News
23/11/2011: Early Ordering Draw Winners
We ran a competition for people who ordered our Christmas boxes before 16th November. Three people won Cheese Subscriptions for 2011 (three boxes each). They are: Lulu from the Isle of Man, Lyndsey from Cardiff, and Mark from Caterham. Congratulations, and I hope you enjoy it! read more »
19/09/2011: new site for mongers
Bovey Tracey's leading shed-based virtual cheesemonger has a brand new website, which you are now looking at. If you're one of our regular customers, we hope you'll find all the nice stuff you know and love, but with a better layout, new features (like the tabs suggesting related products), and a whole lot of new things - cider, beer and perry for starters. Coming soon, wines, bundles of biscuits, chutney etc for weddings, and more. read more »
29/09/2011: win cheese, win cider
To mark the arrival of cider in the Shed, we’ve teamed up with publishers Birlinn to set up a competition with three great cheese and cider related prizes on offer. A small test of skill and an email are all it takes to enter. Prizes include copies of James Crowden’s fascinating book Ciderland plus a Cornish Cheese Selection and 5 bottles of cider from our shelves. read more »
07/11/2011: Into 2012
Come 2012 we’ll be looking to bring new things into the Shed. Treveador’s Helford Blue, Sue Proudfoot’s Little Wheal and Rachel Stephens’ Haytor will be arriving soon. I’m looking at cheeses from two new dairies, and am keen to expand the non-cheese side of things. We also have plans which, if they work, will introduce a completely new approach to the issue of buying a cheese wedding cake. Watch this space. read more »
26/01/2012: farewell Menallack
Some sad news came in just before Christmas as we learned that Menallack Farm was due to stop cheesemaking after 25 years. Menallack, based just outside Penryn in Cornwall, was really the creation of Caryl Minson, aided and abetted by husband John and a devoted team of makers. This unique dairy produced a wonderful range of cheeses, mainly for the local market in West Cornwall. We're going to miss them. read more »