Neal's Yard Dairy

Beth Kuchynka • February 24, 2022

Neal's Yard Take Home Tasting Event


We are so excited to share these delicious cheeses with you. These cheeses arrive directly from London just for us, ordered specifically with this take home tasting in mind. We've carried cheeses from Neal's Yard for many years. Their dedication to hand selection ensures we at bayleaf only are showing you the very best English cheeses. You may not think of it this way, but artisanal cheese is like fine wine, with each wheel being made and thought of as a "vintage". We rely on outfits like Neal's Yard to provide us with a true expression of the type of cheese, captured at just the right moment - or as we've learned to call them, happy wheels. We are honored to be a part of the stewardship that begins with the farmer. 


Selection

At Neal’s Yard Dairy, our ambition is to sell the British and Irish cheeses we like best. That means identifying interesting, characterful or authentic varieties, but it also means selecting the individual cheeses that we want to sell. Some of our cheesemakers are making the same cheese almost every day, so in any given years, as many as 350 'vintages' may emerge from the dairy, each of which will differ slightly in character. Some will meet our exacting standards, others won’t. Only very rarely would we take more than half of a cheesemaker’s annual output. This means that our standards are never compromised – we want only the cheeses we like the best. 


Read more here. If you see cheeses on their website you would like us to bring in - let us know, we are curious and we want you to be too!

 

APPLEBYS CHESHIRE
KIRKHAMS LANCASHIRE
SPARKENHOE RED LEICESTER
COLSTON BASSET SHROPSHIRE

Tasting includes over 1 lb. total weight of cheese, notes & a guided video link (not live/zoom) as well as discounts on these cheeses. This is a take home tasting event, not at bayleaf.

Pick up is March 18th*
$43 ~ Limited Event

 

*Now the caveat; it is important to pick up and delve into the kit as soon as you can. We want you to have the freshest experience, pick up is Friday 18th of March

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