Bougie's Cheese Shop

10/08/2026

Welcome Home.

10/06/2026

Family owned and operated...

10/01/2026

09/27/2026

09/26/2026

We have both Ploughgate and Beurre de Baratte!

09/21/2026

To complete an application please come to the shop.

09/20/2026

Vermont Cheesemaker Festival, inside the breeding barn at Shelbourne Farms. This barn is humongous used originally for Hackney horses. This is large enough for an indoor ring at a length of 375 feet. So fun to meet and put a face to the makers of Ploughgate butter, Woodlawn Creamery, Parish Hill, Von Trapp, Plymouth, Stony Pond, and micro makers. These are small, family owned and operated makers using real ingredients, caring for the animals year round, regenerating their pastures. Please come to the shop we carry these makers.

09/20/2026

Shelbourne Farms, wow! What was a 4,000 acre farm built during the guilded age by Eliza Vanderbilt and her husband Dr Webb to be a place for advanced farming techniques. The main home sits on Lake Champlain with a view of the Adirondack Mountains. The farm is now 1,000 acres and put into a public trust by the great-great grandson. The 4th pic is the carriage house, oh my the size until you come across the working barn even larger! Saw a few pigs at dusk before the nice sunset. Perhaps today we will see the herd of Swiss Brown cows used for making Shelbourne Cheddar. Stop by the shop for a wedge of their 2 year cheddar we always have in the case.

09/19/2026

Stony Pond Farm, a family owned farm, first generation farmers, first time cheesemaker Melanie pic 1 heading into cheesemaking room and finishing room...
Pic 2 the babies born this spring. Pic 3 the ladies and one happy bull. These Jersies are milked daily and a portion goes to farmstead cheese and another portion to a co-op. They milk 60 cows. Pic 4, finishing room of different cheeses at different times in their aging process. Pic 5, Swallowtail brining for about 30 days. Remember Farmstead Cheese by definition the milk source is on the same property as cheesemaking. In this instance the milk goes directly into the vat by pipe in real time as the cows are milked arriving warm. Tasting supergood. Nice solid flavors of butter, milk. Sourcream, swallowtail a Lil gritting. 😋 Look for these arriving in the case soon!

09/19/2026

This weekend we are in Vermont for the Vermont Cheese Association industry event and are meeting the makers of cheese we carry. We drove a few hours south west to the historic property where Plymouth Cheese Company is located. Historical for being the birthplace of Calvin Coolidge and for the cheese made by his father John The current cheesemaker Jesse and his wife Sarrit have resurrected recipes dating back to the beginning of Plymouth Cheese Co. The cheese is sealed in wax just as it was in the 1800s! We carry many of these blocks of cheese and all are delightful. Come pull some from the case today. The other pics...did not know how many covered bridges are in the State and when here you must have a creemee, this one is maple!