VERNIERES is the name of one of the oldest families of Roquefort. Its history merges with that of the village and its cheese activity. In Volume I of the Chronicles of Roquefort, from 1433 to 1714, the name VERNIERES is cited more than forty times over the centuries. As in Roquefort "no wheat, no vines, no culture grows", all these VERNIERES were more or less linked to Roquefort cheese, the only local production. They were often owners of huts, which later became cellars.
