It's easy and fun to give local this season with the DigInVT Local Holiday Gift Guide! Vermont's food scene and farms have something for everyone. Give the gift of cheese!
Whether you are looking for cow, goat, or sheep cheese, a sampler pack, the fixings for a cheese board, or other cheese related items to gift this season, Vermont is your place!
Cheese Lover Gift Ideas
The Vermont Cheese Council has published a Gift Guide for the Cheese Lover. It includes a list of all Vermont cheesemakers who are selling and/or shipping cheese for the 2024 holiday season.
Here are a few recommendations of some products to look out for:
- Billings Farm Cheddar Cheese Straws Recipe Towels
- Plymouth Cheese big gift box and smaller sampler box
- Maplebrook Farm Build Your Own Bundle gift boxes
- Bridport Creamery Holiday Curds combo boxes
- Cobb Hill Creamery 10-Pound Assortment Box
- Grafton Village Cheese Sampler Pack
- Vermont Farmstead has new this year a Cheddar Project Box that includes their own cheese, as well as cheddars from Cabot Creamery, Grafton Village Cheese, Jasper Hill Farm, Shelburne Farms, and Plymouth Cheese.
- Crowley Cheese Vermont Sweet Gift Box pairing their cheese with some sweet flavored Vermont products like Fat Toad Farm Caramel. Yum!
Some additional ideas for the cheese enthusiast on your list:
- Pair cheese with a Vermont-made cheese serving board so your friends and family can craft their own cheese boards for special occasions.
- A cheese class might appeal to a cheese lover in your life. Gift the cheese lover in your life the Science of Farmstead Cheese Online Course to give them a broader understanding behind the science and chemistry of cheese and milk.
- Create your own day trip and tour of cheesemakers in Vermont. Check out the Vermont Cheese Trail Map to plan your adventure.
- Gift a book about cheese. There are several timeless cheese book recommendations here.
- Blue Ledge Farm has a collection of poetry: Goats & Those Who Live By Them.
- A cheese knife set sold by Mad River Taste Place will be the perfect kitchen addition for the cheese enthusiasts in your life.
- Vermont Shepherd offers a variety of goods and gifts, including handmade totes crafted from repurposed grain bags.
- Vermont Farmstead Cheese Company offers a variety of fun apparel.
- Shelburne Farms has a beautiful 2025 calendar with scenes from their working property.
- Cabot Creamery carries a variety of fun Vermont and cheese-themed merch - including t-shirts, hats, onsies, and tote bags - at their retail locations in Waterbury and Hardwick, and in their online store.
More Recommendations from the DigInVT Team
- Order a cheese gift box! Check out Shelburne Farms, Boston Post Dairy, Jasper Hill Farm, and von Trapp Farmstead.
- The cheesemongers at Mad River Taste Place offer a variety of gift boxes celebrating Vermont cheese and other local, artisanal products.
- Runamok Maple has a Cheese Pairing Collection that brings out the flavors on any cheese board.
- Check out the Blake Hill Preserve line of cheese pairing preserves.
- Pair a cheese gift with a Vermont beverage. See our Cider & Beer holiday recommendations to get started!
Gift a Farm Stay Experience with Cheese
- Stony Pond Farm in Enosburg Falls offers year-round farm accommodation. Relax in nature, meet the cows and farmers, explore the area, and enjoy their cheese.
- Fat Sheep Farm in Hartland offers year-round rentals of their 5 cabins. Share in the gifts of farm life - meet the sheep, chickens, and goats, help with morning chores, ask questions, and explore the area.
