Vacherin Returns : Swiss Vacherin Mont D'Or from Vincent Tyrode

Vacherin Returns : Swiss Vacherin Mont D'Or from Vincent Tyrode

4 min read

Vincent Tyrode, one of our favourite Gruyere producers, makes Vacherin from the third week of August to the middle of April.  Just as in France there is a link between Comte production and Vacherin Mont D’Or during the winter season, on the Swiss side of the Jura mountains the same link exists between Gruyere and Vacherin.  The Mont D’Or itself, named because of the way the sunlight lights its cliff edges at the summit, straddles France and Switzerland and the cheeses are close neighbours too.

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St Jude : A Labour of Love

St Jude : A Labour of Love

3 min read

Julie Cheyney calls herself ‘the dairymaid who gets to make her own cheese’.  She first started milking cows as a teenager on weekends and has been dedicated to farming and fascinated with the potential of milk ever since.

When a cheese tastes as good as St Jude, it’s tempting to look for the romantic story behind it and mythologise its origins.  If you pursue this line of questioning with Julie, you’ll receive a wry smile, and she’ll explain the practical issues that lead to her choice of cheese. 

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From Pasture to Plate : How the Kirkhams make great Lancashire

From Pasture to Plate : How the Kirkhams make great Lancashire

6 min read

The exciting thing about the Kirkhams is that they farm with only their cheese in mind. They have no milk contract to fulfil, no minimum litres to achieve and everything about the way they farm is tailored to making amazing cheese.

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