{"id":23749,"date":"2024-04-04T14:53:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T08:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terrachevive.com\/prodotto\/e-bike-tour-with-a-visit-to-a-cheese-factory-and-a-tasting-of-dairy-products\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T09:22:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T08:22:35","slug":"e-bike-tour-with-a-visit-to-a-cheese-factory-and-a-tasting-of-dairy-products","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/en\/outdoor-tours\/bike-cycling-puglia\/ebike-cheese-factory-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"E-bike tour with a visit to a cheese factory and a tasting of dairy products"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Discovering the PDO mozzarella of Gioia Del Colle<\/h2>\n<p>Our e-bike tour will take us along <strong>rural paths<\/strong> connecting the towns of <em>Gioia Del Colle<\/em>, <em>Laterza<\/em> and the beautiful <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/escursioni-puglia\/visite-guidate\/sassi-matera\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matera<\/a><\/em> (a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/blog\/da-non-perdere\/sorelle-unesco-di-puglia\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UNESCO<\/a> heritage site).<br \/>\nWe will ride through ancient iazzi (stone enclosures used for animals) and fortified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/blog\/cose-da-fare\/imperdibili-esperienze-enogastronomiche-in-masseria\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">farmhouses<\/a>, pine groves and cultivated fields.<br \/>\nWe will stop at a fortified farmhouse built way back in the 1800s and then continue our bike ride to the charming Iazzo of Grotta Caprara.<br \/>\nThe tour covers a large rural area where many farmers breed cows that provide much of the milk used to produce the <strong>mozzarella of Gioia del Colle<\/strong>, recognised as PDO by the EU.<br \/>\nHere, in the rural heart of Puglia, we will visit a traditional cheese factory where fresh dairy products such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/en\/blog\/cheese-mozzarella-burrata-tasting-cooking-classes-puglia\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mozzarella, burrata<\/a>, fiordilatte and stracciatella are made every day.<br \/>\nWe will visit various areas of the factory such as the milking room and the production department and watch the master cheesemaker as he processes the curd into products ready to be sold and eaten.<br \/>\nThis gastronomic experience ends with a <strong>tasting of four typical local dairy products<\/strong>: mozzarella, fresh cheese, seasoned provolone and &#8220;bomba di latte&#8221;.<br \/>\nAt the end of the tasting, we will cycle back to Gioia del Colle.<\/p>\n<h2>What the tour includes<\/h2>\n<p>Our e-bike tour includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>rural paths<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>fortified farmhouse from the 1800s<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>ancient iazzi<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>grazing animals<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>pine groves<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>cultivated fields<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>cheese factory<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>tasting<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Possible options to be added upon request:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>tasting of organic wine produced by a winery close to the cheese factory.<\/li>\n<p><\/em>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discovering the PDO mozzarella of Gioia Del Colle Our e-bike  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[132,142],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-23749","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-bike-cycling-puglia","product_cat-outdoor-tours","first","instock","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/23749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=23749"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=23749"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=23749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}