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A Photo Tour of Catalonya and its Cheeses

Culture's winter issue features a trip to Catalonya, Spain, where writer Sue Style visited several cheesemakers and reported on the treasures she found. Here is a visual tour of the creameries and farms Sue traveled to, and the people she met along the way. Photography by the talented Ivan Raga.

Formatge Bauma
Young wheels of Formatge Carrat are coated in ash
Garrotxa
Toni Chueca, one of the pioneers of the modern Spanish cheese movement
Cutting young wheels of Formatge Carrat
El Castell de Ciutat, La Seu d’Urgell
Borredà’s annual cheese fair
Musicians at Borredà’s annual cheese fair
Cheese vendors at Borredà’s annual cheese fair
Cheese vendors at Borredà’s annual cheese fair
Cheese vendors at Borredà’s annual cheese fair
Borredà’s annual cheese fair
Borredà’s annual cheese fair
Borredà’s annual cheese fair
Borredà’s annual cheese fair
Mas Alba, home to three generations of the Huguet family
Martí Huguet with one of the newest additions to the goat herd.
One of the Granadina dairy goats at Huguet’s farm
Cheeses aging at Mas Alba
Terrós d’Alba cheeses are matured on wooden boards
Cheeses aging at Mas Alba
Mas d’Eroles in Adrall, just south of Andorra.
The farmhouse at Mas d’Eroles
Cow at Mas d’Eroles
Cheeses are carefully tended in the cellar at Mas d’Eroles
Cheeses are carefully tended in the cellar at Mas d’Eroles
Cheeses are carefully tended in the cellar at Mas d’Eroles
Goats at Mas Marcé
In addition to cheese, Marcé also makes yogurt
Marcé’s award-winning Llanut cheese is presented wrapped in wool
Manel Marcé
Manel Marcé with some of his rare-breed Catalan sheep
Catalan sheep
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