We make six different cheeses and plain, live yoghurt: The cheeses are:

A slection of our cheeses

We also sell a natural ewes' milk yoghurt.

Little Ryding, Big Ryding and Shepherd's Crook

These artisan soft cheeses are hand-made from un-pasteurised sheep's milk, giving them their distinctive characteristics and rich, deep flavour. They are made with vegetarian rennet and are mould-ripened to leave the surface of white or white with green/blue flecks. The smooth, creamy texture of these cheeses will begin to flow slightly with maturity.

Little Ryding is an individual cheese weighing approximately 220g.

Big Ryding is a larger cutting version of Little Ryding

Sheperd's Crook is a narrower, deeper version, slower maturinging and less likely to flow. It also weighs approximately 220g.

Old Burford

A mould-ripened, unpasteurised cheese made from organic Jersey cows' milk from a nearby farm. Once again, this is hand-made in small batches and is about the same size and weight as Little Ryding. Being a Jersey cows' cheese, it is very rich and creamy, starting off mild at around three weeks and increasing in flavour thereafter.

Millstone

A large, rough-coated, rustic, slightly barrel-shaped, organic cheese, handmade from unpasterised sheep's milk and weighing around 1.5 Kilograms. This is a harder, drier, more crumbly cheese similar in texture to the types produced in the Pyrenean mountains. It is a fairly mild cheese which will develop a distinctive flavour when left to mature.

Ringwell

Wheel-shaped. A distinctive looking organic hard cheese, made from unpasteurised Jersey cows’ milk. Ringwell is a dryish, crumbly, yet creamy cheese with a rough, natural rind and a deep yellow colour. Initially it has quite a smooth, mellow flavour but this is followed by an interesting tangy bite at the end. Weighs about 1.5Kg.

Ewes' Milk Yoghurt

Similar to a Greek yoghurt, this is also produced in the farmhouse dairy. It is a natural, live yoghurt with a wonderful rich, smooth, creamy texture, ideally suited to eating with fruit, honey, breakfast cereal etc. It is a perfect lower-fat substitute for cream.

Awards

Wootton Dairy's range of cheeses have been awarded a prestigious array of prizes from national and regional Food Fairs and Shows.