Every day, at any time, you can step behind the scenes to become part of a working cheesery. At Grandvewe, the affinage experience will have you turning, rubbing down, hooping and salting cheese by hand with the head cheesemaker. After honing your newly developed cheese-crafting skills, sit back with the cheese master once more, this time over a tasting. Post tasting, build a cheese platter and take your seat on the balcony overlooking the paddock, the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and bleating sheep – oblivious to the gastronomic delights they have delivered before you. Wash it down with local ginger beer or smooth vodka with little heat but loads of character. The onsite Hartshorn Distillery, produces small-batch ‘sheep’s whey’ vodka. Each bottle hand-sprayed black, hand-written and signed by Ryan Hartshorn himself.
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