Meet the Makers Quarterly Cheese Subscription

We've curated a quarterly cheese subscription, so you can continue to be delighted year-round with unique, and interesting American artisan cheeses. Each quarter, we will highlight a different American cheesemaker, complete with digital literature on tasting, serving, pairing and storing your cheeses. You will also receive a Zoom link along with each shipment inviting you to meet the Cheesemaker. Our mission is to educate as well as provide a selection of delicious cheeses that are perfectly stored in your Grotto for weeks and months so you will always have just the right selection to share and enjoy with good company.

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

• 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 to 2 pounds total, depending on the price of the cheese featured) per shipment. The cheeses shipped are selected at optimal ripeness best enjoyed within 2 to 3 weeks of delivery.

• One healthy 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.

Capriole Goat Cheese is an artisan goat cheese producer in Greenville, Indiana. Founded in 1988, Capriole is one of the oldest and most award-winning goat cheese producers in the United States.

Chapel’s Country Creamery is an independent, family-owned and operated farm nestled on 45 acres just outside of Easton, Maryland. Their award-winning farmstead cheeses  begin with fresh raw milk from our herd of registered Jersey and Holstein cows. Using time-tested methods, they then turn that cream-laden milk into handcrafted artisanal cheeses, full of flavor and wholesome goodness.

Roth Cheese has more than 200 awards to prove their commitment to quality, including World Champion at the 2016 World Championship Cheese Contest for our Grand Cru®Surchoix. The secret to award-winning cheese? The best milk Wisconsin has to offer. Theirs comes directly from family dairy farmers down the road, always 100% rBST-free.

We are still finalizing this maker, but we guarantee it'll be amazing for Thanksgiving!

Capriole Goat Cheese was established in 1988 in Greenville, Indiana, when domestically made goat cheeses were very new to the American diet. The creamery’s founder, Judy Schad, is one of the original pioneers of goat cheese in the United States and has set the bar incredibly high. Inspired by chèvre produced in France’s Loire Valley, her cheeses are both incredibly flavorful, simple, and delicate. Judy believes that a focus on milk quality is the best way to make cheese, and we couldn't agree more.

For December, we'll be featuring four cheeses perfect for your winter board, including our exclusive, limited-run paprika-dusted, bourbon leaf wrapped bloomy Noelle, buttery and rich Old Kentucky Tomme, herb-rolled Juliana, and ash-ripened and creamy Sofia.

Order By Sunday, December 15th to receive the December 2024 Quarterly Subscription box. All orders ship Tuesday, December 17th.

The live Zoom session is on Friday, December 20th at 6pmEST.

Your December cheese kit will ship December 17th, and we'll email you an invitation to Meet the Cheesemaker live on Zoom. A recording will be emailed for those who cannot attend.

Capriole Goat Cheese was established in 1988 in Greenville, Indiana, when domestically made goat cheeses were very new to the American diet. The creamery’s founder, Judy Schad, is one of the original pioneers of goat cheese in the United States and has set the bar incredibly high. Inspired by chèvre produced in France’s Loire Valley, her cheeses are both incredibly flavorful, simple, and delicate. Judy believes that a focus on milk quality is the best way to make cheese, and we couldn't agree more.

Meet the Cheesemaker on Zoom on Friday, December 20th at 6pmEST. An email recording will be sent for those who cannot attend!

• Once signed up, you can easily manage your subscription frequency and contents via our amazing portal. You can also always email us at info@cheesegrotto.com if you need help and we'll respond within 3 business days.

• This is a Recurring Subscription that will continue unless otherwise canceled.

• Your card will be charged the Thursday before the order is shipped.

• Option to pause, skip, or cancel any time.

• Your recurring shipping charge per order is based on your zip code location.

• Our Meet the Maker Subscription ships on a fixed yearly schedule.  This allows everyone to meet the cheesemaker at the same time on Zoom while enjoying their cheeses!

1. December 17th, 2024

2. March 11th, 2025

3. July 15th, 2025

4. November 18th, 2025

• Please visit our shipping policy page for additional questions.

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We got you! Download this gift card and share with the lucky gift recipient! The size of the card is 5.5 inches by 4.5 inches so it can be formatted on a full-sized printer paper, or can be formatted to print double-sided!

Artisan Cheese - 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 industry 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 current industrial agriculture system, committing to these core values requires long hours of hard work and an acute attention to detail.

This subscription directly supports American Artisan Cheesemakers, and the continual diversification of our food system.