The Montafon Sura Kees (sour cheese) is allowed to mature in the cellar for several months and is an indispensable part of the local cuisine. 

Cheese: Gold of the Alps

Bernhard Degen, 17.09.2021

Cheese is probably the most deeply rooted food and cultural asset of the Alpine countries. Without passionate protagonists, some traditions would undoubtedly have been forgotten.

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It's like travelling back in time when you visit farmed alpine pastures and witness the mystical process of cheese-making. Alpine dairy farmers who still make cheese subordinate their entire lives to this centuries-old ritual. The well-being and health of dairy cows and goats is paramount: a summer is only successful when all the animals are back in the valley in good health. They are not production units with barcodes, but living beings, part of the family and, naturally, are called by name.

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