Learn About Cheese
Watch Dorstone and Finn being made…
Charlie Westhead was one of the pioneers in artisan cheesemaking in the UK. This short video tells the story of his cheesemaking business and his famous cheeses: Ragstone, Dorstone and…
An Interview with the Bartlett Brothers – sheep farmers and cheese-makers at Wootton Dairy
Proper West-Country boys, James and Dave make sheep’s milk cheese on their farm near Shepton Mallet in Somerset. Spring is when they are working at their peak: the lambing and…
How is cheese made? A basic outline.
The transformation of milk into cheese is one of the brilliant achievements of humankind. It enables us to take a product that spoils fast at ambient temperature (milk), and makes…
An Interview with Mike Thomson: creator of Young Buck Blue
A brief synopsis of your business and career? I run Mike’s Fancy Cheese and we make a raw-milk blue cheese called Young Buck, here in Newtownards. We have been making…
The Courtyard Dairy’s New Venture….
No doubt a few of you will know already about The Courtyard Dairy’s purchase of the former Yorkshire Dales Falconry Centre on the A65 near Settle. The plan is for…
Yorkshire Business Develops New Cheese Air Freshener
Owners of The Courtyard Dairy in Settle have developed a brand-new ‘air freshener’ that gives off a cheesy whiff! The device is incorporated into a simple 13A plug that can…
HRH The Prince of Wales visits The Courtyard Dairy
Last Wednesday, 22nd March, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales called in to sample the cheeses at The Courtyard Dairy. Andy and Kathy Swinscoe were thrilled that His Royal…
Raw Milk Appreciation Day (22nd April 2017)
Once a year, cheese-makers and cheesemongers across the globe celebrate the production of raw milk and raw milk cheeses on Raw Milk Appreciation Day. Small scale farmhouse cheese makers that…
Get your dad the perfect gift this Father’s Day
Dads are hard to buy for, and with Father’s Day approaching (Sunday 18th June) choosing just how to please them best is difficult. But there is one thing that most…
His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales to visit The Courtyard Dairy
This Wednesday, 22nd March, Andy and Kathy Swinscoe, owners of The Courtyard Dairy will be thrilled to welcome his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to their shop. The Prince…
Fruitcake paired with cheese – the origins and history
If you’ve heard that Northerners are apparently keen on a wedge of fruitcake to complement their cheese, you might be asking is it just a rumour, or is it a…
A History of British Cheese – The modern-day British Cheese Revival.
With British artisan cheese all but disappearing in post-war Britain, things were indeed dire for farmhouse cheese makers. A few continued to make cheese, encouraged by the remaining great cheesemongers…