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Picon Bejes Tresviso is an extraordinary blue cheese that is made high in the mountains of Cantabria. At 900 metres above sea level, Javier Campo has made his home with his dairy and his herd of cows. The remote village of Tresviso has long been isolated; the construction of the first real road to the village took place as recently as 1990. The farm is located in the Picos de Europa National Park and is also in a Unesco Biosphere Reserve (globally recognised sites of learning where people and nature thrive together in extraordinary ecosystems). The natives of Tresviso have long made their cheese in splendid isolation, but their cheese only began to gain wider recognition when Javier’s mother, Teresa, won a gold medal at the International Food Fair in 1985.
Javier puts the welfare of his cows and the quality of their milk above all other considerations. The cows graze outside for as much of the year as possible, foraging on the wide diversity of grasses, flowers and herbs that grow naturally in the mountain meadows. Once made, the cheeses are matured in the naturally occurring limestone caves, where the blue veins develop their characteristically piquant taste. As a small scale, traditionally hand-made cheese, the interior can vary from intensely blue to more lightly speckled, and is even quite often blue in one half, but white on the other. Javier does not aim for the consistency of a factory-made specimen, but glories in the beautiful variety he sees in his cheeses. In any case, they are always delicious, with a lively character and a sharp, mineral quality, which remains well balanced. More refined than its famous compatriot, Cabrales, it is a must try for dedicated blue cheese lovers.
*A whole Picon Bejes Treviso weighs 2.3kg. Smaller weights are a cut of a whole cheese.
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We select and mature traditionally-made artisan cheeses from independent producers who prioritise quality over profit.
For over thirty years we have nurtured and supported the cream of British cheesemakers, and we played an integral role in the revival of traditional British cheesemaking in the early 1990s.
We produce our own range of Partners for Cheese, and our cheese and partners are supplied to hundreds of UK retailers and exported to over 50 countries world-wide.
We were founded in 1990 by Ann-Marie Dyas, a renowned judge at both the British and World Cheese Awards and winner of the Guild of Fine Food Lifetime Achievement Award. Ann-Marie was committed to the survival and growth of traditional cheesemaking and to introducing and sharing farmhouse cheeses, as well as the stories behind them, to as wide a public as possible.
Ann-Marie's mission was "To seek out the best, and, when it’s been found, to keep looking". This same tireless pursuit of excellence is the core value across the company.
From the producers we choose to work with to the coffee we serve in our café, we want to give the best possible experience, while continuing to find ways to improve upon it.
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