The Cheese Lover Gift

Manufacturer and Tasting Notes

• Smith Woodhouse Ruby Port

  Smith Woodhouse Ruby Port:

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  Smith Woodhouse Ruby Port has intense colour and a fresh, vibrant fruit character. The lush berry flavours, with hints of pepper and spices, make this an excellent accompaniment to cheese, nuts or desserts.
• Cairnshmor

  Cairnshmor:

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  Cairnshmor offer classic treats with an imaginative twist, creating the finest mouth-watering delights. With an award winning range including hand-baked premium biscuits, oatcakes and luxurious Belgian chocolate truffles, Cairnshmor take good food to a higher level.

  With over 25 years of experience this Scottish company continues to supply innovative products, priding itself on continued development of exciting and delicious new ranges.

• Quenby Hall Stilton

  Quenby Hall Stilton:

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  The Origin of Stilton

  Cheese was made at Quenby Hall as far back as Saxon times. In the 17th Century a pressed blue cheese, the precursor of the cheese we now know as Stilton, was made at the hall which had been newly rebuilt in the fashionable Jacobean style. In the mid 18th century Shuckburgh Ashby, the owner of Quenby, went into partnership with Cooper Thornhill and made a soft blue cheese, this was sold at the inn in the village of Stilton on the Great North Road. This cheese became known by the public as Stilton.

  Freddie de Lisle, the current owner of Quenby, has re-started the production of ‘The King of English Cheeses’ at the birthplace of true Stilton. Quenby Stilton is handmade in the traditional manner using milk from local Leicestershire village herds which is then matured for twelve weeks.