Dining Specials: Pascolo
2025-09-06 - 2025-09-13 | Pascolo, 120 Church Street, Burlington, VT, 05401, United States
Pascolo is a rustic-chic Italian nook helping us celebrate Vermont Cheese Week by highlighting local cheesemakers with their hand-made pasta, wood-fired pizza, regional wines, smashing cocktails, and more.
While walk-ins are accepted, Cheese Week dining can get enthusiastic — reservations are never a bad idea!
make a reservationMake a Day of It:Church Street Marketplace is a beautiful, alive shopping district in the heart of Burlington, Vermont. But only a few steps away is Waterfront Park running along the shores of Lake Champlain for an after-dinner stroll. If it’s Saturday, don’t miss the Burlington Farmer’s Market (with a vintage clothing mini-market in front of great MCM antique store Barge Canal).
Twenty minutes south is VCC member and cheesemaker Shelburne Farms, with cheesemaking viewing from 10am-4pm, as well as various tours and robust activities for families.

Dining Specials: Farmhouse Tap & Grill (Burlington + Williston)
2025-09-06 - 2025-09-13 | Farmhouse Williston, 282 Holland Ln, Williston, 05495, United States
Farmhouse Tap & Grill is an award winning farm-to-table gastropub that serves local burgers, charcuterie, cheeses, and locally inspired specials. Plus: highly prized beers from Vermont’s backyard and beyond! Both locations are helping us celebrate Vermont Cheese Week by highlighting local cheesemakers.
While walk-ins are accepted, Cheese Week dining can get enthusiastic — reservations are never a bad idea!
make a reservation in Willistonmake a reservation in BURLINGTON

Dining Specials: Guild Tavern
2025-09-06 - 2025-09-13 | Guild Tavern, 1633 Williston Rd, South Burlington, Vermont, 05403, United States
Guild Tavern is helping us celebrate Vermont Cheese Week by highlighting local cheesemakers with their wood-grilled entrees, craft cocktails, award winning wine list, and more.
While walk-ins are accepted, Cheese Week dining can get enthusiastic — reservations are never a bad idea!
make a reservationMake a Day of It:With scenic views, picnic areas, and beach access, Red Rocks Park has something for everyone (10 min drive). You could also stop by local co-op City Market South End to prep a picnic or just refuel with locally made snacks and supplies. (Be sure to check out their curated cheese case while you’re there!) Or if you’re feeling more indoorsy, catch a show at Higher Ground (4 min drive).
Twenty minutes south is VCC member and cheesemaker Shelburne Farms, with cheesemaking viewing from 10am-4pm, as well as various tours and robust activities for families.

Dining Specials: Redcan
2025-09-06 - 2025-09-13 | Redcan, 129 S Main St ste 100, White River Junction, 05001, United States
RedCan welcomes us back to the 1920s with timeless spirits and stately plates as they help us celebrate Vermont Cheese Week with week-long dining specials highlighting local makers!
While walk-ins are accepted, Cheese Week dining can get enthusiastic — reservations are recommended!
make a reservationMake a Day of It:We have a concentration of cheesemakers in the White River Junction area, including:
Billings Farm and Museum (great for families, history buffs, or just those with an interest in agriculture!)
Cobb Hill Cheese (self serve farmstand open to the public!)
Fat Sheep Farm (self-serve farmstand open to the public, farm stays available)
Spring Brook Farm Cheese (call or email ahead to schedule a farm tour!)
Vermont Farmstead Cheese Co (contact in advance to meet the cows or view cheesemaking; sorry, no cheese available on-site)

All Week: Sun to Cheese Tours
2025-09-06 - 2025-09-13 | Shelburne Farms, 1611 Harbor Road, Shelburne, VT, 05482, United States
Tours run daily 2:00-4:00pm, except Thursdays!
Where does the story of our delicious farmstead cheddar cheese begin? Join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to uncover the sun to cheese story at Shelburne Farms!
Watch the cheesemakers in our Farm Barn cheesemaking facility craft our milk into cheddar. Enjoy a guided tasting of our cheddars, then head to the dairy to meet our Brown Swiss cows and discover how we care for our landscape, pastures, and herd.
Accessibility & Details: This tour will meet at the Farm Store & Welcome Center. You’ll be transported around our campus in an open-air wagon with steps to board. Given that this tour includes a cheese tasting and travel around the farm, we highly encourage you to bring a water bottle along with you during your visit.
If you need accommodations to participate as fully as possible, please contact us to discuss the possibilities two weeks in advance of the program.
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Dining Specials: MKT Grafton
2025-09-06 - 2025-09-13 | MKT Grafton, 162 Main Street, Grafton, 05146, United States
MKT Grafton celebrates Vermont Cheese Week with week-long dining specials highlighting local makers! For lunch, we will be highlighting our Honey Bacon Bliss sandwich which is Grafton Cheddar Cheese, bacon and local apples pressed to perfection and finished with local honey. Stop by and bring your appetite!
We’re also hosting a special “Cheers To Cheese” dinner menu on Saturday, September 13th. The menu will include:
STARTERS, SHARES & MAINS
Vermont Farmstead Lille, a soft ripened cheese, paired perfectly wiht Grafton grown grilled peaches, Bald Hill honey, glazed pecans and grilled bread – 18
Chef grown greens, Harlow Fam beets, Vermont Creamery chevre goat cheese, Scott Farm plums, toasted pistachios and campagne vinaigrette – 18
Grafton Clothbound Cheddar and saffron arancini, prosciutto, and truffle honey – 16
Puff pastry tart topped with Harlow Farm potato, marsala onion, local wild mushroom and Parish Hill Creamery Cornerstone cheese – 20
Duck fat fried chicken served with Grafton Reserve Cheddar macaroni and cheese, Grafton maple smoked cheddar cornbread and apple fennel slaw – 28
Vermont braised beef, local vegetables and Grafton Village Bear Hill sheep cheese shepherds pie – 28
DRINKS
VT Craft Beer & Cider – 6.99
Glass of red, white or rose – 9.99

Dining Specials: Santé
2025-09-06 - 2025-09-13 | Santé, 61 Central Street, Woodstock, 05091, United States
Santé celebrates Vermont Cheese Week with week-long dining specials highlighting local makers! More details coming soon

Dining Specials: Public House at Quechee Gorge
2025-09-06 - 2025-09-13 | Public House at Quechee Gorge, 20 Public Way, Quechee, 05059, United States
The Public House at Quechee Gorge celebrates Vermont Cheese Week with week-long dining specials highlighting local makers! More details to come

Cheese Sampling, Daily Milking Demos, and More!
2025-09-06 - 2025-09-13 | Billings Farm & Museum, 69 Old River Road, Woodstock, VT, 05091, United States
Regarded as one of the finest outdoor history museums in the country, Billings Farm will be offering cheese sampling in its lobby during Cheese Week, as well as daily milking demonstrations, farm house tours, and more. Great for families and groups!
Billings Farm is proud to present three delicious varieties of cheeses, Butter, Woodstock Reserve and our award-winning Smoked Cheddar. Each is hand-crafted in small batches at the renowned Grafton Village Cheese Company in Grafton, Vermont. Drawing upon a 150-year tradition of dairy excellence, including our superior herd quality and high standards of care for our cows, Billings cheddar is made from 100% raw milk exclusively from the Billings herd of over 40 purebred, registered Jersey cows.
Don’t miss the Farmhouse Scoop Shop, offering Wilcox ice cream by the scoop, floats, specialty sundaes, and other treats. Billings Farm cheese is available for purchase. Snacks and beverages are also available to enjoy, with a beautiful view, from the adjacent slate terrace. Open daily, 10AM – 5PM with admission from $14-$23.

Small Oven Pastries Celebrates with Special "Macs & Cheese" Macaron Collection
2025-09-06 - 2025-09-13 | 5th Quarter Butcher + Provisions, 89 Mad River Green, Waitsfield, Waitsfield, 05673, United States
Small Oven Pastries and 5th Quarter Butcher + Provisions is collaborating to launch a very special “Macs & Cheese” collection in celebration of Vermont Cheese Week! This legen-dairy collection is limited batch, combining savory and sweet flavors featuring six different Vermont cheesemakers!
The collection will be available at:

5th Quarter Butcher + Provisions (89 Mad River Green, Waitsfield, VT)
the Cabot Store (2657 Waterbury-Stowe Rd, Waterbury Center, VT)
Small Oven Pastries online shop

Don’t miss: Elizabeth Berman, chief confectioner and flavor master, will also be demonstrating the collection at the Cabot Store on Tuesday, September 9 as part of Vermont Cheese Week!

Sample Cabot 2025 1st Place Winners
2025-09-06 - 2025-09-14 | VT
It’s been a stellar 2025 for Cabot Creamery Cooperative at the United Stated Championship Cheese Contest and the American Cheese Society Competition with 14 First Place finishes for cheese, butter & cultured products! Come to either of our stores to sample some of the 31, combined, award winners.
On most days, we also will be hosting another Vermont cheesemaker and/or a specialty food/drink producer for sampling (e.g., Parish Hill Creamery, Bridport Creamery, Billings Farm, Barn First Creamery).
Featuring two different locations – be sure to review hours and addresses!
Cabot Creamery Store (all week)
Waterbury Annex
2657 Waterbury-Stowe Road
Waterbury Center, VT
802-244-6334
Tuesday thru Sunday, 10:30am – 5pm; closed Mondays
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Cabot at the Yellow Barn Store
323 VT-15
Hardwick, VT
802-472-7523
Wednesday thru Sunday, 10am-5pm; closed Mon-Tues
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Dining Specials: Harpoon Brewery
2025-09-07 - 2025-09-14 | Harpoon Brewery – Windsor, 336 Ruth Carney Drive, Windsor, VT, 05089, United States
Harpoon Brewery celebrates Vermont Cheese Week with week-long dining specials highlighting local makers! Enjoy a delicious cheese board, stuffed burger, grilled cheese or mac & cheese, and $1 of each menu item for the week donated to the Vermont Cheese Council. Come for the beer, enjoy the cheese!

3-Day Dining Specials: Barkeaters
2025-09-11 - 2025-09-13 | Barkeasters Restaurant, 97 Falls Road, Shelburne, VT, 05482
Rotating Cheese Board Features: Vermont Shepherd, Parish Hill, Blue Ledge Farm, and/or Stony Pond Farm
Cheese Week Soup: Roasted Garlic & Brie featuring Plymouth Cheese’s brie (a nod to the Leslie’s Tavern soup noted in Bon Appetit magazine)
Fried Bridport Creamery garlic cheese curds w/ house sauce
Dill Pickle Biscuits w/ house Pimento cheese featuring Shelburne Farms smoked cheddar and Cabot 3-year cheddar
Baked Jasper Hill mini-Harbison with Blake Hill jam, crostini & crudite
Plus: A featured entree to be determined!

Kids Cooking Class: Paneer Butter Masala
2025-09-13 10:30 - 11:45 (America/New_York) | Brattleboro Food Coop, 2 Main Street, Brattleboto, VT, 05301, United States
As part of Vermont Cheese Week, in this cooking class, kids will turn milk into cheese! We will be making Paneer using local milk, and then creating a delicious tomato and cashew sauce to serve it in. Dietary restrictions are accommodated with advanced notice. All chefs must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver. Early registration is recommended to reserve your spot.
For More Information: 802-257-0236
Click to Sign UpMake a Cheesy Day of It:
Stop by the Historic Creamery Covered Bridge!
Email Big Picture Farm for a schedule of their goat hangouts this week!
Visit Parish Hill Creamery or Vermont Shepherd‘s self-serve farmstands, both in nearby Putney!

Meet a Cheesemaker at Woodstock Farmers Market
2025-09-13 12:00 - 16:00 | Woodstock Farmers Market, 979 W Woodstock Road, Woodstock, VT, 05091
The Woodstock Farmers Market is proud to host some of our closest local cheese makers to sample their cheeses this fall to help us celebrate Vermont Cheese Week:
Plymouth Artisan Cheese – (Plymouth,, VT) – Plymouth Artisan Cheese is a family-run business from Jesse and Sarit Werner, who still make their cheese from the 1890 Vermont recipe today. Their raw-milk cheese single-sourced from a dedicated herd of Holstein and Jersey cows. When each block of cheddar is ready, it is dipped in hot wax which is the way Plymouth Cheese has been packaged for 130 years. Their cheese include both traditional cheddars, as well as newer flavors like black truffle, harissa, and hot pepper!
Cobb Hill Cheese – (Hartland, VT) – Cobb Hill has been handcrafting artisan cheeses since 2000, including an award-winning Ascutney Mountain Cheese, a smoked farmhouse Gouda, a caraway-infused Alphine, and more. Their milk comes from Cedar Mountain Farm’s jersey cows, which impart a delicious, nutty flavor, and like many Vermont makers, they follow the age-old process of hand-stirring the curd, hooping, and pressing the cheese.
This event will be held outside in front of our Woodstock location in beautiful Vermont weather! (If the weather is not-so-friendly, inside space will be considered.)
For more information, contact: courtney.p@woodstockfarmersmarket.com or 1-802-457-3658, ext 1.
Pro-Tips and Don’t Misses!: The small Woodstock / Windsor / Plymouth triangle has a high concentration of cheesemakers in a small area — check our our Cheese Trail Map for farmstands, farmstays, and more in the area.
Historic Makers: Vermont cheesemakers have been at this a long time. In addition to Plymouth Artisan Cheese, Southwest Vermont also boasts many other century-old cheese sites and identities, including Billings Farm & Museum (1869), Crowley Cheese Company (1824), and Grafton Village Cheese (1892).

Pop-up "Cheers to Cheese" Dinner
2025-09-13 16:00 - 19:00 | MKT Grafton, 162 Main Street, Grafton, 05146, United States
MKT Grafton celebrates Vermont Cheese Week with a special “Cheers To Cheese” dinner menu on Saturday, September 13th. The menu will include:
STARTERS, SHARES & MAINS
Vermont Farmstead Lille, a soft ripened cheese, paired perfectly wiht Grafton grown grilled peaches, Bald Hill honey, glazed pecans and grilled bread – 18
Chef grown greens, Harlow Fam beets, Vermont Creamery chevre goat cheese, Scott Farm plums, toasted pistachios and campagne vinaigrette – 18
Grafton Clothbound Cheddar and saffron arancini, prosciutto, and truffle honey – 16
Puff pastry tart topped with Harlow Farm potato, marsala onion, local wild mushroom and Parish Hill Creamery Cornerstone cheese – 20
Duck fat fried chicken served with Grafton Reserve Cheddar macaroni and cheese, Grafton maple smoked cheddar cornbread and apple fennel slaw – 28
Vermont braised beef, local vegetables and Grafton Village Bear Hill sheep cheese shepherds pie – 28
DRINKS
VT Craft Beer & Cider – 6.99
Glass of red, white or rose – 9.99

Boards & Brews: Charcuterie Picnic!
2025-09-14 15:00 - 17:00 | Harpoon Brewery – Windsor, 336 Ruth Carney Drive, Windsor, VT, 05089, United States
Build Your Own Charcuterie Board – Pop-Up Fundraiser
Join us for a delicious hands-on evening celebrating Vermont’s finest cheese and charcuterie — all while supporting the Vermont Cheese Council!
Guests will receive a curated selection of artisan Vermont cheeses, Vermont Salumi cured meats, crackers, and locally made jams to design and enjoy their very own personal charcuterie board.
Each guest gets to keep their board and will also receive a take-home package of Vermont Farmstead cheese and crackers to enjoy later!
Sip, snack, and socialize while showing your love for Vermont’s incredible cheesemaking community.
Purchase TicketsTickets: $30 per person ($10 goes to the Vermont Cheese Council)
Includes:

Build-your-own board experience
A personal charcuterie board to take home
Vermont cheese + crackers to-go from Vermont Farmstead Cheese and Caselton Crackers

$10 from every ticket goes directly to the Vermont Cheese Council!

Event Details

Date: Sunday, September 14th
Time: 3-5pm
Location: Harpoon Brewery Front Lawn with Live Music 4-6pm

Why Attend?

Support Vermont’s award-winning cheesemakers
Create and enjoy your own charcuterie masterpiece on the lawn at Harpoon while listening to music and enjoying fresh Harpoon Beer.
Take home your board, cheese & crackers for later
A fun, tasty way to give back!

Space is limited — reserve your spot today!
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