Tasting, Lunch & Workshops
taste the flavour of 30 years of cheesemaking in the hunter valley
Autumn is a great time to visit the valley! With the change of season, the cooler nights perfect for wine and cheese snuggled up at your accommodation or leisurely cheese platters enjoying the autumn sun 9 am to 5.30 pm alfresco or in our Cheese Tasting Rooms with guided cheese experts on hand to explain all things cheese.
Book online to secure your day and time, your table will be ready on arrival, we will happily add your last-minute additions like wine tasting, charcuterie plates, or cheesecake and coffee/tea.
Don’t miss out on this must-try Hunter Valley Wine Country artisan producer.
Direct Contact: Rose (Fromager) 0417 463 759
9am to 5pm daily – available as a takeaway – choose you own cheese
Ideal for cheese loving foodies, explore the different flavours our our handmade cheese while enjoying a well-rounded sophisticated meal.
Our cheese platter lunch tasting offers a delightful variety of artisanal cheeses alongside thoughtfully paired accompaniments.
Cheese Selection: choose your preferred four(4) Hunter Valley Cheeses, with guided suggestions from our cheese experts to showcase a balance of texture and flavour, such as Branxton Brie, Brokenback 5yr aged Vintage Cheddar or Riley’s Persian Feta. Goats and Blue Vein cheese available for the adventuous.
Accompaniments: to enhance your experience the platter includes items like gourmet crackers, fresh bread, fruits paste, and chutneys add a sweet and savoury contrast. Cold cuts of Salami & Prosciutto, local olives, caramelised balsamic/oil blend and more are available to add to your lunch tasting.
Relaxed Atmosphere: Casual and elegant setting, perfect for a leisurely lunch with family and friends. Our lunch tasting is an interactive, social experience where guests can compare cheese and savour the communal aspect of handmade cheese.
Add a glass of white or red wine(over 18yrs only) : $15.00per glass
HUNTER VALLEY CHEESEBOARD TASTING - select your favourite cheeses
$28.00 per guest (4 cheese)
9am to 5pm daily
- Seated tasting with table water and souvenir tasting notes.
- Seasonal Tasting of five (5) handmade cheese varieties with crackers to match cheese style.
- Trio Tasting of olives, oils, jams, and chutney with wafers and bread.
- Cheese variety & flavours chat by Cheese Expert…
- Viewing windows to cheesemaking and cheese maturation room.
- Add meat (salami & prosciutto) $8.50 per person.
- Add White & Red Wine Taster (over 18yrs only) $10.00 person
HUNTER VALLEY CHEESE & LOCAL PRODUCE TASTING
$15.50 per guest
Cheese, Chocolate & Wine with the experts
9am to 5pm daily
An unforgettable “maker’s tasting” at our artisan cheese factory in the heart of the Hunter Valley.
Available for bookings up to six persons, this exclusive experience combines the finest handcrafted cheeses, expertly paired wines (over 18yrs only), and decadent chocolates.
The tasting commences with a warm welcome and a glass of sparkling wine or kombucha, followed by a guided tasting of four curated pairings. Each course combines the harmony of cheese, wine & chocolate, including strawberries chocolate, exquisite cheese and dessert wine.
Your dedicated pairing expert will visit your table to share insights and answer your questions.
Complimentry coffee and a sweet treat to round off your experience.
Non-Alcoholic Options Available
Artisan Cheesemakers Pairing
$52.50 per guest
CHEESE MASTERCLASS 101
$120.00 per guest
9am – 5pm daily Bookings Only
- Tasting of eight (8) handmade Hunter Valley cheese varieties with matched breads & crackers
- Trio Tasting of olives, oils, jams, and chutney with wafers and bread.
- Hosted by Cheese Expert, discover the world of cheese varieties, textures & flavours -ask those cheesy questions keeping you awake at night
- How to care for your cheese at home, how to select cheese to create your cheese platters for entertaining at home
- How we make our cheese overview at our cheese factory viewing windows
- One Home Cheesemaking Kit is included in each Masterclass Booking (Value $39.99)
Add meat (salami & prosciutto) $8.50 per guest
Add Kombucha & Beverage Tasting to match cheese selections $8.00 per guest
SMALL BATCH CHEESEMAKING WORKSHOP
$200.00 per guest
Scheduled Workshops for 2025…..
1st March / 7th June / 6th September / 1st November
- Discover how to make cheese at home 2.0hours of ‘hands on” cheesemaking.
- Food Safe Code Workshop
- Your instructor is one of our senior cheesemakers – 30years of cheesemaking expertise!
- Learn hygiene, equipment, milk choices, enzymes, coagulation, and ripening in cheesemaking.
- Includes eight (8) cheese, eight (8) matched beverages – Cheese Masterclass while your cheese is ripening (Value $ 120 per person)
- Learn how to “whey off,” marinate, and care for your cheese at home.
- Understand food labelling requirements – name your cheese!!
- Two (2) cheeses completed to take home (Value $55.00)
- One Home Cheesemaking Kit is included with each booking (Value $39.99)
Bookings for 6 persons or more.. *2 day or more prebooking required
- Unique Cheesemaking Insight and Basic Cheese Education for those who wish to learn cheese fundamentals
- Demonstration of Cheesemaking — milk to cheese
- Hunter Valley Five Cheese Tasting (children’s cheese board available)
- Discover the universal cheese varieties and how to care for your cheese at home
- Interactive, Fun & Educational for adults and children alike. Add ons include Wine or Kombucha Tasting, charcuterie meats, olive tasting and cheesemaking kits.
*CHEESEMAKING demonstration, cheese styles, tasting & care
$35 per Adult, $10 Children accompanying