Eurobound Launches New Europe Tours for Cheese Lovers

Eurobound has announced an expansion of its options for culinary travel to Europe with the launch of new experiences catering to cheese lovers. 

The cheese experiences are part of the company’s growing Epicurean Collection of culinary-themed vacations, available exclusively through travel agents.

Each cheese experience can be booked individually or folded into a larger customized itinerary, such as a local tour, a wine and cheese day, vineyard visit, market walk, or cooking class with a master chef. Eurobound cheese-themed packages can include stays at farmhouse estates, reservations at world-class restaurants, and all travel arrangements.

Here is a sampling of Eurobound’s new cheese-oriented experiences:

France

Loire Valley -- Guests can visit La Cabinette goat cheese farm, a family-run farm producing hand-crafted goat cheese. Meeting with the farm’s owners, clients learn how the cheese is made, meet the goats themselves, and enjoy a cheese tasting.

Paris -- Private visit to a cheese cellar. A private guide explains secrets of the cheese-making process, followed by a tasting complete with wine and champagne.

Burgundy — Visit Fromagerie Gaugry. Clients visit the Gaugry Family cheese dairy, the last cheese maker in France to produce raw-milk Epoisses.  Here, they learn how washed-rind, cows-milk cheeses, such as Epoisses, Ami du Chambertin, and Plaisir au Chablis are made. The tour tops off  with a cheese tasting accompanied by a glass of Burgundy Pinot Noir

Italy

Food Valley - Parma - Tour and tasting at Azienda Agricola Guareschi. Eurobound guests visit self-sustaining Guareschi Farm, set among green fields, to discover the process of making Parmigiano Reggiano from start to finish. The tour ends in the villa’s tasting room, with a sampling of the famous cheese along with Parma Ham and Modena Balsamic Vinegar.

Pienza – Fattoria Pianporcino - Pecorino di Pienza Tasting. At this sheep farm in Southern Tuscany, clients learn how the milk is transformed into the area’s unique Pecorino di Pienza. Here, they can sample more than 30 types of Pecorino not generally found elsewhere, including cheeses flavored with nuts, leaves, hay, and herbs, following local tradition. 

Holland

Amsterdam -- Cheese Master class. Held in the city’s best cheese shop, this hour-long class delves into the subtleties of tasting, as six of Holland’s finest cheeses are paired with wine or port.

Edam - Cheese Market. Clients see cheese mongers in action on this 3-hour tour to the colorful Edam Cheese Market. The Market takes place one morning a week during July and August, when  farmers from the area come by canal barge to unload, sell and trade their cheeses. The festive event includes tasting the various Edams.  

Gouda – Cheese Market and Town Visit. Gouda is one of the oldest-recorded cheeses in the world, and clients visiting Holland in the summer can visit  the town’s weekly cheese market; or, in the winter, the cheese museum. A walking tour of the picturesque town includes a visit to one of the city’s oldest bakeries and a workshop in stroopwafels, the famous Dutch syrup waffles.

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