Cheese Journeys
Unique, culinary travel experiences for artisan cheese, food and wine enthusiasts.
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About Us
Cheese Journeys is a luxury travel brand that curates unique, culinary experiences for artisan cheese, food and wine enthusiasts. We connect curious travelers to the world’s finest makers and educate on regional cultures and cuisines.
Explore. Educate. Enrich.
Our mission is to create inspiring, unforgettable travel experiences that focus on artisan cheese, food and wine. We do this in collaboration with world-renowned artisans - the many makers who have enriched our lives over the years - by educating on and championing their craft, cultural traditions and incomparable stories.
CHEESE JOURNEYS TRAVELERS
Cheese Journeys tours are open to anyone looking for unique culinary travel experiences. We provide behind the scenes access to esteemed cheesemakers, wine producers and culinary experts that few travelers would discover on their own. Our curated tours feature professional cooking classes and demonstrations with in-house private chefs, artisan cheese and wine education with our team of experts, visits to local farms, aging caves, distilleries and food artisans.
If you’re passionate about gourmet food and drink, curious about culture and appreciate back door travel experiences - then Cheese Journeys is for you.
PRIVATE TOURS
Are you interested in enriching the lives of your employees, customers, friends, family or community members through a life-changing and unique culinary travel experience, we offer private tour options and a rewards programme. Get in touch via email on adventures@cheesejourneys.com for more information.
““Anna Juhl built Cheese Journeys around a simple, radical idea: that the best way to understand a place is to sit at the table of the people making it. Her tours don’t just visit cheese producers, they champion them. They put their cheese and their stories in front of travelers who go home and ask for them by name. That’s how small, brilliant producers stay in business. That’s how regional craft survives.
Working with her, and with the chefs behind the pairing menu, reminded me why I do this. A glass of wine isn’t a glass of wine. It’s a vineyard, a family, a year of weather, a decision someone made about how to live. Pair it with the right cheese, the right plate, the right room, and suddenly people don’t just taste it. They remember it.””
Upcoming Cheese Journeys
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New Tours Coming Soon…
Piedmont, Italy - Slow Food Cheese Festival - September 14-September 22, 2027
This tour is for the obsessed – a trip to the ultimate cheese party! Join us for Slow Food’s biennial CHEESE festival in Bra, where the entire town shuts down and fills with raw-milk cheesemakers from around the world. It’s an extravaganza of tastings, pairings, workshops, bar crawls, street food vendors, and talks by artisans. You’ll explore wild cheeses rarely seen anywhere else, along with exquisite Italian accompaniments, from Barolo wines, to charcuterie, chocolates, breads, and honeys. If you want to be among the dairy hardcore – what we dubbed “The Burning Man of Cheese” in a Food and Wine article – join us for a week in Piedmont, at our favorite villa. We handle all the details, from transport to and from the festival each day, to delicious meals prepared by our private chefs, along with VIP experiences. Believe us, after jam-packed days at the festival, you’ll be glad to retire to a small village where drinks by the pool await and home-cooked meals are served in a relaxing stone courtyard. Plus, you’ll have our star cheese educators alongside you at all times to answer questions, offer tips, and point out not-to-be-missed festival highlights. Join us for Cheese Journeys: The Hardcore Edition!
Please email bethanne@cheesejourneys.com for more information.
Alsace, France Cheese Journey - September 30-October 9, 2027
Join Cheese Journeys Founder and Owner Anna Juhl with her team on a personalized grand tour of Alsace, Anna’s home away from home. Nestled against Germany and Switzerland, this charming region of France is known for its half-timbered houses overflowing with window boxes, its award-winning wines, cheeses, and sausages, along with divine breads and pastries. Fancy a great glass of Riesling and a hearty meal of choucroute, followed by a luscious wedge of Munster? Look no further than Alsace, which has been making this famous cheese since the 7th century!
You’ll stay in castle-like accommodations with stunning views overlooking Colmar, enjoy regional dishes prepared by our private chefs, and explore the Alsatian wine route in style with Grand Cru tastings and stops to meet premier producers. Anna will also introduce you to her favorite spots around Strasbourg, from markets and bakeries to the town’s local cheese shop, La Cloche, which has a glass-domed cheese table so large that it appears in the Guinness Book of World Records!
With daytrips, cooking classes, and private tastings, you’ll explore Alsace in a way few travelers ever do, with behind-the-scenes tours and Cheese Journeys’ five-star hospitality. Pick up a French tablecloth from Beauvillé linens in Ribeauville, descend into a cave below Strasbourg for a world-class meal with locals, enjoy a “cheese ceremony” at Fromagerie Antony where they age cheese to perfection and serve them at peak ripeness in an exquisite wood-lined tasting room.
If you love wine, cheese, beer, antiques, flowers, and culinary experiences, join us for this long-awaited exploration of Rhine River culture. Fly into Paris, and join us for a tour kick-off in Strasbourg, then let us whisk you away for a 10-day food adventure of a lifetime!
Please email bethanne@cheesejourneys.com for more information.
Why Cheese Journeys?
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August 29 - September 5, 2026
Double occupancy: $7,450 per person
Single occupancy: $8,250 per person
Join Anna Juhl, CEO of Cheese Journeys; Roland Sahli, Co-Managing Director of award-winning Gourmino Cheese; and author/educator Tenaya Darlington (a.k.a Madame Fromage) for a tour of world-class cheesemakers in Switzerland, the home of unique mountain-cheesemaking traditions. You’ll meet award-winning artisans, visit picturesque creameries, explore cheese caves, enjoy wine and cheese tastings, and experience the best-of-the-best from Switzerland – including chocolate, rare wines, and schnaps. Pack your hiking boots, we’ll bring the fondue forks, and our hosts will make sure to stoke the fire! You’re about to delve into Swiss mountain food traditions that few people ever experience, unless you’re family. With Cheese Journeys, you’ll be part of our red-carpet community, dining with celebrity cheesemakers and our traveling educators who make sure that every day is full of laughter, learning, and plenty of lactic bites. Along the way, you’ll pick up new knowledge, one-of-a-kind souvenirs (cow bells, anyone?), and incredible snapshots of Alpine vistas, plus a village cow parade to cap off the week!
Your Cheese Journey begins and ends in Zurich, with one day in the historic Appenzell region, followed by a seven-day stay in the Bernese Oberland and Gruyère regions. En route, you’ll explore and taste Appenzeller, Gruyère, Raclette, Emmentaler, Hornbacher, L’Étivaz, Sbrinz, and Vacherin Mont D’Or through a series of tastings, cooking classes, workshops, private tours, and gourmet meals. Your holiday parties at home will never be the same!
This tour is open to all travelers and is also part of our Switzerland Curd To Counter Mentorship Program