Dorothy’s Diary #3 AugustLife on Cooling’s Farm in East Prawle for young heifer calf, Dorothy and her sidekick, Dotty. Dorothy is out grazing with her friends and growing nicely. The Wotton family, who own Cooling’s Farm, have just finished their second cut of silage and are now getting ready for the calving season to start. We look forward to being …
Celebrating 40 years
Celebrate with us! Multi award-winning Sharpham Wine and Cheese is celebrating a phenomenal forty years at the South Devon based Sharpham Estate. To mark the occasion there will be two very special events this September; a celebratory five course birthday meal at the Sharpham Estate and a virtual wine and cheese tasting. Forty years ago, Maurice Ash brought his herd …
On the beach with Ellie of Ebbtides
The two varieties of seaweed which flavour our new Rustic, red Dulse & bright green Sea Lettuce, are sustainably hand harvested from this very stretch of pristine East Devon coastline. At the end of March we spent a fascinating few hours at the farthest reaches of Jacob’s Ladder beach in Sidmouth with expert harvesters Ellie and Tony of Ebbtides, learning …
Dorothy’s got a new sidekick
Dorothy’s Diary #2 We have exciting news! Dorothy has a new sidekick, Dotty! Exciting news from Coolings Farm! Dorothy the heifer calf has a new best friend called Dotty. Dotty was born on the 21st January and named by the Wotton’s young daughter, Grace. Dorothy and Dotty are currently living in a comfy barn next to some lambs. They will …
When Julia (and her film crew) came to visit
Julia Bradbury visited Sharpham to film her new ITV walking series and we were delighted to introduce her to Sharpham Cheese. In Cornwall and Devon Walks Julia went off the beaten track exploring Cornwall and Devon by foot, meeting the people who live and work in these two spectacular counties and sampling some of the West Country’s legendary fare. In …
Dorothy’s Diary. Meet our new Jersey calf.
Annie has been getting to know the new calf on the farm which looks after our Sharpham herd. This is Dorothy, our new heifer calf who was born on Christmas Day. She lives at Coolings Farm – in East Prawle – where the farmer, Jonny, looks after her along with our other cows.She’s fed a mixture of calf milk powder …
A hearty thank you
A hearty THANK YOU to you all We would like to thank all our fabulous customers and consumers for buying our cheese this year. Our stocks are running low and we have even run out of some favourites! It has certainly been a torrid year, with November 25% down on last year. But the last couple of weeks have been …
Coffee and cheese are the perfect pairing
Blue Goose Coffee and Sharpham Cheese have teamed up with their award winning products to show that a cup of coffee and a well-curated cheese board are as delicious together as the more traditional wine and cheese combination. This year both Devon companies have both been awarded coveted two star accolades by the Great Taste Awards, and it seemed a …
Tuesday Night is Cheese Night
Watch again: Tuesday Night is Cheese Night with Charlie Turnbull and Greg Parsons Charlie is a cheese expert, cheesemonger and awards judge and host of the Academy of Cheese famous ‘Tuesday Night is Cheese Night’ You Tube channel. In November he chatted to Sharpham owner, Greg Parsons, and talked Sharpham Brie, Ticklemore, cows, how Greg came to buy the cheesemaker …
‘Cheese with a taste of the sea’ by Martin Hesp
We’ve all heard of surf-n-turf – and some restaurant critics are sniffy about the prospect – but there’s a new seascape-meets-landscape kid on the Westcountry block which has nothing to do with matching steak with lobster. Sharpham Dairy has launched a delicious new cheese which utilises the very best from Devon’s fields and blends it with a healthy and sustainable …