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Modbury's Dorset Cheese Boxes
Indulge in the finest cheese with our specially curated cheese boxes, perfect for all cheese lovers! Each box comes paired with delicious handmade chutneys and crackers, crafted just for Modbury customers. Elevate your experience by adding local wines and ciders from our local experts in the Bride Valley. Choose from our ready-made gluten-free or wheat, or create your own custom selection before you check out!
Let’s talk Cheese & Wine Pairings!
Recommended wine & cheese pairings by Mark & Caroline Morrish - Banham Open Air Dairy Cheddar | Funkstille Zweigelt The Cheese: This beautiful, creamy, full-flavoured cheddar comes from the Open Air Dairy in Littlebredy – a unique large-scale dairy farm in Dorset that milks cows in the field as they graze. Tom Foot and Neil Grigg produce exceptional milk from pasture-fed cows using mobile milking parlours. The result? A traditional Dorset cheddar with real depth and character. Shop Open Air Dairy Cheddar The Wine: Funkstille Zweigelt is Austria’s signature red grape, and this one is particularly lovely – plummy fruit with a distinctive black pepper spice running through it. Why They Work Together: The creamy richness of this cheddar needs a wine with personality, and the peppery, plummy notes of Zweigelt cut through the richness beautifully while complementing the cheese’s savoury depth. Recommended! Shop Funkstille Zweigelt Heidi's Goats Cheese | Funkstille Grüner Veltliner The Cheese: Deliciously mild yet distinctive, Heidi’s is a firm goat’s cheese with a traditional cheddar-like texture. Made in Dorset from 100% local goat’s milk, it has that subtle goat character without being overpowering – perfect if you’re new to goat’s cheese or already a devoted fan. Shop Heidi’s Goat’s Cheese The Wine: Grüner Veltliner is Austria’s most celebrated native white grape, and Funkstille’s version is broad, ripe, and gently honeyed with beautiful freshness. Why They Work Together: The slightly honeyed richness of Grüner Veltliner balances the creamy, subtle goatiness perfectly. Both have character without shouting about it, and the wine’s freshness lifts the cheese while the honeyed notes echo its creaminess. Shop Funkstille Grüner Veltliner Ismay Dorset Brie | Furleigh Estate Bacchus Dry | Furleigh Estate Dorset Idyll The Cheese: Ismay is a rich, creamy cow’s milk brie with wonderful mushroomy notes, made by The Book and Bucket Cheese Company using 100% Dorset milk collected within 24 hours and made into cheese the same day. It’s proper artisan cheesemaking with serious attention to detail. Shop Ismay Brie The Wines: We’ve suggested two beautiful English wines from our local Furleigh Estate. The Bacchus Dry brings gooseberry and elderflower, while the Dorset Idyll offers honeyed citrus. Why They Work Together: Brie’s textured creaminess and mushroomy character create a backdrop for Bacchus’s gooseberry brightness – the flavours complement together beautifully. Alternatively, the Dorset Idyll’s honeyed citrus notes bring an elegant pairing to the fresh creamy cheese. Both pairings celebrate Dorset terroir at its finest! Shop Furleigh Bacchus Dry | Shop Furleigh Dorset Idyll Dorset Blue Vinny | Baccolo Rosso Appassimento The Cheese: Dorset Blue Vinny is a multi-award winning English blue cheese, little known outside the West Country. Made at Woodbridge Farm using a 300-year-old recipe with hand-skimmed milk from Holstein-Friesian cows, it’s exceptionally creamy with a mellow blue taste and flavoursome edible rind. This is blue cheese for people who think they don’t like blue cheese. Shop Dorset Blue Vinny The Wine: Baccolo Rosso is an Appassimento from the Veneto district of Italy – grapes are partially dried to concentrate flavours, creating a wine with rich dried fruit character, gentle sweetness, and velvety texture. Why They Work Together: Blue cheese needs a wine with enough richness and sweetness to balance its savoury intensity, and Appassimento is perfect. The dried fruit super ripe & rich red cherry flavours of Baccolo Rosso complements the creamy, mellow blue character of the Vinny, while the wine’s natural sweetness tempers the cheese’s saltiness. Shop Baccolo Rosso Appassimento Shakespeare Brie | Baron de Badassière Viognier The Cheese: “To Brie or not to Brie?” Shakespeare is a World Cheese Gold-winning sheep’s milk brie with velvety texture and deep complexity. It can be enjoyed young and slightly firm, or left to ripen to a soft, oozy brie with a strong earthy nose and mushroomy finish. This is sheep’s milk cheese at its most elegant. Shop Shakespeare Brie The Wine: Baron de Badassière Viognier from Languedoc brings stone fruit, white flowers, and a gorgeous rich texture. Viognier is aromatic, expressive, and has the weight to stand up to rich cheeses. Why They Work Together: Sheep’s milk brie has more depth and complexity than cow’s milk versions, and Viognier has the aromatic intensity and textural richness to match it. The wine’s ripe peach & apricot fruit and floral notes complement the earthy, mushroomy character of ripened Shakespeare and bring the salty sharpness of the Brie to life. Shop Baron de Badassière Viognier
Expert Wine Selection for Artisan Cheese Pairing
By
Morrish & Banham
We love pairing wine with food – it’s one of the most enjoyable parts of what we do – so when Modbury Farm Shop asked us to match wines with their exceptional Dorset cheeses, we jumped at the chance. Mark and I have hand-selected wines that complement each cheese in their Ultimate Dorset Cheese Box, matching flavours, textures, and aromas to create something special. From crisp Austrian whites that bring out the creaminess of local goat’s cheese to bold Italian reds that stand up to aged Dorset cheddar, these are pairings we’d serve at our own table. Each recommendation includes our tasting notes and pairing thoughts to help you create brilliant wine and cheese moments at home – whether it’s a quiet evening, weekend gathering, or celebration with friends.
Artisan Dorset Cheese with Local Heritage
Modbury Farm Shop near Bridport has been championing Dorset cheese producers and artisan food makers for years, curating an exceptional selection of hand-cut cheeses that showcase the very best of local craftsmanship. Their Ultimate Dorset Cheese Box features handpicked selections from award-winning cheesemakers across Dorset and Devon, each cheese chosen for its exceptional quality and unique character, representing the finest traditions of Dorset’s dairy heritage. We love working with them because, like us, they’re a family business who genuinely care about quality, provenance, and their community. Everything is stored at optimal temperature and humidity, hand-cut to order, and carefully packaged to arrive in perfect condition – the kind of care and attention we value.
Cheers!
Mark & Caroline
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