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Vermont Cheese Trail
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The fact that you can drive through Vermont in just a
matter of hours might make you overlook its culinary
contributions, but when it comes to cheese, Vermont
is where it’s at. If you’re a fan of goat or sheep’s milk
cheese, Vermont offers award-winning varieties. And
of course, this state has long mastered cheddar.
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1. Grafton
Village Cheese
graftonvillagecheese.
com
400 Linden St.
Brattleboro, VT 05301
(802) 246-2221
HOBER/FLICKR
If cheddar is the dairy
that rules your heart,
you need to make a
stop at Grafton Village
Cheese where they still
make their cheddars in
the same tradition as
when they first started
in 1892. It’s handcrafted,
perfectly aged and
made from Jersey cow
milk sourced from small
Vermont family farms.
2. Vermont
Shepherd
vermontshepherd.com
281 Patch Farm Rd.
Putney, VT 05346
(802) 387-4473
The cheesemakers that
run Vermont Shepherd
only make one kind of
cheese (also called the
Vermont Sheph erd)
and it has been
completely perfected.
This aged sheep’s milk
cheese, descended
from a variety of
Pyrenees mountain
cheeses, is more than
worth the trip for any
cheese lover.
3. Twig Farm
twigfarm.com
2575 S Bingham St.
West Cornwall, VT
05778
(802) 462-3363
A trip to Twig Farm
doesn’t just mean you’ll
get your hands on an
array of award-winning
goat cheeses, but a
scenic visit to an idyllic
farm. After a taste of the
artisanal cheese, and a
day at this picturesque
spot, you won’t ever
want to go home.
4. Willow Hill Farm
sheepcheese.com
313 Hardscrabble Rd.
Milton, VT 05468
(802) 893-2963
Willow Hill Farm makes
award-winning sheep
and cow’s milk cheeses.
The owners attribute it to
their old world technique
of aging the cheeses
in underground caves.
Whatever the trick is,
it works. And it’s worth
the drive up north to try
them all — even if it’s at
the Canadian border.