Vermont Cheese Council

09/04/2026

Follow the foliage! 🍁🍂 Southern Vermont boasts not only some of the most breathtaking views, but ALSO most cozy lodging for your accommodating during Cheese Week! 🧀✨

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At the Inn at Manchester, the pleasures are simple. Awake to the sweet smell of a home-cooked breakfast wafting into your room, enjoy a front row view of the Green Mountains from a rocking chair on our classic front porch, curl up with a good book next to one of our many fireplaces, take a dip in our secluded pool or warm up with a cocktail in our cozy, living-room-style pub with old and new friends.

Choose from one of our 21 thoughtfully appointed guestrooms – including 12 suites – each with their own distinct character, including some with private fireplaces and sitting rooms. There’s a reason we are an intimate, family owned and operated inn: we love to get to know our guests personally. So make yourself at home… and stay awhile.



Set high on 150 mountainside acres, the West Mountain Inn has been welcoming travelers with warmth and hospitality for over 40 years. The Inn offers 17 spacious guest rooms with incredible views, welcoming living rooms, a convivial tavern, and farm-to-table dining( with the best Vermont cheeses!) in our wood-paneled dining room. Surrounded by lush gardens and with miles of trails, the Inn provides the perfect relaxing get-away. The Inn is also the perfect setting country weddings, retreats, reunions and events.

The Grafton Inn welcomed its first guests in 1801 and continues to offer memorable Vermont experiences today. A centerpiece in historic Grafton, our Vermont inn offers 42 individually decorated rooms, suites, and guest houses to accommodate everything from family vacations to weddings, group retreats, and beyond. Staying or dining with us at the Grafton Inn also helps support the preservation of Vermont’s rural communities, as we are proudly part of the nonprofit Windham Foundation.



Built in 1881, and perched on a ridge above the Connecticut Rive

09/03/2026

Not sure where to settle on your Cheese Week accommodations? 🤔🧀✨ Nestled between the mountains, find some of our finest lodging partners throughout Stowe, Mad River Valley, and the Central Route 100 Corridor!

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Nestled on 20 peaceful acres in Vermont’s scenic Mad River Valley, the Featherbed Inn & Nordic Spa is an award-winning boutique bed & breakfast offering one of New England’s most distinctive getaway experiences. Included with every stay, our guest-exclusive outdoor Nordic Spa invites you to relax, recharge, and reconnect with nature. Cycle between a cedar-lined sauna inspired by a traditional Vermont sugar shack, a refreshing cedar cold plunge, an outdoor hot tub, a swimming pond, and peaceful relaxation spaces—all reserved exclusively for our overnight guests.

Our beautifully restored 1806 farmhouse features thoughtfully curated guest rooms with luxurious featherbeds, premium linens, bathrobes, and original local artwork. Each morning begins with an inspired three-course breakfast showcasing fresh Vermont ingredients. After exploring Vermont Cheese Week’s celebrated cheesemakers, farms, breweries, and mountain villages, return to an experience that is uniquely Vermont—where exceptional hospitality, authentic wellness, and timeless New England charm come together.



Liberty Hill Farm is a real working dairy farm in Rochester, Vermont providing lodging and meals to guests from around the world since 1984. Our family are members of the Cabot Creamery Cooperative, and we are proud to provide quality milk from our herd for award-winning cheese! Dinner served at 6 pm, lodging in the 1824 farmhouse, full breakfast at 8 am and all farm activities are included in the rate of $172 per person per night with a 2-night minimum stay. There are seven guest rooms, so bring your friends and family. Meet the cows, help feed the baby calves, explore the fields and forest, then join the family table for great food and conversation! Beth uses Cabot dairy products in her cooking with love and Joy! All the wo

08/30/2026

Cheese week is rapidly approaching! 🚨🚨 Do you have your accommodations booked? Check out some of our highlighted Champlain Valley lodging partners, with many more on our website!~✨

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**Special Cheese Week rates apply – see rates and book your stay here!
https://www.basinharbor.com/

Set on the shores of Lake Champlain in Vergennes, Vermont, Basin Harbor is a historic, family-owned lakeside resort that has welcomed guests for generations. Spanning more than 700 scenic acres, the property offers a relaxed, unhurried pace where time on the water, time on the land, and time together naturally take center stage.

Guests can spend their days exploring miles of walking trails, paddling along the shoreline, playing a round of golf, or simply enjoying the lake breeze from a classic Adirondack chair. Evenings bring their own traditions—sunset gatherings, live music, and shared meals that celebrate the flavors of the region.



https://www.heartofthevillage.com/

Heart of the Village Inn is a boutique, adults-only (21+) Bed & Breakfast set in the walkable village of Shelburne, just minutes from the Shelburne Museum – and exceptionally well located for the annual Vermont Cheesemakers Festival held at Shelburne Farms. Designed for relaxed getaways, the inn offers a calm, intimate alternative to busier downtown stays.

Each morning begins with a thoughtfully prepared, custom breakfast made individually for every guest. Evenings are quiet, with easy access to local dining and a relaxed village atmosphere.

With just nine guest rooms across two historic buildings, the experience is personal, unhurried, and refreshingly simple – ideal for those seeking comfort, charm, and a refined sense of place in Vermont.



https://www.stronghouseinn.com/

Nestled in the heart of Vergennes, Vermont, the Strong House Inn is a charming historic bed and breakfast that offers the perfect home base for exploring Vermont Cheese Week. Set on five peaceful acres in the Champ

08/07/2026

If you're looking for a cozy, enlightening listen on your Friday afternoon, let us bring some Vermont cheesemakers into your living room with ABC22 & FOX44's My Champlain Valley: Vermont's Cookbook program with Ben Breen.

It was especially wonderful to hear Boston Post Dairy, LLC and Green Mountain Blue Cheese speak about the collaboration they've received from other cheesemakers like Shelburne Farms, Stony Pond Farm, and more when they were starting out, and their recent award wins and excitement around the American Cheese Society competition.

This kind of collaboration, encouragement, and connection are keystones to what makes Vermont cheese special, and we are always so grateful and honored to share it with as many people as we can.

In this episode, we cook a baked camembert with maple nut granola, after visiting Franklin County, sometimes called the "dairy capital of Vermont," to learn about how Vermont's cheesemakers are helping bring family dairy farms into a new era.

08/05/2026

A huge congratulations to our Vermont Cheesemakers awarded 64 medals at The Big E Gold Medal Cheese Competition yesterday -- including Woodlawn Creamery taking Best of Show with their newest cheese, Brimstone! 🤩

The Big E Gold Medal Cheese Competition has been a staple cheese competition since 2008. It's not only a great way for makers to gain recognition, but also to receive valuable technical feedback from industry professionals for cheesemakers to further improve or refine their cheese production.

While well-represented in the Cheddar categories, Vermont also saw some impressive medal-stacking in soft cheeses, blue cheeses, smoked cheeses, and alpine-styles, with 30 gold medals across a diverse spectrum of classes.

The full list can be found at vtcheese.com/2026BigEAwards, but in the meantime, a huge congratulations to:

🏅 Billings Farm
🏅 Blue Ledge Farm
🏅 Boston Post Dairy, LLC
🏅 Bridport Creamery
🏅Cabot Creamery Cooperative
🏅 Crowley Cheese
🏅 Grafton Village Cheese Company
🏅 Green Mountain Blue Cheese
🏅 Jasper Hill Farm
🏅 Maplebrook Farm + Ploughgate Creamery
🏅 Vermont Creamery
🏅 Woodlawn Creamery

Want to sample some of these cheeses yourself and see what all the fuss is about? Many of these (and other award-winners!) will be available at our Vermont Cheesemakers Festival on September 20 at Shelburne Farms. Tickets must be purchased in advance at vtcheese.com/festival.

Heading down to The Big E yourself? Winners will be recognized in both the Eastern States Farmers Market and Wine Cafe to purchase and during the award presentation in Farm-a-Rama on Saturday, September 26.

07/29/2026

Calling Vermont retailers, chefs, grocers, mongers, distributors, food writers, and any other industry cheese buyers! We have limited spots available on two upcoming local buyers tours! The cheesemakers themselves will be taking us through their farms and creameries, guiding us through tastings, and introducing us about the land, animals, and humans that make these incredible cheeses possible:

🚌 Tuesday, August 25 - The Women of Franklin County featuring Boston Post Dairy, LLC, Green Mountain Blue Cheese, and Stony Pond Farm

🚌 Wednesday, August 26 - Valley to Mountain featuring Woodlawn Creamery, Crowley Cheese, and von Trapp Farmstead

➡️ Learn more and register at vtcheese.com/2026localbuyerstours

Tour Design: These tours are free -- but you must be a buyer in the state of Vermont or along its border serving Vermont communities. Tours are intentionally intimate, only 6-7 people each, so that you get high-quality time with makers. (We respectfully request only one attendee per organization, please.) Each tour is "done in a day" with *no* overnight component. We handle the transportation to- and from- a central location, to take the guess-work out of directions.

Visit vtcheese.com/2026localbuyerstours. Questions? Email us at [email protected] with the subject line "Local Buyers Tours!" (our ability to respond to social media comments is limited)

If you're interested, don't delay: space is limited, and scheduling is looking like these might be our last local buyers tours of 2026!

07/11/2026

We took Cincinnati by storm last week, bringing Vermont cheesemakers to visit therhined, junglejimsmarket, tastecellarandpantry, Morsel & Nosh, and murrayscheese.

Our annual roadshow program aims to get makers off the farm and out of the creamery, and into cheese shops, groceries, and restaurants to have intimate conversations with mongers, chefs, and the general public. It’s invaluable for our makers to experience how cheeses are being displayed, what the trends are in specific areas, and how folks respond to us bringing them a taste of Vermont — but it’s hard for most of our members to do on their own, because being a cheesemaker has unique demands that often keep you intensely busy and close-to-home.

VCC removes the logistical barriers for Vermont cheesemakers by organizing the travel, transportation, and administration of these trips, letting them focus on the most important thing: the cheese, and the generous animals, land, and humans who create it.

Thank you greenmountainbluecheese, Woodlawn Creamery, graftoncheese, and Vermont Farmstead Cheese Co. for spending a long day in our trusty blue Cheesemobile so that we could show you off to all our friends!

07/09/2026

Our Vermont State of the Rind Industry Happy Hour was a smashing success, with all sorts of sumptuous cheeses, chocolates, jams, and more.

Cheese is even better with friends, and we love showing off what other Vermont makers are doing! Thank you Side Hill Farm Jam, tavernierchocolates, and Vermont Salumi for coming to the party
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07/08/2026

We are proud to represent these incredible cheesemakers every day — not just on the days they win dozens of awards at the American Cheese Society (including Best in Show), like today. We’re proud EVERY day. But today, our hearts are overflowing.

Thank you Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Plymouth Cheese, Vermont Creamery, Green Mountain Blue Cheese, Woodlawn Creamery, von Trapp Farmstead, Grafton Village Cheese, Fat Sheep Farm & Cabins, Jasper Hill Farm, Shelburne Farms, Vermont Farmstead Cheese Co, Maplebrook Farm + Ploughgate Creamery, Boston Post Dairy, LLC 🐐, Spring Brook Farm Cheese, Sage Farm Goat Dairy for your extraordinary contributions to Vermont cheese and beyond.

06/28/2026

On a beatific summer evening, we snuck into The Wedge for a delectable dinner of grilled halloumi Milanese with strawberry, cherry, and tomato; and roasted chicken with beets, Campari orange jus, and whipped ricotta chèvre. And it. was. hopping!
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The Wedge is the cheese-centric bar and restaurant, with cheese by our friends at The Curd Nerd, a specialty cheese shop and grocery store in the Eastwood neighborhood of Syracuse, NY. With a focus on highlighting local farmers, they’re friends after our own hearts.(They even host an incredible Build Your Own Martini bar with choices like smoked cedar bitters, stuffed olives, and more 🍸)