Factory or dairy visit · Asiago
Asiago Cheese on the Asiago Plateau
Caseificio Pennar, at Via Pennar 313 just outside Asiago, runs guided dairy visits Monday to Friday from 3pm to 5pm by booking, and its shop is open every day. In summer, many malghe, the high pasture dairies of the plateau, make Asiago DOP and sell it where it is made; Malga Zebio, at about 1,700 metres, also serves food.
- Dairy visits
- Mon to Fri, 15:00 to 17:00, booking
- Shop
- Via Pennar 313, daily
- Malghe
- Summer
- Phone
- 0424 462374
Caseificio Pennar
Via Pennar 313, Asiago, at 1,070 metres. The cooperative takes milk only from its members' farms and malghe on the Asiago plateau of the Seven Communes and still works by hand. It runs guided visits Monday to Friday from 3pm to 5pm, booked through the form on its website or on 0424 462374.
The main shop beside the dairy opens Monday to Friday 8:00 to 12:30 and 15:00 to 19:00, and Saturday and Sunday 8:00 to 19:00. Pennar has two more shops on the plateau, in Asiago at Via Ceresara 18 (Mörar) and at Tresché Cesuna, Roana.
Summer Malghe
From early summer, herds move up to the plateau's high pastures, and many malghe make Asiago DOP there alongside caciotte, tosella, butter, ricotta and yogurt. Visitors can stop, eat and buy cheese directly from the herders.
Malga Zebio is a good example: at about 1,700 metres near the summit of Monte Zebio, on First World War battlegrounds, its 75 dairy cows graze freely, and the malga has a cheese room making Asiago DOP and serves food. It is reached by a dirt road, with a large car park before the last bend, or on foot.
Getting There
The Asiago plateau rises north of Vicenza and Bassano del Grappa. You need a car to reach the dairies and malghe; the malghe are open in the summer grazing season, so check before driving up in spring or autumn.
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Questions People Ask
Can you visit an Asiago cheese dairy?
Yes. Caseificio Pennar in Asiago runs guided visits Monday to Friday, 3pm to 5pm, by booking.
Where can you buy Asiago cheese from the makers?
At Caseificio Pennar's shops in Asiago and Roana, and in summer at malghe on the plateau that make Asiago DOP, such as Malga Zebio.
Official site: caseificiopennar.it/visite-guidate/. Dates, hours and prices checked 22 October 2026; confirm on the official site before you travel. See all cheese factory tours.