b-guided > Barcelona

b-served Gastronomy

Cheese & Wine

Vila Viniteca + Quesos de Suiza

By Brian Gallagher 13.12.21

Cheese and wine is a classic pairing and during the winter months it’s the ideal comfort food and drink. However you enjoy it, for breakfast, between meals, after or before dinner, cheese is a valuable source of calcium and forms an important part of a balanced diet. Among the most renowned cheeses from around the world Swiss cheese is particularly respected by cheese connoisseurs. The taste of their famous cheese varieties is achieved through respecting traditions of this unique landscape and treating the source material, milk like liquid gold. 

Almost twice as much milk is used to make Swiss cheese than other industrially produced alternatives. The cheese makers take delivery of fresh milk twice a day to guarantee the production of the optimum, healthy product. The use of raw, un-pasteurized milk enables a more intense flavour and enhances the aromas derived from grass and Ppasture.

  • Swiss cheese
  • Swiss cheese

    Vila Viniteca was recently the setting for a master-class presented by Enric Canut, one of the most recognised cheese experts in Spain, with years of experience in the world of gastronomy, including Swiss cheese.

    The rigorous regulations, subject to strict control by the Swiss Federal Office of Agriculture, guarantees the traditional production of the product from the origin of the chain to the end, at which point an appraiser certifies that the cheese is of sufficient quality to bear the stamp of their cheese region.

  • Swiss cheese

     

    The varieties of Le Gruyère AOP (Classic and Reserve) matured for at least 10 months have been produced for 900 years along the same methods.

  • Swiss cheese

     

    The Emmentaler AOP (Classic and Urtyp), famous for its holes and made only with natural ingredients.

  • Swiss cheese

     

    The Tête de Moine AOP -recognized world over for the richness of its flavor and its original flower-shaped cut.

  • Swiss cheese

     

    L'Etivaz AOP (Classic and Bio) made by high mountain cheese makers at high altitudes with a limited production.

  •  

    The Appenzeller® (Classic and Extra) the most mysterious cheese in Switzerland due to the secret recipe with which it is made.

  • Swiss cheese

     

    Vila Viniteca is a great location to find the ideal wine pairing for Swiss cheese. The Wine Merchants is a one of the most important Spanish suppliers to the restaurant trade and the general pubic. The Vila Vinotica in the La Ribera neighbourhood on c/ Agullers  includes a space for tasting and presentations (with its own kitchenette) as well as the wine shop next door. Resident sommeliers will help and advise on their more than 10,000 references.