The Maison de l’Etivaz and the Caves à fromage

Etivaz is the name for an AOP mountain pasture cheese and the village where the cheese rounds are kept, near Château-d’Oex in the Vaudois Alps. The Maison de l’Etivaz offers visitors a chance to learn all about this cheese through demonstrations, tastings and visits to the ageing cellars.

At the Maison de l’Etivaz, visitors can learn all about a typically Swiss cheese, protected by an AOP label (Appellation d’Origine Protégée – protected designation of origin). Open every day, this is primarily a place to buy this delicious cheese. Tours can also be organised with a slide show on how the cheese is made, a tasting (cheese on its own or with cold meats and a glass of local wine) and a visit to the ageing cellars.

Situated beneath the house, the ageing cellars contain over 20,000 cheese rounds which spend at least 135 days here, at a temperature of 10 to 16 degrees. During this period, the cheese is regularly turned and salt. According to a strictly regulated process, Etivaz AOP is only made between May and October in the mountain pasture chalets of Pays-d’Enhaut, at an altitude between 1,000 and 2,000 m.

The Maison de l'Etivaz is pleased to announce the gradual reopening of the maturing cellars from Monday 1st June!

Visits to the cellars :

Monday to Saturday - 10am, 2pm and 4pm.
Sunday - 10 am and 2 pm.

For guided tours in a foreign language, please book your visit at least 48 hours in advance.

•  Practical information

  Information COVID-19 :
  
  Wearing the mask is mandatory in the film from 6 people and strictly mandatory in the cellars.

More information about accessibility

• Dates / Opening hours

  From May 3, 2020 To Dec 31, 2020

  Monday

  08:00-18:30

  Tuesday

  08:00-18:30

  Wednesday

  08:00-18:30

  
  

  Thursday

  08:00-18:30

  
  

  Friday

  08:00-18:30

  
  

  Saturday

  08:00-18:30

  
  

  Sunday

  09:00-17:00

  
  

• Documents

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• Prices

  Tasting and Film Package : slide show, discovery of the cellars and tasting of 5 cheeses with bread and wine

  Adults from 16 years old

  CHF 12.-

  Child from 6 to 15 years old

  CHF 8.-

  
  
  

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