Since 1998, artisan cheese makers Miles and also Janet King have silently created a broad series of supreme ewe and cow's milk cheeses on their idyllic 30-acre farm on the outskirts of Masterton, New Zealand.
Kingsmeade started out making ewe's
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milk cheeses with milk from their very own flock of East Friesian sheep. Clover, chicory, plantain and lucerne cover broad, green meadows. The sheep are big, contented as well as full of character-- no need to round them up at milking time, they hear Miles' voice and come on their very own.
After years of hands on care, meticulous records and also genetic studies, Miles' flock has become New Zealand's first registered sheep milking breed - Dairymeade.
Today, Kingsmeade makes 9 different varieties of cheese, a lot of from ewe's milk and some from cow's. All are uniquely hand crafted, varying from aged difficult varieties to deliciously creamy.
Calmness and also silently spoken, Miles is hands-on from the initial steamy breath of the newborn lambs to the daily milking, cheesemaking, cutting and packaging. Each set of cheese is hand made in the factory on the farm, best next to the family home. Janet runs the distribution, cheerfully dispatching orders around New Zealand.
