2027 Gift "Meet the Makers" Quarterly Cheese Subscription

We've curated a quarterly cheese subscription to delight you all year long with unique and fascinating American artisan cheeses. Each quarter, we'll highlight a different cheesemaker, complete with digital literature on tasting, serving, pairing, and storing your cheeses. You'll also receive a Zoom link with each shipment inviting you to a subscriber-only Meet the Cheesemaker event. It's our mission is to educate while curating delicious cheeses that can last for weeks in your Grotto. You'll always have the perfect selections on hand to share and enjoy with good company.

The quarterly cheese selection fits best in a Grotto Classico or Grotto Fresco.

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• Bloomy rind, Washed rind, Natural rind, Waxed rind, Blue, Smoked, Herbed, Spiced, Cow cheese, Sheep cheese, Goat cheese

• The subscription includes two to four cheeses (approximately 1.5 to 2 pounds total, depending on the price of the cheese featured) per shipment. The cheeses shipped are selected at optimal ripeness and best enjoyed within 2 to 3 weeks of delivery.

• One serving of cheese is anywhere from 2 to 4 ounces, depending on your appetite. This package is great for 8 to 16 servings over weeks of enjoyment.

• With each quarterly shipment, you will receive digital literature with information on the cheeses as well as an email invite to a live Zoom session with the cheesemaker. A recording will be emailed if you are not able to attend the live event.

• Please note: due to the limited availability of certain artisan cheeses, our selection for 2023 may be subject to updates.

Parish Hill Creamery in Vermont is the only American cheesemaker exclusively using natural methods of fermentation with raw milk. They make cheese seasonally - only when the cows are out on the unseeded, hillside pastures that have been grazed rotationally and regeneratively for over 20 years. 

Roelli Cheese Haus is located East of Shullsburg, Wisconsin on State Highway 11 and has a family tradition of making hand-crafted specialty cheese for nearly 100 years. Adolph Roelli came to this area of Lafayette County Wisconsin from Switzerland in the 1920s. From that time, four generations of the Roelli family have been in the cheese business at this location, building on Adolph’s commitment to quality, service, and customer satisfaction. This long-standing commitment continues to be the cornerstone of the business.

Von Trapp Farmstead is an organic creamery and farm store on a third generation family farm. They've been producing distinctive Vermont cheeses since 1959 that are gorgeous for any fall gathering.

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• Purchase this Gift Subscription by Sunday, March 9th, 2025. The first ship date is scheduled for Tuesday, March 11th, 2024.

• After signup, the gift recipient will have immediate access to a subscription portal and can modify the order dates if needed. Just make sure to enter in the recipient's name and address in the form above. You can also email us at info@cheesegrotto.com for assistance modifying your delivery week, and we'll respond within 3 business days.

• You will be billed once for the total subscription package. At the end of the pre-paid period of one year, you will receive an email asking if you would like to extend your subscription.

• The quarterly subscription will be processed 4 times a year, and the order number will be generated in our system the Thursday prior to the week of shipping your order. The initial order placed of the quarterly subscription serves as the first order number.

• This is a one-time purchase that will not automatically renew after the prepaid period.

• Express Shipping is included in the listed price, and most areas of the country have no additional shipping cost.  However, a few areas in the country are still quite expensive to ship to from Ohio, so if you are located on the West Coast you may see a small surcharge for all 4 shipments at checkout. Your prepaid surcharge is based on your zip code.

• Unless otherwise requested, our Meet the Maker subscription ships on a fixed schedule.  This allows everyone to meet the cheesemaker at the same time while enjoying their cheeses!

1. Tuesday, March 9th, 2027

2. Tuesday, June 8th, 2027

3. Tuesday, November 16th, 2027

4. Tuesday, December 14th, 2027

• Please visit our shipping policy page for additional questions.

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According to the American Cheese Society, "artisan or artisanal implies that a cheese is produced primarily by hand, in small batches, with particular attention paid to the tradition of the cheesemaker’s art, and thus using as little mechanization as possible in the production of the cheese."

Over the past decade, the American artisan cheese community has been recognized internationally for its quality and integrity. Small to medium-scale artisan cheesemakers have a core set of values: High-quality milk makes incredible cheese, and high-quality land and animal management makes for incredible milk. In our industrial food system, committing to these core values requires long hours of hard work and strict attention to detail.

Our quarterly subscription directly supports American artisan cheesemakers and the strengthening and diversification of our food system.