Handcrafted, artisan cheese is being produced all throughout the Finger Lakes region for your palate to explore! Tour the Finger Lakes Cheese Trail, and you will taste the premium artisan cheese being produced by our region's cheeseries. From Chevre, to Feta, to Colby, to Monterey Jack, to Old British Cheddar, you will experience cheese like never before. What pairs better with wine than cheese?
Click or select any one of the cheeseries to begin your Finger Lakes cheese journey!
Destination #36 on the Finger Lakes Destination & Wine Card
Experience. That's what the cheese makers at Muranda have on their side and what will make a world of difference in their assortment of handcrafted cheeses. The Murray family has years of experience in making some of the nation's highest quality milk from some of the world/s most well-known Registered Holsteins. And this experience has not gone unnoticed, as this Finger Lakes dairy has received the "Dairy of Distinction" award; the "Super Milk" award for 17 years, and the Progressive Breeders Herd designation.
* Receive 10% off your cheese purchase at Muranda Cheese Company with your Finger Lakes Destination & Wine Card
Finger Lakes Dexter Creamery LLC
1853 Black Rock Road
King Ferry, New York 13081
315.364.3581
Destination #37 on the Finger Lakes Destination & Wine Card
At Finger Lakes Dexter Creamery LLC, we practice the tradition of kefir culture. We are pleased to introduce an artisan, farmstead kefir cheese, cultured with living kefir grains and handcrafted with the creamy raw milk from our grass fed and pastured Irish Dexter cows.
Our Kefir cheese is quite unique. We are the first and only producer in the western hemisphere to offer an authentic, probiotic kefir cheese!
Please call ahead for tasting room hours.
* Receive 15% off your cheese purchase at Finger Lakes Dexter Creamery LLC with your Finger Lakes Destination & Wine Card
Destination #38 on the Finger Lakes Destination & Wine Card
King Ferry, New York, on the East side of Cayuga Lake, is home to Keeley's Cheese Company at McGarr Farms. This grazing herd of Registered Holstein and Jersey cows produces the high quality milk that Keeley turns into her signature cheeses. Based on washed-rind recipes developed with Irish Farmstead cheese makers and aged in an underground cellar, these cheeses are a new and unique addition to the artisan food movement of the Finger Lakes.
Please call ahead for tasting room hours.
* Receive 10% off your cheese purchase at Keeley's Cheese Co. with your Finger Lakes Destination & Wine Card
Lively Run Goat Dairy
8978 County Rd. 142
Interlaken, New York 14847
607.532.4647
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Destination #39 on the Finger Lakes Destination & Wine Card
Lively Run Goat Dairy is home to many goats including, Alpine, Nubian, Saanen, and South African Boer breeds, as well as cross breeds. All our goats have names and are members of our family. Come for a tour and let your kids pet our kids!
Our cheeses contain no preservatives, food colors, or artificial additives of any kind. Our rennet is of vegetable origin. Goat milk, and goat milk cheese, while containing lactose, is a healthy alternative for many with certain allergies to cow milk products. Goat milk and goat milk cheese is digested more easily and thoroughly than cows milk, transferring a higher percentage of nutrients into the body.
Please call ahead for tasting room hours.
* Receive 15% off your cheese purchase at Lively Run Goat Dairy with your Finger Lakes Destination & Wine Card
Finger Lakes Farmstead Cheese
5491 Bergen Road
Trumansburg, New York 14886
607.387.3108
Destination #40 on the Finger Lakes Destination & Wine Card
At Finger Lakes Farmstead Cheese, we make European-style farmstead cheeses using fresh, raw milk from our family farm. Our cows graze from early spring to late fall: grazing keeps our herd happy and healthy, and is known for its positive effect on cheese flavor. We currently produce a traditional Dutch-type cheese named "Schuyler," and a Gruyere-style red-washed cheese called "Red Meck."
Please call ahead for tasting room hours.
