We are delighted to show you more about what it is that makes our Blue Stilton and Shropshire Blue cheeses special. The village of Colston Bassett lies near the Nottinghamshire/Leicestershire border, in an area known as the Vale of Belvoir. Many villages in this area had small Stilton dairies in the nineteenth century, most of which have now disappeared.
For almost a century, Colston Bassett and District Dairy has been making the finest quality Blue Stilton, "King of Cheeses."
A highly skilled, dedicated and experienced team use the same time honoured recipe and methods used by generations to make this unique, award winning cheese. Every day we take local pasturised whole cows milk from the same pastures and the same farms that founded the dairy as a co-operative in 1913. Colston Bassett, a rural village in the heart of the English coutryside, has become famous to lovers of fine cheese worldwide.
Posted 2nd March 2012
Melton Mowbray the East Midlands food capital is hosting an artisan cheese fayre on the 12th and 13th of May 2012, this will be the second year of this fledgling event so come along and support the small cheese producer.