Winnimere is a seasonal cheese, with availability that runs from November through February. While you wait, check out our other bark-wrapped cheeses! Winnimere is a seasonal raw milk cheese made by Jasper Hill Farm from January through March. During the winter months, the butterfat in the milk skyrockets, as the cows are mostly in the barn, cozy and munching dry hay and a touch of grain, protected from the harsh elements of the northeast kingdom of Vermont. These conditions are perfect for making Winnimere, a soft, spoonable cheese that is reminiscent of the famous Vacherin Mont D'Or. It sports a spruce bark girdle to hold all that creaminess in, as well as to augment the cheese's natural woodsy, pungent and smoky aromatics. Tastes of mustard, smoked meat, juniper, and wine. Aged 60 days or more. 13 oz wheel. Pairing Suggestions: Vin Jaune, Savagnin, Gewurztraminer, Dry Riesling, Pinot Noir, Porters, hard cider Recent Awards: ACS 2026 1st Place Best of Show, ACS 2026 1st Place Cheeses Wrapped in Bark, Leaves, or Grass If you love Winnimere, check out our entire selection of bark-wrapped and washed rind cheese.
