Events for week of August 11, 2025

Join us on a tractor ride down the cow lanes to explore the Shelburne Farms Dairy. We’ll look for the milking herd out on pasture, visit the calf barn, and taste some Shelburne Farms cheddar.

Spring Brook Farm Cheese invites you for a guided tour of their creamery and aging room! Hosted by one of their cheese makers, this is an intimate look behind the scenes to learn about how Alpine style cheeses are made and aged. And of course, there will be a cheese tasting!

Join award-winning Champlain Valley cheesemakers for a guided terroir tasting, featuring multiple pairings of sumptuous wines, distinctive cheeses, and luscious cured meats.

Join Barr Hill and friends for a unique and delicious celebration of smoke, cheese and cocktails. We'll be smoking and sampling cheeses from three different Vermont makers, along with smoking honey and honeycomb and seasonal fruits to pair! RSVPs requested.

Get ready for the Adventure of your cheese fever dreams! Our multi-course dinner will feature 10 different creameries from top to bottom of our brave little state, from enduring icons like Jasper Hill and Cabot to hidden gems like Barn First and Parish Hill. We’re pulling out all the stops to create our most epic cheese dinner yet.

Join us for an evening of casual grazing and delicious discovery featuring a curated selection of Grafton Village Cheese and Vermont Farmstead Cheese, paired with local charcuterie, fresh fruit, and more. Sample a variety of Vermont beers (included with your ticket), then stick around for full pours and glasses of wine, available for purchase. This is a relaxed, walk-around tasting experience designed to showcase the best of our local makers—complete with signage and stories behind each cheese.

Harvest Barn Inn is hosting a pop-up dinner fundraiser as part of Vermont Cheese Week to both celebrate our local creameries and support cheesemaker education and community efforts to build farm and food resilience throughout Vermont! Join us for a family-style feast to celebrate the end of summer and the unique flavors of natural cheese and Southern Vermont's bounty.

Featuring a local cheesemaker with Brownsville Butcher + Pantry's house-made sausage, including tasting demonstration and cafe menu specials. (Plus: special sip suggestions on beverages!) More details coming soon!A Little Extra: Free Cheese Samples Daily, with 10% of all VT Cheese Sold is donated to Vermont Cheese Council (representing 40 local cheesemakers) - so stop on in!

Say Cheese! Hotel Vermont is hosting a pizza pop at Juniper in celebration of Vermont Cheese Week on Thursday, September 11. Enjoy a special menu of wood-fired pies featuring our favorite local cheeses, a Barr Hill bar with whey cocktails, and other inspired sips and bites. 10% of all food and beverage specials will go to the Vermont Cheese Council to support local cheesemakers across the state. All are welcome! Menu: Charcoal grilled Pomykala peaches, Stony Pond Farm Swallow Tail Tomme, lemon olive oil, maple vinegar, focaccia    Panuozzo sandwich, 5th Quarter mortadella, Champlain Valley Triple Cream, arugula, caramelized onions, mustard creme fraiche     Traditional round or pan baked square pizzas made with a blend of Bridport cheeses and mozzarella Cheese and Herb, red sauce  Green Mountain Smokehouse Pepperoni, red sauce   5th Quarter mortadella and caramelized onion, mustard creme fraiche  Buffalo cauliflower, pickled red onion, black truffle ranch  Cheese and herb – 27 By the slice – 6 Creemees – 5 Maple Chevre Chocolate Mascarpone includes contribution to Vermont Cheese Council to support cheesemakers across the state

Intimate 5-course dinner, featuring the cheeses (and cheesemakers!) of some of our area's smallest farmstead creameries.

Come to experience a flight of local cheeses. This tasting, held in honor of Vermont Cheese Week, will be led by our expert cheesemonger Beth Chevalier, CCP ACS. Featuring Parish Hill Creamery, Vermont Shepherd, Grafton Village Cheese, the very rare Northern Spy Farm Goat Song and more! Early registration is recommended to reserve your spot.

Kids Cooking Class: Paneer Butter Masala! 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. Advance registration recommended!

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, Good Hands Creamery, and Cobb Hill. Come meet the makers in-person and hear about what makes their cheese so special. This event will be held outside in front of our Woodstock location in beautiful Vermont weather!