Yoredale

Traditional Wensleydale from Aysgarth, truly delicious sharp yet creamy cheese from the Spence family have farmed at Home Farm since 1953, starting out milking 20 Dairy Shorthorn cows. Three generations later, Ben still continues the family tradition, along with his wife Sam. Their current herd of 100 Friesian cows grazes outdoors from spring through to autumn and is milked every day. For many years the milk was ferried up to the factory at Wensleydale Creamery and was used by the Creamery to make a range of block and traditional cheeses. With fluctuations in the milk price, however, the Spence family decided to take their future into their own hands and start making cheese at Home Farm –which would be the first farm-produced Wensleydale made in the Dale since 1957. Made with unpasteurised milk and vegetarian rennet.