Refines and ripens handmade Swiss cheese creations under the Tailor-Made Cheese brand in Gonten in the Appenzellerland.
Koch Cheese AG
9108 Gonten/Appenzell (CH)New on Amplifa
About Koch Cheese
Koch Cheese AG, based in Gonten/Appenzell, is a Swiss family business specialising in cheese refinement. Under the Tailor-Made Cheese brand, the team around affineur and cheese sommelier Kevin Koch develops and refines handmade cheese creations from the finest Swiss milk, partly in organic quality. The range extends from semi-hard and hard cheeses refined with flowers, herbs, spices or truffle essence, to cave-aged specialities from the company's own rock cellar made of sandstone, to ready-made fondue blends and raclette cheeses. The wheels are turned, salted, brushed and inspected by hand. The company supplies the retail trade with conventional and organic cheese, maintaining short transport routes and sustainable production. The tradition goes back to the vision of the parents Praxedis and Alois Koch in the Appenzellerland and has been carried on for more than 50 years.
- Site
- Gonten/Appenzell
- Processes
- Cheese refinement/affinage, Cave ripening in the rock cellar, Development of customised cheese creations (Tailor-Made Cheese), Ready-made fondue blends, Supply of the retail trade with conventional and organic cheese
- Materials
- Swiss raw and organic raw milk, Edible flowers (safflower, heather, cornflower, marigold, lavender, dill), Ginger, pepper, lemon, wild herbs, wild garlic, Hemp extract, truffle essence, hops and malt, haskap berry filling
- Certificates
- Swiss Cheese Award distinctions
- Industries
- Cheese refinement, Food retail, Gourmet trade
- 01
Selection of the finest cheese wheels made from Swiss milk
- 02
Development of customised recipes (Tailor-Made Cheese)
- 03
Production according to own recipes in a small family cheese dairy
- 04
Cave ripening in the sandstone rock cellar
- 05
Hand care: turning, salting, brushing, inspecting
- 06
Refinement with flowers, herbs, spices or fillings
- 07
Supply of the retail trade (conventional and organic)
Raw Materials and Refinement
Swiss raw and organic raw milk
The basis of all creations, including Appenzell mountain cow's milk and fresh daily raw milk.
Edible flowers (safflower, heather, cornflower, marigold, lavender, dill)
Adorn the flower rind and unfold their aroma during days of ripening deep inside the cheese.
Ginger, pepper, lemon, wild herbs, wild garlic
Create flavourful, contrast-rich taste profiles.
Hemp extract, truffle essence, hops and malt, haskap berry filling
Unconventional refinement ingredients for distinctive creations such as Cannalina, Truffalo and Berrylizz.
Locations
Gonten/Appenzell
CHProduction/refinement, cave ripening in the rock cellar
- Materials
- Swiss milk, organic raw milk, flowers, herbs, spices
- Rock cellar made of sandstone
- Ripening cellar with spruce boards
Collections and Products
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Quality
Quality is based on careful selection of the finest cheese wheels, weekly hand care (turning, salting, brushing, inspecting) and long ripening periods in the climatically constant rock cellar. The company's raclette cheese has been awarded diplomas at the Swiss Cheese Award several times.
| Evidence | Gonten/Appenzell |
|---|---|
| Swiss Cheese Award distinctions |
History
Vision of the parents Praxedis and Alois Koch establishes the cheese tradition in the Appenzellerland (around 50 years ago)
Management of the company by son Kevin Koch under the Tailor-Made Cheese brand