Being a Yorkshire cheesemonger and with Yorkshire Day fast approaching (1st August) I thought now is an especially appropriate time to champion Yorkshire cheese!

Click below to read a brief history of cheese in Yorkshire, followed by lots of information on the producers who continue to make cheese in Yorkshire.

Cheese lovers everywhere purchase their cheese online from The Courtyard Dairy.  Quite often, the cheese they purchase is not for them, but is intended as a gift, maybe for a birthday, and often for men.  So what exactly makes the ideal cheese gift?

Why does The Courtyard Dairy stock Richard 3rd Wensleydale, instead of the very good Wensleydale cheese made at Hawes Creamery?

Find out by clicking below….

The FDA in American is banning some cheeses due to cheese mites.

An explanation into the various methods of classifying cheese types by their texture and flavour.

Every year, brilliant, new, unusual and exciting cheeses are developed in the UK.  Last year, for example, saw the introduction of Little Anne, Baron Bigod and Cais Na Tire.

Here are my tips for this year’s best new raw-milk artisan cheeses, all of which are newly developed.

With Mother’s Day fast approaching now is the time to choose that cheese gift for your Mum!  

If your Mum is a cheese lover, or you are just tired of giving flowers and chocolates, click below to read an interesting collection of cheese gift ideas!

We appreciate that not everyone lives in North Yorkshire to buy cheese from The Courtyard Dairy and click here to view  some of Andy and Kathy’s favourite cheese shops and cheesemongers throughout the UK….

I’m often asked if the natural blue vein that finds its way into non-blue cheese is edible.  The answer is: by and large, yes.

But what is it and how did it come about?

The Courtyard Dairy pays tremendous attention to ensure the highest quality of cheese is sold in the cheese shop or sent out for delivery direct to the customer, so that whether customers visit the shop themselves, or order cheese online for delivery to their home, they will receive the same quality of product and experience.

Read about how that experience is continued with The Courtyard Dairy’s eco-friendly approach to mail order packaging – click below.

If you have cheese lover as a friend or relative, then a cheese gift may just be the perfect present for them, whether it’s for their birthday, a special treat, or even the upcoming Mother’s Day and Father’s Day!

But choosing what cheese to give them as a gift is always difficult, especially as at The Courtyard Dairy some of the cheeses are a bit more unique and different…

Read Andy & Kathy’s advice for choosing the perfect cheese gift for your loved one, friend or family!

Scotland had lost all its farmhouse cheeses. They’d all gone to the great farmhouse cheese heaven.

In 1972, the Scottish Farmhouse Cheese-makers Trophy was discontinued, but a recent resurgence has seen a creation of many great Scottish cheeses.  And now is the perfect time to enjoy them – for Burn’s Night.

Read about the history of Scottish cheese by clicking below.