Peralada Mas Marcè Siurana

Peralada Mas Marcè is made up of a family that has been dedicated to shepherding for more than 6 generations. Located in the heart of Empordà, we have dedicated ourselves to recovering the Ovella Ripollesa, a native Catalan breed, and to producing artisanal and organic products derived from its milk.

The objective of this project is to recover three values that until now had been lost:

• The Empordà recuit is a traditional product of the area.
• «Herbacolo» vegetable rennet for the production of products.
• To revive the Ripollès sheep breed, native to Catalonia, as a milk producer.

One of our goals is to ensure that our sheep are fed exclusively on pastures and cereals from our farm. Everything is organic. The milk from the Ripollès sheep is of very high quality, as it produces half a litre of milk a day in two milkings. It is the main base for all the products we make such as cottage cheese, yoghurt, kefir and cheese.

We invite you to come and see the daily life of an organic and sustainable farm. We will visit the sheep pen where we will bottle-feed an orphan lamb, we will see the workshop from the outside, and we will taste the main products that we make on the farm, such as cottage cheese, yogurts and cheeses. You also have the option of doing one or two workshops; we propose the cottage cheese workshop or the wool workshop.

The cottage cheese workshop consists of learning how to curdle milk with natural vegetable rennet from herbacol to obtain cottage cheese and then extract the whey to obtain the curd and thus become aware of how to make fresh cheese.

In the wool workshop, visitors can experience how wool was carded before the industrial revolution, using manual cards, and learn how to make an accessory out of wool.

The visit can be done in Catalan, Spanish or French, and it is necessary to make a reservation in advance to check availability. They can be done throughout the year and are open to families, educational centers and organized groups. The visits we offer are the following:

After realizing that consumers were really interested in how we made them, we thought it appropriate to open the doors of our farm without losing our values: tradition, authenticity and recovered values.

Prices of activities

• Visit and tasting + Curd workshop + Wool workshop: €0 from 0 to 2 years.
• Visit and tasting + Curd workshop + Wool workshop: €9.90 from 3 to 11 years old.
• Visit and tasting + Curd workshop + Wool workshop: €16.50 for ages 12 and up.