The Cheese Shed

You've arrived at The Cheese Shed, which we like to think is the online shop for Westcountry artisan cheese.  From our base in Bovey Tracey, South Devon, we send the great cheeses of this region out to cheese lovers from all over the country.

From White Nancy to Blue Vinney, Hobbs Choice to Heligan, we have over 100 to choose from. Mainly from small producers, they're often very hard to find outside the area, but that's where we come in: place an order online and that Sharpham Rustic, Norsworthy or Wild Garlic Yarg will be on its way to you in no time flat!

Wallop!

It's been a good week for Alex James, bass player in Blur.  First the refomed band triumphs at the last night of Glastonbury.  Then Little Wallop - the cheese he developed with uber cheese guru Juliet Harbutt - arrives on the shelves of The Cheese Shed.  Roll up, roll up for what may be the only soft goat cheese washed in Cider Brandy and wrapped in vine leaves.  There's exotic for you.

Nominate us.  You know you want to.

Why not let the good people at Radio Four know about  The Cheese Shed?  Their 2009 Food & Farming Awards are now open and they're looking for nominations: people that the public think are doing great work as food producers, retailers, farmers etc.

So if you like what we're doing here and if you'd like to see what James looks like in a tuxedo, take a couple of minutes out, nip along to the Radio Four site and nominate us. Thank you!

Behold the Wall Of Cheese

The only Wall Of Cheese on the World Wide What-Is-It.  Yes, I am still going on about this.

What we're eating now

James emerged briefly from the gloom of our underground cheese labyrinth to thrust a carrier bag at me.  Inside I found a wedge of Alderwood, which I hadn't tried for a while.  With over 100 cheeses it's easy for some to get neglected.

But how good it is!  Typically rich washed rind taste but with a sort of glow of flavour that develops in the mouth.