Taste the Bura.
Croatia's Bukovica cheese is born from fierce Bura winds, wild herbs, and limestone rock. It's a flavor you can't manufacture. We are protecting the only factory that can produce it: the Dalmatian shepherd and his flock.
Salted by the storm.
You cannot make this cheese in a barn. In the Bukovica region, the Bura wind roars down from the Velebit mountain, blasting the pasture with sea salt from the Adriatic.
Animals here don't just eat grass. They graze on salt-crusted medicinal herbs: wild sage, immortelle, and thyme. This diet concentrates the landscape into the milk, creating a cheese that is naturally seasoned by the storm before it is even pressed.
But without the herd to harvest the rocky terrain, this flavor profile disappears forever.
The Alchemist’s Blend.
Bukovica cheese, an undiscovered and rare delicacy, is yet to gain wider recognition, but only if we help protect the area shepherds and their ancestral practices.
Milky Treasure
Cigaja, Pramenka, Lacaune. The Cigaja and Pramenka (ancient, hardy breeds) providee rich, high-fat milk full of solids . The Lacaune adds volume and protein. The result is a cheese that is dense, rich, and perfectly balanced.
Nature's Pharmacists
The Goats. Unlike sheep who graze, goats browse. They are the pickiest eaters in nature, selectively hunting for the most potent medicinal shrubs in the scrub. Their milk adds the "wild" aromatic note that defines the Bukovica blend.
Artisanal Touch
Hand-Milking. We don't use industrial lines. The cheese is made by hand, following a rhythm dictated by the seasons, not investors. But this tradition is labor-intensive and impossible to maintain if the shepherd is up all night fighting off wolves.
Keep the tradition alive
Protect the herds. Preserve the craft. Fund the future of Bukovica cheese.
Protect the wild graze
Our sheep and goats are botanists, hiking miles daily to find medicinal plants. The wolf threat is shrinking their world. Help us expand their safety zone so they can continue the ancient practice of grazing the open karst.
- ✅ Terroir: The flavor is in the landscape, not the barn.
- ✅ Freedom: We support safe, guardian-dog-protected roaming, not confinement.
- ✅ Action: Donations support "living fences", guardian dogs and keep the predators at bay.
Tell us what you think
Have advice on herd protection? Or just want to share your experience? We'd love to hear from you!