The Emmental AOP, the king of cheese, is the origin of Gourmino. In a difficult market environment in 2001, five master cheesmakers joined forces to market and promote their century-old techniques. The result is Gourmino AG, the trading company which belongs to the cheesemakers. Today, eight small village and mountain dairies produce Emmentaler AOP for Gourmino. All of them focus on quality. Gourmino specializes in long ripened cheeses and this requires perfect cheese quality. Each cheese is carefully selected by our affineurs.
After a three-month maturing period in the dairy, the Emmentaler wheels are brought to Langnau the capital of the 'Emmental' region in Switzerland. Gourmino runs the last remaining cheese house of the former cheesemaking capital in the heart of the Emmental. Upon delivery, master cheesemakers and affineurs from Gourmino assess the quality of each wheel and make a selection. in the heart of the Emmental and in the mountain
Langnau – in the heart of the Emmental…
Emmentaler, which is selected for mild sales, remains in Langnau – in the heart of the Emmental. There, the cheeses are cared for by hand until they are sold. wheels suited for more mature again are transferred to our Reichenbach
Emmentaler for the longer affinage, arrive trasnferred from Langnau to Reichenbach for "Affinage In The Mountain." Deep inside the mountain, nature offers us perfect climatic conditions for the affinage of long ripened cheeses.
Gourmino is the last and only affineur still hand washing and long ripening Emmentaler AOP in the Emmental, Switzerland- the birthplace of 'Swiss Cheese.'
