The cheese enterprise "Aria" is located in Samegrelo, in the village of Menji, Senaki municipality. It is said that milk from cattle grazing on mountain pastures of Menji has special taste properties. According to the director of the enterprise, Anna, the taste of Senaki's milk comes from natural thermal waters, with which cattle quench their thirst for pasture.
Currently, “Aria” produces 50 types of dairy products, and its range includes dozens of Georgian and European cheeses made from goat, cow, and buffalo milk.
The cheese enterprise has a nearly twenty-year history. Along with cheeses made with traditional technology, “Aria” also offers its customers cheeses made with branded recipes such as Basel and Cameo, as well as an assortment of raw cheeses that you can't try anywhere else.
“Aria” also owns a goat farm. When growing feed on the farm, only organic fertilizers are used to ensure that goats are grown in excellent and natural conditions.
Aria has implemented the HACCP standard, which means that products manufactured at the enterprise are harmless and traceable. At the enterprise, you can take master classes in cheese making and participate in the production process
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"Aria" produces the following types of cheese:
- Ricotta
- All types of mozzarellas
- Buffalo and cow Sulguni (raw and salted)
- Factory cheese
- Summer cheese
- Megrelian-Abkhazian cheese
- Ula pata stracciatella
- Smoked sulguni slices
- Smoked mozzarella
- Aria Nero
- Aria Moldy
- Pasta Parma
- Basel
- Cameo
- Goat and cow raw cheese
- Aged goat cheese
- Cheese “Amsterdam”
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The village of Menji is located in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, in the Senaki municipality, in the valley of the Tsivi River. The weather here is subtropical and with a mild, snowless, slightly rainy winter. Menji is famous for its balneological resort. There are natural baths of warm hydrogen sulfide mineral water used for medical purposes.
When visiting the enterprise, you can also visit other attractions located here:
- Settlement of Nokalakevi
- Nosiri Bath
- Nosiri Archeological Monument
- Kotianeti Fortress
- Menji fortress
- Ruins of the Eki Fortress
- Tsikhegoji
- Ormotsmotsameta Church of Nokalakevi
- Sulfur Water Bath
- Ruins of Kotianeti Fortress “Aramish Nokhori”
- Ruins of St. George Church of Dzveli (old) Senaki
- “Kuash Okhorish” Fortress
- Alerting Tower- Dzveli (old) Senaki
- Ruins of the “Jgemarioni” Church
- Ruins of the Kvauti Archangel Church
- Remains of the Church of Savior
- Chikovanebi Bath
- Ancestral building of Dadianebi
- “Khomoni Tunnel”
- Ruins of the Church of Savior of Khorshi
- Ruins of Roman-type Nosiri Bath
