Farm & Dairy
What you eat, we raise 1.5 km away.
Alpine goats, vineyards, olive groves and a dairy that supplies the kitchen every day.
The farm
A farm that feeds a restaurant.
The farm sits 1.5 km from the restaurant, in the hills to the east. There we keep around 140 French Alpine goats, farm chickens, geese, ducks and rabbits.
The milk goes straight to the dairy, where we make white cheese, yoghurt, butter and curd. What you eat at the table was made the same week.
On the land
The vineyards
Two hundred thousand square metres of vines on the eastern hills. Cabernet and Merlot for the house wine; Shesh and Muskat, two native varieties, for the raki.
The harvest is in September, the best month of the year here.
The Alpine goats
Around 140 French Alpine goats. The kids arrive in March, and that is when the milk is at its best.
The dairy
White cheese, yoghurt, butter and curd, made every week from our own milk. Nothing travels more than 1.5 km.
The olive groves
Our olive oil comes from our own trees. Picking is in November, and the first oil of the year goes straight to the table.
Practical
The farm in figures
The farm works every day of the year; the morning is the best hour.
The calendar
The farm year, month by month.
We do not decide the menu, the land does. Here is the whole year, from January’s new oil to September’s harvest, so you know when to come for what you want.
- JanuaryWinterNew olivesFresh olive oilWhite cheeseRoasted meatThe month of new oil and a fire in the dining room.
- FebruaryWinterOlive oilWhite cheeseYoghurtButterThe dairy works daily; the vines are resting.
- MarchSpringThe first kidsGoat milkWild herbsYoung saladsThe Alpine goats kid - the best milk of the year.
- AprilSpringGoat milkFresh cheeseHerbsFarm eggsThe garden starts giving; the vines come into leaf.
- MaySpringFresh cheeseSaladsCherriesFirst honeyThe month the courtyard opens fully for dinner outside.
- JuneSummerFarm tomatoesPeppersCheeseYoghurtThe grill is lit every evening under the vines.
- JulySummerTomatoesRoasted peppersFigsChilled wineThe height of the garden and of long evenings.
- AugustSummerFigsEarly grapesGrilled vegetablesAged rakiThe grapes begin to fill; the harvest is close.
- SeptemberAutumnThe grape harvestShesh & MuskatCabernetMerlotVjelja - the loveliest month of the year in Lunder.
- October This monthAutumnNew wineNew rakiOlivesWalnutsMust in the barrel; the olive groves almost ready.
- NovemberAutumnThe olive harvestNew oilCheeseRoasted meatThe first oil of the year comes out of the mill.
- DecemberWinterNew olive oilHouse wineCheeseByrekThe month of long tables and family gatherings.
The farm
A day on the farm
Visits
Come and see it.
Farm visits are welcome, especially with children. Just let us know a day ahead.