{"title":"British Cheese","description":"\u003cp\u003eBritain’s great cheeses are farmhouse cheeses, and Stilton is the king. We carry it from Colston Bassett — a small Nottinghamshire dairy that still hand-ladles its curd, which is why the paste comes out fudgy and rich instead of crumbly and sharp — alongside Clawson’s English Stilton from Leicestershire. Shropshire Blue is Stilton’s orange cousin, the same style tinted with annatto and a little deeper in flavor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen the territorials, the old county cheeses. Appleby’s Cheshire, made on the family farm in Shropshire, crumbly and mineral. And Yoredale, a Wensleydale from the Yorkshire Dales made the old way — closer to what Wensleydale tasted like a century ago than anything in a supermarket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe classic move is Stilton with port and a few walnuts after dinner. We’re not going to argue with a few hundred years of precedent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCut to order in Beverly Hills and shipped cold to 48 states.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"stilton","title":"Clawson Dairy English Stilton","description":"\u003cp\u003eEnglish Stilton from Clawson Dairy in Long Clawson, Leicestershire. Stilton is a PDO blue, which means it can only be made in three English counties (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire) to a specific recipe, and Clawson has been working that recipe in the village it's named after for over a hundred years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is pale ivory shot through with even blue-green veining, firm enough to crumble in shards under the knife but with a soft, almost fudgy give as it warms up. The curd is pierced during aging so the Penicillium roqueforti can breathe through the wheel, which is what gives Stilton that confident, even spread of blue rather than pockets. On the palate it opens buttery and rich, then the veining kicks in with a salty, peppery bite that pulls back into a long, sweet, creamy finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the classic English blue, less acidic than a lot of American blues and more elegant than its reputation suggests. The wheel is big and worth showing off whole if the occasion calls for it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peacock Cheese","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45673229942953,"sku":"10001427","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/https_cdn.shopify.comsfiles1066760278185filescomingsoon_335e709e-6f90-472d-b6bf-8bf5f479e0ed.png_v_1736257467.jpg?v=1755125211"},{"product_id":"colston-bassett-stilton-lbs","title":"Colston Bassett Stilton","description":"\u003cp\u003eColston Bassett Stilton is a pasteurized cow's milk blue from Nottinghamshire, England, made at the oldest continuously operating Stilton dairy and aged by Neal's Yard Dairy in London. Milk comes from a handful of farms within a few miles of the dairy, and the curds are still hand-ladled, a slow traditional step that protects the structure of the paste.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is dense and fudgy with a really high fat content, so it breaks under the knife rather than crumbles, and the blue veining runs evenly through the wheel from being pierced during aging so the Penicillium roqueforti can breathe. On the palate it leads with sweet cream and a deep cocoa note, almost dark chocolate, with a little cherry or stone fruit drifting through the middle. The blue itself comes in late as a controlled peppery pull, more mineral tang than sharp bite, and the finish stays sweet long after the swallow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is Stilton at its most luxurious. It earns its reputation as a dessert cheese, the kind of wheel you bring out at the end of a long meal with a glass of tawny Port and let everyone slow down for.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gourmet Imports","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45731084665001,"sku":"12780","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/ColtonBassetStilton.jpg?v=1763168988"},{"product_id":"shropshire-blue-lbs","title":"Clawson Dairy Shropshire Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003eShropshire Blue is a cow's milk blue from Long Clawson in Leicestershire, England, instantly recognizable for that bright orange paste streaked through with deep blue veining. The color comes from annatto, the same plant dye used in old-school cheddars, and it's what gives this cheese its signature look on a board.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is semi-firm and a little on the drier side, with a crumbly break under the knife and a creamy coat once it warms up at room temperature. The curd is pierced during aging so the Penicillium roqueforti can breathe through the wheel, which is why the blue spreads so evenly across the paste. Flavor-wise it leads sweet and creamy, with caramel and a little nuttiness through the middle, then the blue veining kicks in with a confident peppery bite that pulls back into a long, sweet-savory finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServe it at room temperature so the paste opens up and the aromatics get a chance to lift. A gorgeous, slightly sharp, a little nutty blue cheese — absolutely love it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peacock Cheese","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45731351199913,"sku":"10001422","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/a_23_shropshire.jpg?v=1745868215"},{"product_id":"shropshire-blue-colston-basset-lb","title":"Colston Basset Shropshire Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003eShropshire Blue from Colston Bassett Dairy in the village of Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire. Same dairy that makes one of the most respected Stiltons in England, working with milk from a handful of local farms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is a bright orange, colored with annatto, threaded evenly with steel-blue veins. Pasteurized cow's milk, hand-ladled, pierced during aging so the Penicillium roqueforti can breathe through the wheel, which is what gives you that even spread of blue and the confident peppery finish. Aged for about ten to twelve weeks. Semi-soft and buttery, breaks with a soft crumble under the knife but stays fudgy on the palate. The flavor opens sweet and creamy, a brown-butter and toasted-hazelnut middle, then the blue veining pulls in with a peppery bite that holds well past the swallow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a blue for people who already love Colston Bassett's Stilton and want to see what the same hands do with a different recipe. The orange paste makes a beautiful slice on a board, and the balance of sweet, buttery, and peppery is hard to find anywhere else.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gourmet Imports","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46655704498345,"sku":"17487","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/Screenshot-2025-12-05-at-12-04-29-PM.png?v=1764965474"},{"product_id":"yoredale-wensleydale-lbs","title":"Neil's Yard Dairy Yoredale Wensleydale","description":"\u003cp\u003eYoredale Wensleydale comes from North Yorkshire in England, matured by Neal's Yard Dairy from raw cow's milk and finished in cloth. It's a cheese that almost disappeared, and tasting a fresh wheel makes it clear why it was worth saving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is pale, open, and supple, with a little bounce under the knife before it crumbles into buttery flakes that melt on the tongue. Up front you get fresh cream and buttermilk, then a clean lemony lift right in the middle that's the calling card of a proper Wensleydale. The fluffy cloth-bound rind adds a faint mushroomy edge without ever pushing into stronger territory. Aged four to six months, it sits in that lovely window where the moisture is still high, the lactic character is bright, and the cheese feels alive on the palate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is real Wensleydale, made the way it was meant to be made, not the bricked-up modern version. One of those wheels worth coming in for when it's fresh.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gourmet Imports","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46841662898345,"sku":"18084","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/Screenshot-2026-02-27-at-12-58-54-PM.png?v=1772226025"},{"product_id":"applebys-cheshire-lbs","title":"Appleby's Cheshire","description":"\u003cp\u003eAppleby's Cheshire comes from the Appleby family in Whitchurch, Shropshire, right on the Cheshire border in England, and it's one of the last farmhouse Cheshires still made the old way. Raw cow's milk, cloth-bound, hand-made on the farm with milk from their own herd grazing on those salt-rich Cheshire pastures, which is exactly where the mineral pull in this cheese comes from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is pale ivory, firm but moist, and breaks into clean flaky shards under the knife rather than slicing through smooth. Aged six to eight months in cloth, it carries a bright buttermilk tang up front, a soft saline pull through the middle, and a gentle grassy, hay-like note on the finish from the cloth aging. It's tangy without being sharp, crumbly without being dry, right in the sweet spot for a farmhouse Cheshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is real cheddar's older cousin, the recipe people were making before cheddar took over the conversation. The Applebys are one of a handful of producers still making it like this, which makes it a quietly important cheese to have on a board.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gourmet Imports","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46841663783081,"sku":"18085","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/Screenshot-2026-02-27-at-1-02-30-PM.png?v=1772226213"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/collections\/collection-uk-country-only.png?v=1781109663","url":"https:\/\/cheesestore.com\/collections\/british-cheese.oembed","provider":"The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills | Domenico's Foods","version":"1.0","type":"link"}