Christmas Cheese Selections
The festive season is the ideal time to socialise, relax, and indulge in the finer things in life. Like cheese! We always have an extra-special cheese selection at this time of year – usually about 60 varieties at any one time – which changes daily as supplies come and go.
We’re delighted to share our cheese recommendations for Christmas and New Year 2025! They’re available for order now, and can be collected up to Tuesday 23rd December for Christmas, and Tuesday 30th for New Year. (We’re keeping the 24th and 31st clear for last minute in-store shopping.)
Each selection contains approximately 200g of five different cheeses, which will give six or seven generous servings of each one. Selections can be supplied in a gift bag or hamper for a small extra charge (maximum £3.75 depending on size), and crackers and chutney can be added for £8.00.
To order, phone us on 01856 888792, use the form below, or email kirknessandgorie@breckan.scot. We will take payment and confirm when your order will be ready for collection.
Selection 1: Merry Cheesemas!
£27.00 for 200g each of five cheeses
A varied selection of popular cheeses. There’s something there to keep everyone happy!
Red Storm. Creamy Red Leicester style cheese with an intense, nutty flavour.
Taleggio. Washed-rind, Italian cheese, sweet and aromatic with a subtle pungency.
Gouda with Cumin. A best seller this year, rich gouda studded with aromatic cumin seeds.
Applewood Smoked. A smooth cheddar with a delicate smoky flavour.
Colston Basset Stilton. THE classic Christmas blue – perfect with a glass of Port.
Selection 2: K&G Festive Favourites
£30.00 for 200g each of five cheeses
A selection of our best-selling customer favourites. An ideal gift for the person that has everything!
Cornish Yarg. Wrapped in nettles, a mild and slightly crumbly cheese.
Godminster. Need we say more? THE classic strong but sweet cheddar.
Morangie Brie. Sweet, buttery Brie from Tain in a 250g round pack.
Comté. A classic rich and nutty French mountain cheese. Some leftover? Makes the best cheese on toast ever!
Cashel Blue. Medium strength creamy blue from Ireland.
Selection 3: Gold, Frankincense and Meaux
£34.00 for 200g each of five cheeses
A luxury selection of some of the finest, most flavoursome cheeses Europe can provide.
Truffle Trove. From the makers of Black Bomber, a rich creamy cheddar with aromatic black truffle.
Ossau Iraty. A hard sheep’s milk cheese from eth Basque region of France. Smooth and nutty in flavour.
Fromage de Meaux. A creamy pasteurised Brie: luscious, mushroomy and melting.
Murcia al Vino. The classic Spanish goat’s cheese: rind washed in red wine for colour and flavour.
Fourme d’Ambert. A perfectly balanced, creamy blue cheese from the French Alps.
SUBSTITUTIONS/BUILD YOUR OWN BOARD
All cheese listed above are cow’s milk, unless otherwise stated. Some are pasteurised and some are unpasteurised: let us know if you have a preference. NB There is currently a ban on unpasteurised cheese coming in from Europe, because of a livestock disease over there. We are focusiing more on cheeses of the British Isles at the moment, plus of course pasteurised European cheeses.
If you don’t like the look of one or more cheeses in a selection that you otherwise fancy, let us know and we will suggest an alternative.
If you want to make up your own selection, we’ll be happy to help, guiding you through our current choices. But PLEASE order nice and early, especially if you want a special selection: by the week before Christmas the choices will be narrowing…and the queues lengthening!
SOME OTHER CHEESES YOU MIGHT WANT TO ADD IN–DEPENDING ON AVAILABILITY
SOFT Fromage de Meaux (i.e. pasteurised Brie), Camembert (in a box), Minger (smelly!), Vacherin (in a box, usually for baking), Chaumes, Baron Bigod, Black Crowdie, Taleggio, Peyrigoux
SEMI-HARD Caerffili, Sharpham Rustic (‘granny’s cheese’), Gjetost (caramel cheese!), Black Bomber, Green Thunder, Lancashire, Wensleydale
HARD St Andrews Cheddar, Wookey Hole Cheddar, Dorset Rest (smoked), Jarlsberg, Gruyère, Emmental, Old Amsterdam, Prima Donna, Godminster
BLUE Colston Basset Stilton, Papillon Roquefort, Barkham Blue, Bleu d’Auvergne, Gorgonzola, Bleu de Causses
SHEEP’S Pecorino Truffle, Pecorino Rosso, Pecorino Nero, Ossau Iraty, Brebirousse, Wigmore
GOAT’S Selles sur Cher (in a wooden box), Rosary (soft cheese with herbs and garlic), Rachel, Ticklemore, Monte Enebro
ORKNEY Grimbister, Extra Mature Cheddar, Smoked Cheddar, Burnside, Norseman
FOR COOKING/GARNISH Parmigiano, Pecorino Nero, Feta, Halloumi
And many more, changing almost daily! And of course, we have a wide range of oatcakes, crackers, and chutney to complement your cheese.