La Fromagerie Gourmande in Montricher: Gruyère making for families

Behind the scenes of Gruyère AOP

In Montricher, at the foot of the Jura, La Fromagerie Gourmande brings together the cheeses of some twenty producers. Its demonstration gallery lets you watch Gruyère AOP being made, and a large glass window looks onto a robotic affinage cellar, where a robot turns and watches over thousands of wheels. An interactive exhibition tells the story of Gruyère in a playful way. Between a guided tour, a film and a tasting, it's a gourmet and instructive outing for the whole family.

What your children will discover

Children discover, fascinated, how milk becomes cheese, and watch the robot tending the wheels in the giant cellar. The exhibition, designed for the whole family, makes the story of Gruyère lively and playful. The final tasting, for its part, delights all taste buds. A lovely way to link nature, the land and the plate.

What you do and the atmosphere on site

You watch the making gallery and the robotic cellar, walk through the exhibition, and finish with a guided tour with a film and a tasting. The atmosphere is warm and gourmet. On site, a shop and a restaurant extend the visit, and a vending machine runs 24/7.

Before you go

• Recommended age: as a family from age 4-5
• To see: making gallery, robotic affinage cellar (glass window), interactive exhibition
• Guided tour: ~1h30 with a film and a tasting
• Tastings: cheese board 15.–/pers, tasting 7.–/pers, country aperitif 18.–/pers
• Opening hours: shop open every day (except Sundays in July-August); to be confirmed on the website
• Getting there: Montricher, at the foot of the Jura; parking
• Best season: all year round (an indoor outing)

Parents' tips

• The robotic cellar behind the glass window fascinates children.
• For the guided tour (film + tasting), ask about the times.
• The shop and restaurant let you extend the outing.
• Ideal in bad weather: it all takes place indoors.
• Check the opening days on lafromageriegourmande.ch.

Useful information

• Address: Montricher (at the foot of the Jura)
• Official website: lafromageriegourmande.ch
• To see: making gallery, robotic cellar, exhibition, shop, restaurant
• Guided tour: ~1h30 (film + tasting)
• Opening hours: every day except Sundays in July-August (to be confirmed)

Why we recommend it

Because it's a gourmet and instructive outing: watching Gruyère AOP being made, observing a robotic cellar and finishing with a tasting, all under cover. Enough to delight children and help them understand, simply, where cheese comes from.

In a nutshell

A cheese dairy in Montricher where you watch Gruyère AOP being made, where a robot watches over the wheels behind a glass window, with an exhibition and a tasting — a gourmet family visit.