From Corfu, New York, Yancey’s Fancy makes handcrafted artisan cheeses with a distinctly bold, flavor-forward approach. Drawing on deep Bavarian roots and New York’s dairy tradition, the company turns cheeses such as Smoked Gouda and Ube Gouda into entertaining kits, charcuterie bundles, and everyday specialties designed for easy melting and sharing.
Four Fat FowlA family of cheese lovers, Four Fat Fowl grew from Sunday dinner-table dreams into a Stephentown, New York, creamery founded in 2013. The Bridgham family brings more than 30 years of combined specialty-cheese experience to locally sourced, handcrafted work, led by master cheesemaker Willy Bridgham’s 25 years in artisanal cheesemaking. Its award-winning St. Stephen reflects the Hudson Valley through milk from nearby Dutch Hollow Farm.STEPHENTOWN, NY
Lively Run Goat Dairy Farm & CreamerySince 1982, family-owned Lively Run Goat Dairy Farm & Creamery has made small-batch artisan cheeses on its Interlaken, New York, farm, using milk from partner farms across the Finger Lakes and beyond. One of New York’s original farmstead cheesemakers, it is known for award-winning cheeses including Cayuga Blue and Finger Lakes Gold, while caring for its animals and stewarding the land through sustainable farming. Visitors can meet the goats and taste the cheeses at the seasonal farm shop.INTERLAKEN, NY
Greek Mountain Dairy LLCFour generations of the Fantis family have preserved cheese-making traditions brought from Greece, with roots reaching back to the late 1800s. Based in Goshen, New York, Greek Mountain Dairy applies that time-honored heritage to its locally made feta in a modern production facility.GOSHEN, NY
Emmi USAEmmi USA brings Swiss cheesemaking to American tables through artisan, cave-aged cheeses and traditional fondue made by the Emmi Group, Switzerland’s largest milk processor. Its cheeses draw on recipes and practices maintained for centuries, with milk supplied twice daily by nearby farms and selected wheels aged in the 22-million-year-old Kaltbach Cave near Lucerne. Emmi’s Le Gruyère and Kaltbach cheeses have earned repeated recognition at the World Cheese Awards.VALLEY COTTAGE, NY