Our Cheeses
Summer Cheese, Winter Cheese - Verano y Invierno
Like many fine foods… strawberries, cider, and asparagus, Vermont Shepherd cheeses are seasonal. Our summer cheese, “Verano,” we make from pure sheeps’ milk when our pastures are abundant with wild herbs and grasses. Verano then ages 3-5 months and ripens by August. The flavor of the summer cheese is sweet, rich and earthy with hints of clover, mint, and thyme. Our winter cheese, “Invierno,” we make from a mix of our sheeps’ milk and rich, organic milk from our neighbors cows. Invierno ages 5-9 months and ripens by early winter. The flavor of the winter cheese is strong and full, with a spicy tang. We sell the summer and winter cheeses by the pound and by the 6 to 8 lb wheel. We offer the 5-9 month aged Invierno, a reserve two year aged Invierno, as well as an apple wood smoked Invierno that is smoked with local apple wood.
Fresh Cheeses
In addition to our original aged cheeses, we also make a variety of fresh products with our sheep's milk. These include sheep's milk fromage blanc, a soft, rich, and creamy farmers' cheese reminiscent of cream cheese, sheep's milk ricotta, sheep's milk Skyr or Icelandic yogurt cheese, as well as a marinated fresh sheep's cheese with farm grown garlic and thyme, pure olive oil, and rainbow peppercorns.