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Cheesemongers — Page 2

Plate M-9 · 166 stores · 151–166 of 166 · curated ORBIS register

Schönegger Käse-Alm makes cheese with Allgäu hay milk and sells its range through a dairy shop in Buchenberg. The shop offers mountain-style hard cheeses alongside other dairy products, allowing buyers to choose directly from the producer's range. Sennerei Bremenried eG also works with fresh hay milk, selling handmade cheeses and butter at its Weiler im Allgäu shop and online.

What makes great cheesemongers?

This plate lists 166 shops in 20 countries. Kars has the most with 5, followed by London with 4. Among these shops, 22 sell online, going by their own descriptions.

Ask to taste first: a counter that cuts to order will usually let you taste before you choose.

Ask how old the cheese is: the same cheese changes with age, so ask how long this piece has matured.

Ask how it should travel: ask for vacuum packing and check the import rules for dairy before carrying cheese abroad.

Explore cheesemongers

Use the city plates when they appear below, or open any store for its official door and related ORBIS city and craft links.

Great Barrington, MA

Rubiner's Cheesemongers on Main Street in Great Barrington is a serious cheese counter run by the Rubiner family, ripening and hand-selecting artisan wheels from small European and American dairies. A companion cheese cafe serves fondue, raclette and plates built from the shop's aged selection.

Best for Artisan and farmhouse cheeses

⚒ Cheesemongers · Great Barrington / MAORBIS register

Saint-Nectaire, Auvergne

A volcanic cheese from the Auvergne — washed-rind, cave-aged in the lava-formed cellars of the Monts Dore, with a nutty, earthy flavor.

Best for Volcanic terroir, lava cave aging, and cheese from the Auvergne.

⚒ Cheesemongers · FranceORBIS register

Lindauer Straße, Buchenberg (Oberallgäu)

Schönegger Käse-Alm turns daily-fresh Allgäu hay milk from local family farms into hard, semi-firm, soft, goat and sheep cheeses following traditional master-cheesemaker recipes. Its Buchenberg dairy shop lets visitors taste and buy the range direct, from mountain-style hard cheese to whey products and regional sausage.

Best for Allgäu hay-milk cheese, goat and sheep cheese, regional sausage

⚒ Cheesemongers · Buchenberg / Allgäu / GermanyORBIS register

Weiler / Germany

One of the last original Allgau dairies, Sennerei Bremenried has hand-made heumilch cheese from fresh hay milk for 125 years, processing milk daily including Sundays and holidays. Cheese, gift baskets, and butter can be bought at the Kaeslaedele shop in Weiler im Allgau or ordered through the dairy's online shop.

Best for Food & Drink, Cheese

⚒ CheesemongersORBIS register

Minneapolis / United States

Surdyk's is a family-owned Minneapolis institution on East Hennepin, pairing a deep wine, beer, spirits, and THC selection with a cheese shop and deli. It sells online with curbside pickup and delivery and hosts tastings and classes.

Best for Wine & Spirits, Liquor, Cheese Shop, Deli

⚒ CheesemongersORBIS register

All Saints Passage

The Cambridge Cheese Company sells British and Continental farmhouse cheeses from a small shop on All Saints Passage, cutting wedges to order beside charcuterie, chutneys and biscuits. Staff wrap the cheeses fresh and assemble hampers for local customers.

Best for Farmhouse cheeses and charcuterie

⚒ Cheesemongers · United Kingdom / EuropeORBIS register

The Cheese Shop

Hidden Gem

Carmel Plaza, Carmel-by-the-Sea

In business at Carmel Plaza since 1975 and led for decades by cheesemonger Kent Torrey, The Cheese Shop cuts hundreds of world cheeses to order alongside gourmet foods and wine. It ships nationwide and runs monthly cheese and wine clubs.

Best for Artisan cheese and gourmet food

⚒ CheesemongersORBIS register

Cold Spring and Beacon, NY

An independent cheesemonger with counters in Cold Spring and Beacon selling cut-to-order artisan cheeses, charcuterie and accompaniments. Staff build cheese boards and stock specialty larder goods.

Best for Artisan cheese and charcuterie

⚒ Cheesemongers · Curated artisan producersORBIS register

Lincoln, England

The Cheese Society is an independent cheese shop based in Lincoln, selling curated hampers, cheese boards and knives alongside a rotating monthly subscription of five hand-picked cheeses. The shop ships nationally but is rooted in Lincoln, offering free delivery on larger orders.

Best for Curated cheese boxes and monthly cheese subscriptions

⚒ Cheesemongers · Lincoln / EnglandORBIS register

High Street, Burford

A specialist cheesemonger stocking British and continental cheeses with a strong showing of Cotswold and West Country makers, alongside chutneys, biscuits and charcuterie. The Burford shop is one of three small branches the company runs across the region.

Best for British and Cotswold cheeses

⚒ Cheesemongers · United KingdomORBIS register

Chilmark

The Grey Barn & Farm is a certified-organic, grass-fed dairy in Chilmark whose cheesemakers age raw-milk rounds, among them the washed-rind Bon Anniversaire. Its farm store also sells the operation's own beef, pork, eggs, and milk from cattle, pigs, sheep, and chickens raised on the land.

Best for Raw-milk farmstead cheese and organic meat

⚒ Cheesemongers · Chilmark / Martha's Vineyard / MAORBIS register

Milwaukee / United States

The Village Cheese Shop is a European-inspired specialty store in Wauwatosa Village stocking more than eighty artisan cheeses cut to order, plus cured meats, a 300-bottle wine selection, and gourmet pantry goods. Cheesemongers guide tastings at the counter, and shoppers can order online or join the monthly cheese and wine clubs.

Best for Cheese Shop, Wine, Charcuterie, Specialty Food

⚒ CheesemongersORBIS register

Studor, Srednja vas v Bohinju

A Bohinj mountain farm in Studor that makes Bohinj alpine and smoked cheeses, the soft Mohant cheese, albumin curd, butter and ghee, plus dried sausages and lard. Its products carry the 'Bohinjsko/From Bohinj' and Selected Quality marks, and it rents apartments and a cottage on Planina v Lazu.

Best for Bohinj alpine cheese and Mohant

⚒ Cheesemongers · Bohinj / SloveniaORBIS register

Walnut Creek / United States

Set in the heart of Ohio's Amish Country, Walnut Creek Cheese & Market sells house-made cheese, baked goods, sausages, and jarred preserves from its store on State Route 39, alongside a second location in Berlin, Ohio. Shoppers can browse the deli, bakery, and bulk foods departments in person or order online for shipping or curbside pickup.

Best for Food & Drink, Cheese, Butcher

⚒ CheesemongersORBIS register

Ribeira

Wine Quay Bar is a Tiny wine bar on the Douro waterfront with port and Douro wine tastings and cheese boards. At Ribeira, the range centers on port and Douro wine tastings with cheese boards on the Douro waterfront.

Best for Port and Douro wine tastings with cheese boards on the Douro waterfront

⚒ CheesemongersORBIS register

Milwaukee / United States

Wisconsin Cheese Mart has been a family-owned cheese store in Milwaukee for more than eighty-five years, curating cheddars, goudas, curds, and specialty wheels from makers across the state. Its shops in Milwaukee and Madison are backed by a robust online store shipping cheese, sausage, Pine River spreads, and gift crates.

Best for Cheese Shop, Wisconsin Cheese, Sausage, Gifts

⚒ CheesemongersORBIS register