PHILOSOPHY

Identity and Mission of the “Cheese Producer Direct Sales” Project | Who We Are and What Makes Us Different

“Nothing in the world is as powerful as an idea whose time has come.” – Victor Hugo

“We sell handcrafted Alpine cheese directly to end customers – with no middleman.” AlpenSepp has been a collaborative project between us and the “Rehmer Sennhus” dairy of the Berchtold family for over ten years. With us, you receive Alpine cheese, mountain cheese, and semi-hard cheese directly from the valley dairy in Rehmen in Au, Vorarlberg.

In our own cheese cellar in Schwarzenberg, the cheeses are stored, tended by hand daily, and freshly cut for you every week.

What this means for you: Authentic Alpine cheese and mountain cheese. Handcrafted at the Rehmen dairy. No detours.

Alongside this, sausage and game specialties from our master butchers complete the perfect traditional snack platter (“Jausenplatte”).

We Are Not Resellers! We Are a Direct-Marketing Producer with Online Sales.

In our dairy in Vorarlberg, authentic Alpine cheese is created from fresh hay milk at an altitude of 672 m – with time, manual craftsmanship, and experience. Every wheel is made, tended, and matured by us personally.

• 👉 With us, you won’t get anonymous wholesale cheese, but honest craftsmanship – straight from the source.
• 🧀 Why our Alpine cheese is different
• During the winter months, we also ship our prized dairy butter – but only while it’s cold outside. Galileo TV even paid us a visit.

✔ Our Own Production
We produce our cheese regionally ourselves – from the milking by local farmers next to the Rehmen dairy, to the twice-daily milk delivery, the cheesemaking, and the manual maturation in the cheese cellar.

✔ 100% Hay Milk from the Alpine Region
Our cows eat what nature provides: fresh herbs and grasses.

✔ Traditional Maturation
Weeks to months in the ripening cellar – for genuine flavor.

✔ No Industrial Production, No Mass-Produced Goods
Every cheese is unique and a handcrafted masterpiece.

Cheese from Vorarlberg – One of Europe’s Finest Cheese Regions

Vorarlberg has stood for premium cheesemaking tradition for centuries. The combination of Alpine climate, lush meadows, and artisan expertise is what makes our mountain cheese so special.

👉 This is exactly where our Alpine cheese is born.

How Our Cheese Is Made

Every wheel of cheese tells a story:

• Fresh hay milk delivered daily, straight from the farmers in the Alpine village
• Processed the very same day
• Hand-crafted in the copper kettle
• Matured in a natural cellar
• Tended carefully for weeks

👉 The result: a robust, honest flavor – rarely found these days.

⭐ What our customers say – over 4,200 verified Cusrev customer reviews

What Our Customers Value Most:

• the intense flavor
• the consistently high quality (although the natural variation of grasses across spring, summer, autumn, and winter does shape the flavor)
• the trust in genuine, traditional production

👉 Many tell us they “haven’t bought supermarket cheese ever since.”

🧀 Our Cheese Range

With us, you’ll find something truly special:

• mild and tangy mountain cheese in various maturation stages
• mild and tangy semi-hard cheeses – Alpine cheese
• affined and matured REHMOCTA® specialties

👉 The right cheese for every palate – and straight from the producer’s cheese cellar.

🚚 Delivered Directly to Your Home

• We ship our cheese wheels and cheese portions fresh and carefully packaged once a week, every Tuesday.
• This ensures it arrives at your door in top quality.

👉 Order Alpine cheese now, straight from the producer’s cheese cellar.

Experience the difference between industrial production and true craftsmanship. Visit the Alpine Cheese Shop.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between Alpine cheese and mountain cheese?
Alpine cheese (“Alpenkäse”) is a semi-hard cheese and requires 8-10 liters of day-fresh hay milk for 1 kg of cheese. Mountain cheese (“Bergkäse”) is a hard cheese and requires approximately 12 liters of milk for 1 kg of cheese.

How long does the cheese keep?
Depending on the degree of maturation, several weeks to several months.

How is the cheese shipped?
Refrigerated and securely packaged so that the quality is fully preserved.

🧭 Learn more about our production methods in the Cheese Wiki.

👉 Discover how our cheese is made: [Rehmer Sennhus article]

👉 Or explore the differences in our free brochures: Mountain Cheese vs. Alpine Semi-Hard Cheese

Founder of the Alpen Sepp Project fltr.: Stephan Hohn, Dietmar Hohn

Cheese sale in the shop. At Alpen Sepp you always know what you are buying! We strive for quality – and you?

Our cheeses come 100% from selected alpine dairies and the Bregenzerwald area. You can also visit our alpine dairies at any time and watch.