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Watchmaker’s delight Switzerland is renowned for prime cheeses with authentic taste evoking alpine pastures and first-class watches incorporating the country’s unrivalled attention to detail. Val d’Arve SA has managed to combine both of these unique qualities. Located in the heart of the Swiss watchmaking region, the cheese maker offers Le Délice de l’Horloger – Watchmaker’s Delight – an award-winning gourmet cheese with intense, refined taste that pays tribute to Switzerland’s long-established tradition in fine timepieces. Val d’Arve is a Swiss cheese maker specialized in the production of soft cheeses. It is a member of Laiteries Réunies de Genève, a cooperative society consisting of eight firms with activities in the areas of dairy and meat products, trading, and logistics. Val d’Arve is part of the dairies division, together with another company: Nutrifrais. “We are focused on soft cheese whereas Nutrifrais produces yoghurts and desserts,” Managing Director Pierre Charvet describes the division of labour within the cooperative. Mr. Charvet has been with Val d’Arve for 39 years and last year took over the management of the entire dairy products unit of Laiteries Réunies de Genève. The cooperative society has a total of 400 employees and generates annual revenues of 280 million CHF. It has 700 members, including 200 milk producers supplying the dairy firms in the cooperative with 53 million liters of milk annually. Val d’Arve is rich in tradition, with the company’s origins dating back to the year 1911. Today, combining tradition and innovation, the Swiss soft cheese specialist employs 47 people and turns over 18.5 million CHF. Every day, Val d’Arve processes 70,000 l of fresh Geneva countryside milk into a wide variety of high-quality gourmet cheeses. Depending on the product, the company processes raw milk and ultra-heat treated and pasteurized milk. The product range splits into two brands: Val d’Arve and Jean-Louis. In the Val d’Arve range, two cheeses stand apart: www.european-food-journal.com
Le Tonneau d’Alpage (Barrel of the Alps), a mild soft cheese in barrel form with authentic taste that evokes Swiss alpine pastures, and Le Délice de l’Horloger (Watchmaker’s Delight), a gourmet cheese with an intense, refined taste. Both cheeses won prestigious prizes at last year’s World Cheese Awards in Birmingham, the world’s largest cheese competition, which displayed as many as 2,781 cheeses from all continents in 2012. “Le Délice de l’Horloger was honoured with a Super Gold medal, and Le Tonneau d’Alpage received a Bronze medal,” states Mr. Charvet. Another outstanding Val d’Arve product is La Tomme de Genève, a soft cheese made 100% from milk from the region of Geneva. “We www.european-food-journal.com www.european-food-journal.com
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