05/29/2026
To round out American Cheese Month, we talked to our cheesemakers about the fine art of affinage. In other words What Happens In The Cheese Cave!
Aging cheese isn’t a passive process. To successfully ripen their wheels, cheesemakers spend as much time in their caves as they do in their make rooms. We talked to 11 dairy pros about what goes on in there. Spoiler: washing, turning, temperature checking, and a lot of handwashing!
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