Gredzenmuiza Farm

Gredzenmuiža goat farm is located in the North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve, near Lake Burtnieks. The farm keeps goats and makes fresh goat’s cheese from milk produced by its own herd. The farmers follow the rhythms of nature and are committed to an environmentally friendly way of life. Alongside the cheese, seasonal produce includes blackcurrant preserves, herbal teas and woollen goods.

Cheeses
The farm makes a fresh white goat’s cheese with no added ingredients, as well as a creamy goat’s milk caramel spread.

How the Cheese Is Made

The cheese is made slowly and patiently throughout the year, using milk from the farm’s own goats. The farm follows a closed-cycle approach: the family grows, tends and harvests its own crops, eating some themselves and feeding the rest to the goats. Each autumn, manure from the goat barn is returned to the fields, enriching the soil and helping the gardens flourish again the following year.

For Visitors
As goat’s milk is seasonal, the farm offers three different experiences throughout the year:

• During the milking season: meet the goats, hear stories about the animals and their milk, and taste a selection of goat’s milk products. There is even the opportunity to try a playful goat massage — in reverse.
• Cheese-making masterclass: make your own personalised cheese and, once the whey has been pressed out, have it sent to you via a refrigerated parcel locker.
• Outside the milking season: join a walk with the goats, hear stories about the animals and farm life, and brew herbal tea together over an open fire. The visitor drinks the tea; the goats or billy goats get the tea leaves.

Where to Buy
The cheeses are available directly from the farm, at Slow Food Straupe farmers’ markets and at major fairs across Vidzeme.
They can also be ordered online via online market https://tirgus.novadagarsa.lv.