Vermont Shepherd

Look, either you’re the kind of person who picks up a free cheese-​related brochure from the rack outside of your hotel and then drives on its advice throughout the Vermont countryside ending up in the middle of nowhere at this wind-​blown, peaceful farm dotted with nothing but sheep and solar panels or you’re not.
Luckily for us, we most definitely were those kind of people, so after exchanging a little bit of our cash for a few wedges of cheese from the unmanned fridge in the self-​serve, honor system kinda shop on the edge of the property, we got to play with the farm dogs for a bit and enjoy the best sheep’s cheese I’ve ever had while the grass was blown by the wind and there wasn’t another sound in the air.

Finally got to dive into the 2 cheeses last night. I’m going to keep my review at 4 stars. We loved the Verano, but found the Invierno to be too sharp, however I suspect that is just personal preference, not that there’s anything wrong with the cheese.

A tiny cheese shack in the middle of rolling Vermont hills where you can watch the sheep wandering amidst the solar panels. There was no one manning the cheese shop – instead, you fill out a slip for what you want to buy and drop the slip and your money into the box. There are dogs galore and they are all adorable and friendly (the dogs are what made this a 5 star experience!). The Queso del Invierno (a mixture of cow and sheep’s milk) was good but a little too strong for me (great for people who really like strong sheep’s milk cheeses). The views are lovely and there was a sign warning us that the riffraff (doggies!) were unemployed due to the deep snow which actually probably made my experience better than if there had been no dogs :)
They also sell local lamb in the freezer along with some jams and yarn.