The best hand-made goat’s cheese produced in the Volcanic Eifel comes straight from Gillenfeld – from the Vulkanhof Ziegenkäserei (Vulkanhof Goat’s Cheese-Makers). There goat’s cheese is made by hand with passion and from the best ingredients. Yet the cheese-makers do not draw people in just with fantastic, regional cheese, they also lay on guided tours through open stalls and sheds to make the farm a great experience for children.
... read moreClose to the Pulvermaar and the Holzmaar, the Vulkanhof has been run for decades as a family business. The farm specialises in goat-breeding and with great success: "Der Feinschmecker" ("The Food-Lover") rated the Vulkanhof one of the best cheeseries in the whole of Germany.
On a trip into GesundLand Vulkaneifel the Vulkanhof in Gillenfeld is as much a must for cheese-lovers as for children. The little visitors can learn here that cheese does not just come from the refrigerator but results from the processing of high-quality, natural ingredients. Farm educator Martina Weber teaches children where goat’s milk comes from and how it is made into cheese. At the same time the little farm visitors are invited to give a hand either with milking, feeding or cheese-making. Here children learn in natural surroundings how cheese is made – and at the same time, of course, there are plenty of opportunities to stroke the goats in the goat sheds.
However, it is not only children that the Vulkanhof has exciting experiences to offer. In the cheese workshop you can make goat’s cheese yourself. In a friendly atmosphere you learn how to make traditional artisan cheese (which you can then take home with you) in a small cheese kettle.
Those who prefer their cheese ready-made will find what they are looking for in the farm’s own shop. On the sun terrace you can enjoy a tasty snack of bread and goat’s cheese. If asked, the Vulkanhof team would also be pleased to put together individual gift baskets from the farm shop.
Call in at the Vulkanhof. Here on a day trip you can get healthy, unadulterated, regionally produced products and find out during a look-round how a sustainably family-run farming business operates.
