Cheese ‘La Casona’ (pasteurized cow’s milk)
- Matured Oveja Cheese (pasteurized sheep’s milk)
- Cured Oveja Cheese (raw sheep’s milk)
Web Page
Production Range Not specified
Additional Info
Location Nava
Address Lugar Ovin s/n, 33529, Nava
Company Quesu Ovin C.B.
Cheese Maker Joaquín Sánchez del Alomo, Isabel Fernández Alonso, Isaura Souza Ordiales
Contact Person Joaquín Sánchez del Alomo, Isabel Fernández Alonso, Isaura Souza Ordiales
Phone Number 985716981
E-mail Address queseria@quesuovin.com
Products
- Creamy Cow’s Cheese (pasteurized milk),
- Cow’s Cheese (pasteurized milk),
- Cured Cow’s Self-pressed Cheese,
- Cow’s and Goat’s Cheese,
- Goat’s Cheese,
- Goat’s Self-pressed Cheese,
- Sheep’s Ovin Cheese,
- Ecologic Ovin Cheese (ecologic cow’s milk),
- Ecologic El Astur Cheese (ecologic cow’s milk)
Web Page https://quesu-ovin.negocio.site
Production Range Not specified
Additional Info Quesu Ovín is elaborated in an artisanal way in Ovín (Nava), in a typically rural landscape, next to the resort of Fuensanta between the Peña Mayor mountain range and the Naveto urban center.
It is the result of a careful selection of goat’s milk, cows and sheep from the Asturian valleys.
Quesu Ovín is known for its traditional form, exquisite flavors and aromas for lovers of good cheese. Quesu Ovin has been making Organic Cheese for more than a decade. Quesu Ovin “an identity and several personalities”
Member of the Association of Artisan Cheesemakers of Asturias (http://asociaciondequeserosartesanos.com/Asturias) and partner of the Organic and Artisan Market Association (http://mercadoartesanoyecologico.com)
Location Pravia
Address Polígono de Salcedo 2, 33120 Pravia
Company Madera López Ernesto S.L. (Rey Silo)
Cheese Maker Ernesto Madera López
Contact Person Pascual Ricardo Fernández
Phone Number 639593209
E-mail address pascual@reysilo.es
Products
- Rey Silo Blanco,
- Rey Silo Rojo ,
- Besos de Rey SIlo ,
- Mássimo de Rey Silo ,
- Mássimo de Rey Silo Magaya.
Web Page www.reysilo.es
Production Range 3030 liters weekly
Location Sariego
Address Camin de la Rima 1447, 33518 Miyares, Sariego.
Company Quesería La Saregana
Cheese Maker Yaiza Rimada Hernández
Phone Number 666981457
E-mail Address lasaregana@hotmail.com
Products
- ‘Del Duernu’ Cheese (curd cheese)
- Jersey’s Cow Cheese (raw milk)
Web Page Facebook La Saregana
Production Range Not specified
Additional Info
Location Llanes
Address La Concha s/n, 33569 Llanes, Asturias
Company Quesería Valle Mijares
Cheese Maker Vanessa Sordo
Phone Number 616496547
E-mail Address vallemijares@hotmail.com
Products
- Matured Vidiago Valle Mijares cheese (cow’s pasteurized milk).
Production Range 1000 liters per day approximately, depending on demand
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