Pleased by Cheese

Cheesemakers and cheese lovers alike celebrated and sampled the best locally produced cheeses at this year’s New Zealand Cheese Festival.

Clos Henri vineyard in Renwick hosted a wide variety of cheese-based stallholders and plenty of eager foodies, with plenty of cheesy goodness matched with Clos Henri’s wines, Peckham Cider, Feast Merchants dishes, Golden Mile Strawberries and treats from Sweet Creations.

Upper Moutere cheesemakers Thorvald took home the Ade Walcroft Champion Cheese award for their camembert as well as the Best Wash Rind for their Devotion cheese. Fellow Nelsonians Little River Estate won the More FM Marlborough People's Choice award for their Tasman Blue.

Marlborough cheesemakers also saw success, with Mooody Cow winning the Best Flavoured Cheese for their Tommey with Tempranillo, and Wairiri Buffalo winning the Chef’s Choice Cheese with their Buffalo Stracciatella with Strawberry, and Best Fresh Cheese for their Buffalo Curd.